PURPLE DRESS, A short story by Denis Bell

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PURPLE DRESSBy Denis Bell One spoon of instant and two spoons of sugar in the Disney mug with the broken handle. The best way to start your day.           Garbage spilling out of a plastic trash bag....

A BROKEN SHELL OF A MAN by Elizabeth O’Neil

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A BROKEN SHELL OF A MANA novel byElizabeth O’Neill Chapter One - EGGS ‘Dae ye want ays tae read your palm?’  The gypsy woman asked, craning her scrawny chicken neck.‘No, this is a cafe,’  Peggy said,...

SAT SUPEREST, A Short story by John C. Young

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Sat Superest by John Young The car stopped at the gate, and the two male occupants stared ahead—as though instead of a mere conjoined unit of hinged wood, the obstacle were some farmyard sinkhole newly visible...

PORTRAITS OF THE DEAD By John Nicholl

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PORTRAITS OF THE DEADBy John Nicholl Chapter 1 2:20 A.M. Saturday, 2 May 1998Emma didn’t know how long he hid, silent and unmoving, in the large Victorian wardrobe to the side of her single bed. She...

THE KILLING OF JOHN, JOHN, AND JOHNBy Elizabeth O’Neill

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THE KILLING OF JOHN, JOHN, AND JOHNBy Elizabeth O’Neill Chapter One - LOSS OF A LEGEND   Willie Goodwillie sat in his nightwatchman’s hut, in the middle of a graveyard.  He could be described asrather rotund, well...

DANVERS, THE RECKONINGBy Rebecca McNutt

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DANVERS - The ReckoningBy Rebecca McNuttRebecca Maye McNutt was born in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1998, after which she moved to Ontario and New Brunswick for a number of years. The first books she...

OF-NOTE, A short story by Mehreen Ahmed

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The Black Coat                                                                      A short story by Mehreen Ahmed One black, wintry night, Piccolo -Xavier bumped into someone while crossing the boulevard Peripherique. Once he was across, the person on the receiving end was not visible anymore and it...

TRUTH ACCORDING TO MICHAEL, Chapters 7-8 By Stevan V. Nikolic

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TRUTH ACCORDING TO MICHAELA novel by Stevan V. Nikolic Chapter Seven - The Second American Woman        That Wednesday at the regular House Meeting attended by all students and staff, the Director announced that Michael was...

OS PÁSSAROS – Trinta e cinco, Por Célia Correia Loureiro

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OS PÁSSAROS  Por Célia Correia Loureiro(excerto) trinta e cincoE cogitar que as juras da Manuela – aquele amontoado de desejo tão precoce de se agrilhoar a alguém –, eram genuínas. E logo em relação a...

O MARINHEIRO, Drama estático em um quadro, Por Fernando Pessoa (1915)

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O MARINHEIROde Fernando PessoaDrama estático em um quadro a Carlos Franco. Um quarto que é sem duvida num castello antigo. Do quarto vê-se que é circular. Ao centro ergue-se, sobre uma eça, um caixão com uma...