By J. S. O’Keefe

“Nice store, ma’am, you’ve got some real good stuff in here.”

“Thank you, sir. We take pride in our merchandise.”

“Made in Canada, I hope. All of ‘em

By Monica Goertzen Hertlein

Meta paused in the knee-high scrub brush and stinkweed, beyond the firelight in front of the bandits’ cave. Three of them stood around their campfire, hands

By Bryan Daunter

It had been a hard day for Bruce and Wayne taking tourists on four-wheel drive desert trips. It was their own business, and they were considered locals after five

By J. S. O'Keefe

I am in Rob’s funeral home trying to explain that the dead chipmunk I found in my backyard this morning deserves a proper send-off. 

Rob waves his hand.

By James Flanagan

Nothing would bring me to this godforsaken planet except the promise of a big payday. It reminds me of their Gloping fruit with swirly orange and purple skin, and

By A J Dalton

The machine that I occupy
Refuses to become more efficient
or get fitter.
Friends have bio-implants
And swear by them
With glazed stares and manic

By Mark Budman

My mom taught me that every man has to leave a mark on this world, something that posterity would remember him by. I listened. Her wisdom and my obedience brought me

By R. E. Diaz

Within a year of Dr. Theokleia Ouranidou’s tenure at the Vissel Tri-State Memory Care and Neurological Rehabilitation Centre, our success treating Alzheimer’s and

By Michael T Schaper

Ghost voting, I’ve heard it called, when the names of the dead are still registered. It frequently happens in any election, usually by accident or incompetence. But

By Ian Bentwood

Sounds of cracking and crashing woke me suddenly from my nightmares about the apocalypse. I sat up as the bed started shaking, and I realised that it was not a dream,

By Derek McMillan

The rain had stopped but the water from the Downs was still streaming into Pond Lane to create a small pond of its own. The sun was shining though. We were enjoying a