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Who Are You? (A Smitty Story)

by | Nov 24, 2011 | B, B.R. Stateham, Short Story

In the darkness the hushed voice of someone sobbing. +++++Quietly. +++++Softly.  Desperately trying to stop.  Like a child scolded severely might whimper alone in their bed.  Dabbing her eyes with a kerchief she sat in the semi-darkness in the backseat of the cab and...

Pursuit

by | Nov 22, 2011 | G, Graham Smith, Short Story

They ran screaming from him, scattering to all points of the compass. Their young minds calculating the best way to escaper their pursuer. He selected one girl as his target and focused in on her. She was eight and was one of the least athletic children present that...

Payback – Part 3: The Greater Good

by | Nov 18, 2011 | M, Mark Cooper, Short Story

Koff! Koff! Koff! +++++Where am I? +++++Gaakkkk! +++++Oh shit – blood – shit. Oh god, here… +++++Gaakkk! Koff! Koff! +++++That’s the second time I’ve thrown up in two minutes…the smell is terrible – it’s in my hair and on my clothes…feels like there’s another...

Payback – Part 2: Safehouse

by | Nov 16, 2011 | M, Mark Cooper, Short Story

I rub my temples as I sit in the dark kitchen. I can hear the rain outside, like some sort of incessant drum beat to a song no one truly understands. +++++The light flicks on and I instinctively shield my eyes. +++++“How are you feeling?” +++++The voice belongs to...

Payback

by | Nov 14, 2011 | M, Mark Cooper, Short Story

Paris, France I had so much confidence two days ago; 48 hours later and I’m a mess. If I can only stop shaking…just…just long enough to take the shot. +++++I’ve spent the best part of twenty years of my life on an island off the coast of Scotland with two of the most...