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The Getaway Driver

The Getaway Driver

by | Jul 26, 2026 | S, Short Story, Stephen Barrett

The Audi sat silently, poised for action. Inside, she shuffled on her seat, hitching her skirt back. Now her legs had more room to quickly hit the pedals and accelerate away. It wasn’t a long skirt, and it wasn’t practical for driving. However, it had a...
The Itching Seeds

The Itching Seeds

by | Jul 24, 2026 | J, Jill Williams, Short Story

Valentine’s Day in Georgia is a snot-yellow drizzle, a hospital ward where the patients have already given up. Outside, brown kudzu swallows the town—snaking over abandoned hulls, collapsing porches, and telephone poles. It’s an inheritance that inches inward, never...
Mendota State

Mendota State

by | Jul 21, 2026 | G, George Larson, Short Story

No football, no cheerleaders, and no marching bands here. No, Mendota State was not collegiate in the slightest. It was the oldest psychiatric hospital in Wisconsin and held many criminally insane patients during its long existence. Some gained notoriety for their...
As He Tells His Story

As He Tells His Story

by | Jul 19, 2026 | B, Bob Gielow, Short Story

As He Tells the Story By Kiki Pepper, Staff Writer Thursday, March 27, 2025 STROUDSBURG — As he tells the story, convicted killer and Stroudsburg native Brian Esposito first remembers experiencing abuse from his father at the age of seven. +++++“He might have been...
The Shadowman

The Shadowman

by | Jul 14, 2026 | G, George Larson, Short Story

The backlot was empty as the man snuck up on the Joey in the dimming light. He had been planning this for some time, carefully gauging his chances of pulling off the crime without getting caught. The clown was caught up in his own thoughts about the show currently...