LET DOGS DELIGHT by Devin Jacobsen
Let Dogs Delight
On looking back, you perceive patterns, a particular trajectory to a life, and doubt it could have been any way other than what it was. But even in the midst of living...
A MOST DISCONCERTING TITLE by Eric Green
A Most Disconcerting Title
By a vote of 5-4 in favor, the editorial team at Jackhammer Publishers agreed to move ahead on the manuscript that for months, years, eternity, languished sight unseen, unread, and...
WEDDING DRESSES by Steven McBrearty
I was hanging out at the law offices downtown in San Antonio that Saturday morning in September, working ostensibly, but actually just drinking free coffee and flirting with the receptionist, Rhonda. I wasn’t expecting...
THE BULL SESSION by Fran Schumer
When the girls decided to have a "bull" session, they really didn't know what it was. They assumed it was where you sat in a circle, and everyone frankly shared her view of the...
HASTILUDE by Derek Kelly
“You’re dead.”
“I’m not.”
“Yes, you are. You’re dead. I shot you in the head.”
“No, you didn’t. I got hit in the shoulder.”
“The head Gerry.”
“The shoulder.”
“The bleedin’ head.”
“You missed Jason. I got shot in the shoulder....
ENIGMA by Suzanne Zipperer
Cyrus hated prejudice in the true sense of the word: pre-judging. That quick assessment everyone does, filing people in mental categories by their dress, hair style, address, occupation, skin tone. He figured that this...
THE STRANGER by Luis Morales-Giorgi
The door doesn’t open often at this hour. I slouched, my eyes following my favorite pair of socks tumbling through a monsoon of shirts. The machine rattled and groaned as it worked. I just...
A DEAD MAN’S LAST REUNION by Shawn Dulin
Wow, I expected more people to be here. Don’t get me wrong, it was still a packed building, but I was hoping for more of a sea of people to say their final goodbyes...
ABYSSAL by Josh Hiatt
A thunderous cacophony of alerts and sirens blared throughout the confines of the vessel. The metal twisted and contorted, puncturing the ears of the crew. A cry could be heard from the ship's bridge,...
A NEW JOURNEY by Maria Fernanda Sifre
Life and death. This man had the burden of experiencing them both. Humans always wonder what comes after death. Some say that the righteous would go to heaven and the evil would perish in...