THE LADY WITH THE TWENTY-FIVE-LETTER ALPHABET by Richard Rose
THE LADY WITH THE TWENTY-FIVE-LETTER ALPHABETby Richard Rose
The bookshop had been quiet for most of the morning but on hearing the bell signifying that a potential customer was...
TAMALANE ОF PETROGRAD by Virginia Marybury
TAMALANE OF PETROGRADby Virginia Marybury
Of all the flat, marshy edges of western Petrograd, nowhere was as haunted by former people as St Basil’s Island, that diamond delta in...
MY ROOM IN SAVILLE by Peter Fraser
MY ROOM IN SAVILLEby Peter Fraser
Six hours on the highway brought me back into Spain from Lisbon. How can you get tired, just sitting in a bus, staring...
RETRO – GENESIS 5:24 by Stephen Stratton Moore
RETRO-GENESIS 5:24by Stephen Stratton Moore
Fairfield County, Ohio 2012
A capricious dance of clouds and low-slanting sunlight brought the field of wild grass to life, turning...
POSSESSED by Andrea Carlisle
POSSESSEDby Andrea Carlisle
Jane became aware of someone coming up close behind her in the crowded checkout line, so close she could hear breathing. When she turned to look,...
CHEAP DATE IDEA: DEFILING A GRAVE by Michael Gillen
CHEAP DATE IDEA: DEFILING A GRAVEby Michael Gillen
The sun was transiting Capricorn, his tarot reading that morning was an upright star, and he had done self-affirmations all morning....
TWO CANES by Terry Sanville
TWO CANESby Terry Sanville
At a little after nine in the morning, Douglas stepped off the bus and hobbled along the sidewalk to the Pacific Grove Senior Center. On...
WATCHING by Leandro Almeida
WATCHINGby Leandro Almeida
Have you ever gotten the feeling someone is watching you? Those chills down your spine? That sense of unease, or the prickling on your neck? Objects...
ENTER JOSIE by Joseph Austin
ENTER JOSIEby Joseph Austin
Enter Josie. A raven-haired beauty with blue eyes sprinkled with saffron. Barbara knew her kind the moment her son, Darren, brought her through the front...
COLD WAR GIRL by William R. Stoddart
COLD WAR GIRLby William R. Stoddart
It was a long death in a short life. Aunt Tanya died from a proliferation of white blood cells, the end coming...