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The L-Shaped Cafe

The L-Shaped Cafe

by | Sep 25, 2022 | S, Short Story, Stephen Myer

The old man’s skin is pale in the flickering light, the texture of worn parchment. Dark glasses turn his wrinkled face into that of a desiccated bug. His body seems like it could crumble at any moment from the shaking of the train. If not for the furry tufts pulsing...
Knot Guilty

Knot Guilty

by | Sep 16, 2022 | M, Mike Paterson-Jones, Short Story

Caleb Goodman was half Oneida Nation and half White American. He was proud of his Iroquois heritage and treasured his Oneida name, Black Badger. He was a fit, fifty-year-old owner of the Courtland Lumber Yard when his life fell apart. Life had been good to him. He had...
Another Saturday Night

Another Saturday Night

by | Sep 11, 2022 | C, Chris Morey, Short Story

He lay face-down on his spare bed, naked below the waist. He’d chosen the spare to avoid damage to his gorgeous new quilt, a hundred percent goose-down, cost the earth. It looked like that was just as well. +++++Moving was difficult, but maybe he didn’t need to....
Requiem for Guitar and Voice

Requiem for Guitar and Voice

by | Sep 5, 2022 | J, James R Coffey, Short Story

Izzy aimed his Strat and sent it flying. It teetered on the edge of the cradle – then rocked back into place. Staggering to the kitchen table he took a long pull from the half-empty bottle; his breath hit back like lit kerosene. Closing his eyes he gasped,...