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Uck-fay My Life

Uck-fay My Life

by | Sep 30, 2016 | R, Robb White, Short Story

My left hand started to shake at work. That’s how I first noticed it. I was driving the tow motor between plants one and two with pallets of styrene—the same thing I do every day between two and two-ten. I’ve been working in this shithole plastics factory since I...
Mail Order

Mail Order

by | Sep 24, 2016 | L, Liz McAdams, Short Story

“Goddamnit, not again.” I looked up from the kitchen table over at the YouTube video playing on my laptop. Reaching out, I hit pause, then backed it up a little. +++++The blonde stretched out on the table started to move, so I shoved the chloroform rag up against her...
Date Night

Date Night

by | Sep 21, 2016 | B, Brendan Bakala, Short Story

Friday nights were always the best. Not because it was the end of the work week, but because it was the day my girl and me would go out. She was five feet, ten inches of fiery redhead and I knew every inch of her like the back of my hand. From her ginger bangs down to...
Other People’s Blood

Other People’s Blood

by | Sep 13, 2016 | Short Story, T, Tom Leins

It is an ugly Friday, mid-morning. I am drinking in the softcore lounge at the Black Regent. +++++At least it used to be called the Black Regent… the hotel was taken over by a national hotel chain two years ago, and the new name escapes me. +++++Two men I don’t...
Keepsake

Keepsake

by | Sep 9, 2016 | J, Jack Larkham, Short Story

I take the ear out of my pocket and slide it across the desk. Markus has been crying, on account of his dog, but he perks up at the sight of the ear. +++++He smiles. His teeth are fucking shocking, his mouth a black hole of nicotined stumps and bleeding gums. I look...