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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...
White of You

White of You

by | Sep 17, 2023 | Short Story, Z, Zach Vasquez

“Dude ain’t nothing but a mother-raping race hater trying to save face in front of his peckerwood pals by selling wolf tickets.” +++++That was how Chick described Junior Mosher to me after out first encounter at Fort Carson in the summer of ’71. +++++I’d only been...
The Special

The Special

by | Sep 4, 2023 | D, David Galef, Short Story

The Lotus Spa was one of those small storefronts down a side street, then an alley. The sign was missing its t, so it read, “Lo us Spa.” My kind of place: hard to find and no one to notice you entering or leaving. Inside was a reception area the size of a closet with...