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June 07, 2026

Romance Stories Linda Boroff

Charlotte's Law

Charlotte always arrived at work half an hour early. She left her apartment at 7:15 each morning, brown bag in hand, to wait beside a car rental agency for the 7:22 Wilshire Boulevard bus, a tall, broad-beamed secretary with plump knees in miniskirt and high…

June 07, 2026

Fantasy Stories Matias Travieso-Diaz

Aurora’s Blemish

A storm tests the strength of roots, not the beauty of leaves. Aloo Denish Obiero Once upon a time there was a king whose domains extended far and wide, making him the envy of his neighbors. All was well with him save for a lingering misfortune: the queen had…

June 07, 2026

Horror Stories Nicholas Kellogg

Playtime With Lolly Polly

Emily sat in her red Subaru afraid that when her wheels touched the curb it had torched their integrity. She looked down at her phone— that same background photo of her and mom posing at the bottom of some mountain they’d climbed long ago, looking back. Her…

June 07, 2026

General Stories Marvel Chukwudi Pephel

The Wondrous Life of Evelyn Sawyer

It is simply beautiful, like the sight of butterflies on yellow leaves, to have the gift of imagination. It is simply, even undoubtedly, a largely held notion – unless you were born on some other planet – that babies should cry when they come. But Evelyn…

June 07, 2026

Horror Stories Tom Kropp

The Wendigo’s Disciple

The wendigo exploded out of the underbrush in a rush that human eyes could barely follow. Seven year old Robert watched out the window of his cabin in horrified disbelief. The wendigo resembled a cross between some kind of bipedal dark demon and deer with…

June 07, 2026

General Stories Thomas Turner

Living Life On Life's Terms

Written by Thomas Turner. Dictated by Richard Turner. Advised by Curt Chown Sonny is talking to Curt and Tom about his family. Curt says ‘You can't undo the past. Look at your life now. You did a lot of great things. You have a wife, kids and friends. You…

May 18, 2026

Horror Stories Tom Kropp

Chupacabra Demon Hunt

“It’s the Chupacabra,” Andres declared while glancing warily around the grassy range under the pale moonlight. Dan frowned as he studied his dead goat. It was the fifth goat he’d found in the past weeks with two messy puncture wounds in the neck and very…

May 18, 2026

Fantasy Stories Charles E.J Moulton

Corners Of A Spiritual Room

When Juliet met Annabelle Lee, almost all they could talk about was the Mona Lisa. Was she really Francesco del Giocondo's wife, or was Mona actually Leonardo? His mother? Or someone completely different? “Well,” Juliet countered, “you know it was actually…

May 18, 2026

General Stories Matias Travieso-Diaz

Three Autumnal Tales

I. Changes Pass Eighty By the time you’re 80 years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it. I often say that the life of a human is like an American football game. During the first quarter (ages 0 to 20) one grows, develops, matures,…

May 18, 2026

General Stories Matias Travieso-Diaz

Your Lease Will Soon Expire

There is nothing more certain in nature than that it is impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. Sir Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum As the ravages of cancer continued to destroy Roddy’s body, doctors prescribed morphine to alleviate his pain and…

May 18, 2026

Crime Stories Tom Kropp

Attacked On The Toilet

I was sitting on the toilet taking a dump when the ski-masked man burst into my bathroom and tried to knife my neck. There was no way to prepare for something like that. I mean, I was butt naked pooping on my own toilet at 2am with my wife in the next room…

April 25, 2026

Horror Stories Tom Kropp

Night Watch

“What do you mean they never caught him?’ Kay asked her boyfriend, named Scot, nervously. Scot tried to hide his smile in the moonlight. Kay was a beautiful, blond-haired, blue-eyed, athletic figure, eighteen-year-old college student that was new in the area.…