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Blue Scarab

Blue Scarab

by | May 28, 2015 | D, Don Herald, Short Story

“Roger! Stop it!” +++++A pause. Nothing. +++++And then again. This time louder and more urgent. +++++“Damn it, Roger! Stop it!” +++++A longer pause. “Right now!” +++++Nothing. +++++With a loud sigh, Wesley Hicks heaved slowly up from his knees, appreciating with every...
The Burglar and The Bat

The Burglar and The Bat

by | May 25, 2015 | J, Joseph H. Stryker, Short Story

“When did your family buy a pedo van?” asked Kyler, while he sipped his soda. We were driving up the street towards my home. +++++I lived at the end of a cul-de-sac with two other houses on it. They were all big two-story things built from the same model, the only...
A Dog’s Life

A Dog’s Life

by | May 19, 2015 | N, Nigel Bird, Short Story

A town like this, population of ten thousand, it’s impossible for everyone to know everyone. But we all know the crazy folk. It’s just the way it is. +++++They don’t have names the crazy ones. Not real ones, anyway. It’s a kind of common knowledge, like the things the...
Eating Dirt

Eating Dirt

by | May 16, 2015 | Short Story, Z, Zach Wilhide

Overgrown willow branches slapped me in the face as Cole gave me a boost into the back window of Old Man Gibbons’ trailer.  I reached back through and pulled him into the musty smelling bedroom, clutching his sweaty hand with all the strength of my fifteen-year old...
Namesake

Namesake

by | May 12, 2015 | E, Ed Kurtz, Short Story

For a long time Claude stared at the body, or at least the part of it visible from behind the davenport, which were the feet, ankles, and part of the calves. The legs were encased in nude stockings. There was a run in one of them, which Claude judged to be the left...