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Flesh and Bone

Flesh and Bone

by | Oct 31, 2015 | Short Story, T, Tom Leins

The evening sun glows a dark shade of red as it hovers above the murky-looking shoreline. From where I’m sitting it looks like a festering wound. * It is July. Paignton has been stewing under a brutal layer of heat and grit for the last three weeks. During that time...
The Guests

The Guests

by | Oct 31, 2015 | G, Gareth Spark, Short Story

I find them living in the woods, a girl, a barefoot man and a woman wearing a paper crown. They’ve set up a dining table in a muddy clearing between the greasy trees and stare at each other through the late October twilight as a light rain falls. A caravan the...
Masquerade

Masquerade

by | Oct 31, 2015 | G, Graham Wynd, Short Story

‘Are you going?’ +++++The words were on everyone’s lips. ‘Will you be there? Everyone who’s anyone will be there!’ A week ago no one had heard of Leonorini, yet somehow the avant-garde artist had garnered such instant fame that even Talk of the Town breathlessly...
Kicking The Habit

Kicking The Habit

by | Oct 31, 2015 | D, David Jaggers, Short Story

“Cessanol is an FDA approved medication to help adults 18 and over quit smoking. Side effects may include anxiety, panic, depression and unusual or strange dreams. Jesus you gotta be kidding me, it might just be better to die from cancer,” Wade said reading the pill...
The Irish Nagual

The Irish Nagual

by | Oct 31, 2015 | F, Frank Sonderborg, Short Story

By a blazing log fire on a winter’s night in an old An Oige hostel. We settled down to hear the story of, ‘The Irish Nagual.’ Seamus was an old Irish folkie. He sang songs we all enjoyed, as the fire warmed our faces, and whiskey warmed our souls. Seamus could spin a...