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February 14, 2026

General Stories Robert Pettus

Pine Mountain And The Bear

After Jamal panted. Saliva, if his body had been capable of producing it, would have painted the still lush summer forest floor as he spat dryly to the dirt. The three of them now felt safe from the previous danger. They had stumbled down the side of a…

February 14, 2026

Crime Stories Barbara Stanley

Reprieve

The scream came from beyond the canyon walls that loomed over the campsite, splitting the night silence in two. Nick was already seated when Denny bolted up from his sleeping bag. “Dude, whuu…” Moonlight picked up the silver in his shaggy brown mop. Above…

February 14, 2026

General Stories Matias Travieso-Diaz

A Donkey's Tale

The following narrative is based on a presentation given by Boaz Ben-Frenkel, the head archeologist at the Israel government’s research facility in Ma'ale Adumim's industrial park, five miles from Jerusalem. The presentation arose from the analysis of a…

February 14, 2026

Horror Stories Tom Kropp

Change of Heart

I looked at the world differently after I was murdered and needed a heart transplant. All puns aside, I had a change of heart and felt things differently. At age 33 I still had a perfectly good heart, but another man murdered me. At the time I’d been…

February 06, 2026

General Stories Thomas Turner

The Lost Williamsen

Coming back from Switzerland, after my wife died, was pretty hard, but I made it. When I landed in LaGuardia airport. I went to go get my luggage. That's where my brother Eddie was, to pick me up and to see the rest of the family. Eddie comes over to me and…

February 06, 2026

Horror Stories Tom Kropp

Killing & Carnage

The sun was a blood lurid red slipping below the jagged peaks of the Redmount Mountains. For Shannon, its fading light was not a promise of rest, but a countdown to her dark side. She pressed her spine against the damp, crumbling limestone of a marketplace…

February 06, 2026

Poetry Markus J

2 Aussie Limericks 2 Aussie Clerihews

once a aussie yobbo named pete who only wore thongs on his feet a bunion grew on his toes and a red wart on his nose over were his days at the beach ------------------------------------------------------ there once was a jackaroo who went by the name of blue…

February 02, 2026

Flash Fiction Matias Travieso-Diaz

My Second Middle Name

San Lázaro no quiere palabras, quiere hechos. Popular Cuban refrain A few hours after I was born, my parents had a conversation regarding my name. The usual practice in Cuba, as in many other countries, was that a baby would have two given names apart from…

February 02, 2026

General Stories Thomas Turner

Year One

T J Tuner, Sonny Turner and Curt Chown January 4, 1976- Ocean avenue, Brooklyn New York: Sonny and his wife are having coffee at 5pm Sunday. His wife’s name is Candy. This is when Candy asks ‘When are they picking you up?’ Sonny says ‘7:30 pm.’ Candy asks…

February 02, 2026

Horror Stories Tom Kropp

Werewolf Bar Brawl

Shannon returned to the main street and boldly approached the cantina. At the doorway, one of the burly guards boldly said, "We don't allow no outside whores in here. Only Diego's girls are allowed to work here." "Don't insult me. I'm not a whore. I just…

February 02, 2026

Flash Fiction Matias Travieso-Diaz

The Self-Serving Giraffe

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Grumpff was a Somali giraffe male (Giraffa reticulata) in a herd that inhabited a dry savannah in northern Kenya. He was eighteen feet tall and two…

February 02, 2026

Poetry Markus J

An Aussie Had A Barry Crocker

once an Aussie had a Barry Crocker when he got fined from an angry copper he smoked up his golden ute then said it was real beaut because of this, the fine was made double and his best mate was nicked named blue cooked kangaroo and emu stew gave none to…