Short Story: Ice August 2, 2023 471 by John L. DeBoer Ice points form on my mustache, Vapor breath is labored. I put one cramponed foot ahead, Then rest before the next: A steady rhythm, moving up, Can’t yet see the summit. Ice ax ready just in case The leader or I fall. Joined by rope, we are a team, Our goal
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Short Story: Before the Pact July 31, 2023 702 A When We’re Thirty Story by Casey Dembowski Hannah slid her tray into the spot next to her roommate’s and surveyed the crowd in the cafeteria. It was packed, the area buzzing with excitement—Greek Life recruitment had just started. The pledges were easy to spot, some in matching outfits, others with pins, all with a nervousness about
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Short Fiction: Prologue July 28, 2023 451 by Brian S. Leon Libya, February 2011 He had been waiting in the austere presidential office to see the dictator for over an hour, but time was something of which he had plenty. He didn’t even mind the oppressive North African heat or the overly sweet smell of the rich wood paneling in this room
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Short Story: The Men’s Entrance July 26, 2023 989 by Scott Bell Javier Lazano arrived for the interview earlier than he wanted, but later than he expected. The door hissed open and he stepped inside. Men packed the waiting room. Wall-to-wall males, configured in every shape, color, and size, all stuffed into a place the size of a breadbox with the décor of a
Short Story: Nowhere Near Goodbye (Deleted Scene) July 24, 2023 518 by Barbara Conrey Nowhere Near Goodbye Deleted Thanksgiving Scene Note: One of the first things my content editor suggested was to change my manuscript from a two-person point-of-view (Kate and Emma) to a single point-of-view (Emma). She said the choice was mine. I was crushed. Cutting Kate out of my story was like cutting off my finger.
Short Story: My Father Tells a Story (Aunt Blanche) July 21, 2023 559 by Claire Matturro My Father Tells a Story Four generations of us had crowded my brother’s farmhouse in the rural black belt of Alabama and the living room still smelled of roasted turkey and pumpkin pie. We were sitting about in various chairs and couches with the kids sprawled on the floor and the baby
Short Story: Doing the Hop, Hop, Hop July 19, 2023 530 by Russ Hall Forty-seven pogo sticks Showed up by error at the nursing home. Retired duffs and greying dames Cast off their walkers; one Rose up from a steel wheelchair. “Oh, brittle bones, we do not care.” They mounted and began to hop, Up and down, up and down In a growing group, a bold
New Release: Get a Room July 18, 2023 273 Special Release Day Kindle Price: $2.99. Grab your copy today! Brian Hawkins has had the worst year. He watched his girlfriend marry another man, lost his job and his apartment, and after a summer under his parents’ roof, has taken refuge with his younger sister. A quiet few months in Philadelphia are just what he
