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March 05, 2026
Poetry Paweł Markiewicz

Eternal Dawn

The beautifully feathered, dreaming albatross told Mary the dreamiest story about hereafter: There are four amazing horsemen of the apocalypse: small wolf, a fawn, a wildcat, as well as a piglet. They will drink from four charming goblets of paradise, drunk…
March 05, 2026
General Stories Thomas Turner

The Trying Years

Summer 1984- A day after they dropped off their oldest child to Candy’ s parents house for the summer, they are on a train to Poughkeepsie, where Sonny’s mother resides after Sonny’s father's death. His mother lives with her oldest brother and her brother’s…
March 05, 2026
Poetry Markus J

The Aliens

the aliens with purple hair are invading from another world even though their hair might be fluorescence deep their ideology is shallow the seeds are sown tic toc and through time their bloom of freedom will grow will it be a flower or a weed and will the…
March 02, 2026
Horror Stories Tom Kropp

Werewolves & Demons

Scot and Shannon hesitated in the forest brush, watching a modern-day demon move across the clearing. The demon they were looking at stood approximately 14 feet tall; it had dark, scaled skin, but it was very female. It was actually darkly beautiful, with a…
March 02, 2026
Mystery Stories Markus J

Too Good To Be true

The 2/4 time beat of the metronome and the guitar`s sledgehammer assault emanating from the Marshall stack, filled the vast and lonely room . A full stereophonic sound played by a starry eyed dreamer, a forlorn figure with a Gibson in hand and hopes that rock…
March 01, 2026
General Stories Thomas Turner

Training Session

By T J Tuner, Sonny Turner and Curt Chown: 1979- Sonny is promoted to General Manager and is in charge of the business section of his job in lower Manhattan. His work hours are ten to six. He loves it. One Monday morning, a new employee comes in. His name is…
March 01, 2026
Poetry Paweł Markiewicz

The She Pirate In The Tavern II

/11/ The fervent tavern was full of graceful mice. They ran around indoors the like charm-like ghosts. One sensed the odor of the dead, gentle rat, which a cat seemed to be catching, this morn. The spiderweb adorned dainty tavern. The spider slept immensely,…
March 01, 2026
Fantasy Stories Matias Travieso-Diaz

An Encounter By The River

Trolls are slow in the uptake, and mighty suspicious about anything new to them. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit The afternoon was overcast, the air thick with dew and mist. The horses' hooves plodded through the mushy forest floor. Everything was hazy, wet,…
February 26, 2026
Horror Stories Sparrow

It Lurked In Darkness

Ray enjoyed investigating abandoned places with his friends. It had become a hobby now that they had all started, as just a fun thing to do when they spent time together. This weekend, they would be visiting Halloran Manor, a long-since-abandoned home that…
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…

Oh, there she is! Man she’s so beautiful. Just look at her. Look at the way the sun reflects off her long golden hair. Like a halo. Why not? I mean, she is an angel!

She has such an incredible body: trim, strong, athletic, but very feminine. She’s just the right size, too. That cute, pert nose is at perfect kissing height. Especially in those sexy boots! Mmmmmm… we’d fit together like spoons!

But it’s her eyes… those incredible, mystical eyes, so perfectly blue. I can tell even from here. And they’re so darkly mysterious. What secrets lay hidden behind those lush sapphires of yours?

I wish those eyes would look my way… just once. But what would I say to her?

Hello, angel.

No, you idiot, that’s so stupid!

But I’d think of something. It wouldn’t matter what, she’d respond. Of course she would, she’s always talking to someone.

Oh, what a sexy mouth! With the sweetest cherry lips, it’s so dainty and kissable… if she ever stopped talking.

Hummm… how come I never noticed that before? She does seem to talk quite a bit. I hope she’s not one of those women who talk all of the time. But it’d be worth it.

I just know she has the cutest, softest voice. Still, some women do talk a lot. But she’d find me a great listener. And I’d do everything right… everything women want men to do: romantic evenings; fine dining; the theatre. I’d even sit through a chick flick with her.

As long as she didn’t yak during the whole picture.

I’m gonna do it! I’m gonna walk right over there and say, “Hello.”

Just as soon as she stops talking.

No need to be rude.

What was that?

Was that her laughing? It sounded like a hog rooting! It must have been that dorky guy next to her. I knew a woman who laughed that way. It was embarrassing.

It couldn’t have been her.

I’ll just wait here a minute.

Is that a Fendi Purse? It is… wow, that purse cost more that I make in a week! What kind of woman has a purse that expensive and rides the bus?

Porsche in the garage there beautiful?

He he he… then again, look at her clothes. She’s always so stylishly dressed, and made up to perfection; so cute without a hair out of place.

I’ll bet she follows the high fashion magazines. You know the type: Gucci; Versachi; purple martinis in the trendiest clubs, one of the beautiful people. She’s definitely high maintenance. They make me sick with their perfect cars; perfect jobs; perfect clothes; perfect hair, and tiny little perfect cell phones, always texting somebody, updating their Facebook.

She probably wouldn’t give me the time of day.

But she’s oh so pretty!

Gee… when she turned I thought I saw dark roots in her hair. It could just be the sun…

… maybe she dyes it. She’s probably not a blonde at all.

I hate fake people…

… even the gorgeous ones.

I’ll bet she’s got fifty guys on a string. She’s probably not into relationships, feels she’s too good for just one man. People like that are shallow… shallow and insincere. She probably got where she is on her looks.

Her looks… ha! That’s a laugh: a bottle blonde with fake nails; false eyes lashes; tinted contacts, and a knock off Fendi.

I wonder how much that stuck up nose of hers cost. Got a sugar daddy stashed somewhere, do ya, baby?

And you want to date me?

I don’t think so, honey.

I’ll show her, I’ll just wait here for the next bus…

… but she’s so beautiful!

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