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Before It Gets Cold

Before It Gets Cold

by | Jan 31, 2025 | L, Lauren Miller, Short Story

It was really a very fine mattress. That is, if one discounted the finger-sized hole in the plush fabric. +++++I’d already planned it out in my head. +++++Amelie, dear. That woman Mrs. Landry down the street—she has a very fine mattress. Certainly less than 15 years...
Happy Birthday, Dr. Napier

Happy Birthday, Dr. Napier

by | Jan 28, 2025 | M, MN Wiggins, Short Story

Without remorse, my alarm announced the arrival of seven AM. Seven would have been sleeping in two years ago. Two years ago, I lived in Maumelle, a 20 to 30-minute drive to my practice in downtown Little Rock, depending on traffic. But now, living in a loft directly...
Free Hugs

Free Hugs

by | Jan 24, 2025 | M, Max Palermo, Short Story

The Barley Horn was a middlebrow East Boca, Irish pub—not the lovable, seedy dive where well whisky day-drinkers erase their early afternoons, but not the woodsy tavern that has the European football games and hosts an annual Bloom’s Day gathering either. In fact,...
A Close Call

A Close Call

by | Jan 21, 2025 | P, Paul Paradise, Short Story

Mark Well’s fixed me with a smug stare. “Are you a private investigator?” +++++My worst fear. I had no idea what brought this on, so I feigned surprise. “Me, a private eye?” +++++“I talked to Sam, the deli owner downstairs. Sam said he never spoke to you.” +++++I knew...
The Death of Hector Urdaneta

The Death of Hector Urdaneta

by | Jan 17, 2025 | M, Madeleine Tan, Short Story

Hector Urdaneta did not know it yet, but the tingling in his left arm was the precursor to a massive heart attack. That Saturday seemed to pass uneventfully – the usual stroll through Luneta Park with his wife and daughters, lunch at The Aristocrat for steamed pork...