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The Burglars

The Burglars

by | Oct 24, 2025 | John Helden

Vinney Jackson was sat in front of an expansive wooden desk in a sectioned off part of a commercial garage on the Halton Moor estate in East Leeds. It was a popular area of the city with the national media when they needed stories on crime, lawlessness and anti-social...
The Buggers

The Buggers

by | Oct 23, 2025 | Tom McDade

I was at Chem-Zall to update the computer software. Alicia, the woman whose place Angela had taken had opted for an early retirement package. She’d ignored my question that I’d asked twice about the origin of the company name. I never bothered to ask Angela. +++++In...
Wasp Nest

Wasp Nest

by | Oct 22, 2025 | Chris Milam

She floated into my matchbox office. Hair as dark as three-day-old coffee. Caramel eyes that would make any man on earth readily give up his account and routing numbers at first asking. Curves in all the right places. My first thought was Dear Lord. My second thought...
Empty Pew

Empty Pew

by | Oct 17, 2025 | Short Story, Z, Zary Fekete

I’m in a new city…well, new to me. There’s a conference down the road I’m meant to attend tomorrow, where I will give a presentation whose preparation I have been putting off for weeks. I had it all planned, I thought. I would get here a day early, check into a...
Workload

Workload

by | Oct 13, 2025 | J, Joseph Evergreen, Short Story

Something was burning. Whatever that smell was, it wasn’t bothering Alan. “It’s not an easy job,” he told me. +++++The smell was bad enough that I was having a hard time focusing. “I’m not afraid of hard work,” I said. “And I need the money.” +++++“You need the...