A CUP OF TEA by Robert Parker
A Cup of Tea.
Of course, time travel is impossible. If it had been invented or discovered, we would know about it. This is for the simple reason that no matter what time the invention...
THE PRICE FOR GREEN by Lane Goble
The Price for Green
In an empty colorless theatre, a man in a black plague doctor mask, who we will call The Doctor, enters the stage. There is a painter's canvas and a stool, with...
BEYOND APPEARANCES by Jose Recio
Beyond Appearances
Playing in front of her house, a little girl sets wildflowers in earthen pots pretending to be a gardener. She lives with her parents in a red-roofed village, a quiet place with a...
FRECKLES by Sabahattin Ali / Translated by Aysel K. Basci
Freckles
By Sabahattin Ali / Translated by Aysel K. Basci
It was a hot, sultry day. I had just left a friend’s home, where I had spent most of the evening drenched in perspiration, listening to...
PERENNIAL UNDULATION by Preston Canavan
Perennial Undulation
A smack of thunder prompted his eyes to drift open. He lay still a moment, taking this time before sitting up. An hour could go by before escaping bed crossed his mind....
SEATTLE, 1961 by Mike Dillon
SEATTLE, 1961
by Mike Dillon
As mother raised her fist to knock on the white door, she paused and glanced back at me.
“Please take your cap off.”
So, I did.
“That’s what little gentlemen do,” she added...