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...
CAN’T LET GO by Karen Court
Paula Ashton could hear everybody having a good time. It was nearly 5pm on Friday afternoon and her co-workers were enjoying after-work drinks in the conference room, to celebrate Graham’s engagement to that insipid...
A NOT SO NORMAL THURSDAY by Kyle Carpenter
Yesterday could have possibly been the end of me. Usually, my trip home takes no more than 15 minutes using the local bus route, so I was sure I was going to make it...
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...
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...
THE BITE by Michael Nutt
I forced my knife into the head of the undead, killing it and the rotten corpse fell to the ground. Blood poured out from the fresh bite wound it left, and my time...
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...
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...
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,...
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....