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The Amateur

The Amateur

by | Oct 30, 2023 | J, John Grice, Short Story

You seldom see a gold Rolls Royce in a military airfield. When I looked across the tarmac from under the wing of the jet, I assumed the vision emerging from the heat haze was some mirage of an overheated brain. +++++It was fifty degrees in the shade that morning....
Retirement Deferred

Retirement Deferred

by | Oct 16, 2023 | C, Chris Fortunato, Short Story

Ray knew what awaited him at the garage at the end of the Manhattan to West Caldwell run, the good cheer from the maintenance crew, a twenty-second speech from the supervisor wishing him well in his retirement, maybe a bottle of booze thrust at him with some humorous...
Statute Of Limitations

Statute Of Limitations

by | Oct 2, 2023 | A, Alan Caldwell, Short Story

Jim waited in the thick stand of slash and loblolly pines behind Rachel’s father’s trailer—the same trailer where her father had abused her so many times, so many violations of decency. Rachel had told Jim that she believed her father viewed her as his personal...