TWO CANES by Terry Sanville
TWO CANESby Terry Sanville
At a little after nine in the morning, Douglas stepped off the bus and hobbled along the sidewalk to the Pacific Grove Senior Center. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, they served free...
RETRO – GENESIS 5:24 by Stephen Stratton Moore
RETRO-GENESIS 5:24by Stephen Stratton Moore
Fairfield County, Ohio 2012
A capricious dance of clouds and low-slanting sunlight brought the field of wild grass to life, turning it from the dull hues of winter into a brilliant,...
THE DYING ROOM by Vince Barry
THE DYING ROOMby Vince Barry
“Nervous,” my wife goes, I think, ’cause she’s in the laundry room, which comes off the garage and is narrow and low beamed; so, if somebody says something, let...
THE BOY IN RED by Sean J.H. Rubin
THE BOY IN REDby Sean J.H. Rubin
JOSEPHINE
The concert took place outside the kindergarten. Blue spruce strove to survive the prolonged dry days of Armenian summer, but the war had not helped. Dawn's light shone...
COLD WAR GIRL by William R. Stoddart
COLD WAR GIRLby William R. Stoddart
It was a long death in a short life. Aunt Tanya died from a proliferation of white blood cells, the end coming just shy of her half-century birthday....
ONE LONG NIGHT by Jay Hookham
MY ROOM IN SAVILLEby Peter Fraser
Six hours on the highway brought me back into Spain from Lisbon. How can you get tired, just sitting in a bus, staring out a window? It’s not possible....
MY ROOM IN SAVILLE by Peter Fraser
MY ROOM IN SAVILLEby Peter Fraser
Six hours on the highway brought me back into Spain from Lisbon. How can you get tired, just sitting in a bus, staring out a window? It’s not possible....
TELL HER by Denise Cloutier
TELL HERby Denis Cloutier
Ellen had been married to Richard Miller for twenty years and three months on the day he died. He’d been losing his battle with cancer for the better part of a...
CHEAP DATE IDEA: DEFILING A GRAVE by Michael Gillen
CHEAP DATE IDEA: DEFILING A GRAVEby Michael Gillen
The sun was transiting Capricorn, his tarot reading that morning was an upright star, and he had done self-affirmations all morning. David was ready to put himself...
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THE LADY WITH THE TWENTY-FIVE-LETTER ALPHABET by Richard Rose
THE LADY WITH THE TWENTY-FIVE-LETTER ALPHABETby Richard Rose
The bookshop had been quiet for most of the morning but on hearing the bell signifying that a potential customer was entering, Mr Hope glanced towards the...