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Vengeance is Mine

Vengeance is Mine

by | Sep 25, 2018 | M, Matthew Richardson, Short Story

It was as if it was you that had been wronged. Windswept and bemused, you sauntered out of the courtroom and across to the waiting cameras. As if it had been you that had suffered injustice, indignity, injury. +++++When a not guilty verdict is read, people expect the...
Forever And Ever

Forever And Ever

by | Sep 18, 2018 | J, John Teel, Short Story

I remember everything about the night Tim was born. Trish was out of it from the drugs, but I was fully aware of everything that was going on, coasting on adrenaline and about a gallon of hospital apple juice. They took her into the operating room for her C-section....
Tongue

Tongue

by | Sep 11, 2018 | Short Story, T, T. Fox Dunham

Don’t let this asshole get to you. +++++His father’s litany played over and over in Tongue’s head. +++++When they get to you, they own your ass. +++++He fiddled with the metal post piercing his tongue, rubbing it against the roof of his mouth and resisted the urge to...
How Love Works

How Love Works

by | Sep 3, 2018 | S, Scott Hallam, Short Story

A dozen peonies laid on Rachel’s front porch. Her favorite. Rachel’s unlike anyone I’ve ever dated. Green eyes that pierce the night. A smile that blots out the sun. +++++And I was there when she got the call. When she found out her mother was sick. I won’t bother her...