Fiction - Year V - Number 34 - March 2020

MOLLY PITCHERby Daniel Picker  IThe early spring sun shone brightly outside the kitchen windows as our mom stood over the griddle on the stove in the kitchen, making us French Toast, my favorite.  She then...

ON THE RUNby Victoria Rowse  It was a regular day I got home about noon when I noticed the previously empty house was now alive with activity, I looked through my kitchen window to see...

FLAMENCO FOR BEGINNERS by Anita Haas  Peggy splashed water on her face and left the ladies’ room. The dry heat of late June in Madrid had made her feel faint. Wooden floors groaned under her step,...

HUNTER AND HUNTEDby Judy Bee and Antaeus Dudleyville, Arizona, population 959The blond-haired young man, whose mother called him "Angel Face," clutched the knife tightly as he stalked me through the woods. We'd been runnin' for...

CADAVER IN THE FORESTby Robert Faszczewski Author’s Note: The following story is purely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or incidents is strictly coincidental. *****The badly decomposed body lay deep in a long-unused well in one...

SILVIES VALLEY RANCHby Michael Amato  "Morning, Sheriff," Cole says.            "What's going on here, Cole," the Sheriff says. .            "We received a disturbing call earlier today from Silvies Valley Ranch," Cole says.            "That's like the fifth...

THE WOMANby Christopher Carroll  Todd climbed into his car after leaving the bar. The sky fell out from underneath, as the wind pressed up against the car. It sounded like a bullet train was passing...