SNOW JOB by Thomas Larsen
Tucker turned down Morris and walked past the house. TV flashed above the curtains. Since coming home from the hospital Ray watched movies all night. Said it took her mind off things, August,...
AS LONG AS THE DEP CAN JOIN THE DOTS by Mike Hickman
As Long as the Dep Can Join the Dots
By Mike Hickman
“So, let me get this straight…” Inspector Crichton said, chewing the end of his pencil and ruffling his candyfloss cloud of white hair. “If...
FIRST FLOOR PLEASE by Loria Davis
1st Floor Please
By Loria Davis
“Hold the door! Hold the door, please!” she yelled.
No way! After the way Stephanie embarrassed me in our staff meeting, I didn’t want to hold anything for her! Everyone...
THE DRIVER by Diandra Daley
My hands went white as they gripped tightly around the steering wheel. I leaned my head against it for a moment and pulled back to see sweat covering the horn. The excess dripped from...
OBSOLESCENCE by Laurence Klavan
OBSOLESCENCEby Laurence Klavan
It hadn’t been intentional, Cody thought. Had it? He wasn’t self-analytical, a trait he’d inherited from his father, the man he’d “forgotten” to invite to his bachelor party.
Why was that part...
NED THAYER: OUTDOORSMAN by Ken Post
Ned Thayer
~ Outdoorsman ~
The doorbell rang and Ned crutched his way from the sofa, past the granite-countered kitchen island, and into the hallway of his Aspen condo. Before he could get to the...
THE INTERN by Andrew Eastwick
THE INTERN
Absinthe first met him at the Palm Sunday Dinner.
While the other teenagers sat with each other in the basement parish hall of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, liberated from their families, Absinthe was stuck...
ALL THE DIFFERENCE by Chris Barker
ALL THE DIFFERENCE
By Chris Barker
Ethan strolled past the rows of brightly lit photographs that were mounted on the sharp white walls of The Barracks Gallery. The floorboards shone like glass and reflected each image...