Short Story: The Wedding Crasher
by Cindy Dorminy It’s not that I hate Darla—she was my college roommate after all—but it should be me at the altar next to Theo. She’s lovely in her simple gown, but I would have worn something more
Short Story: Pot Holes
by Scott Bell In the days before Sam Cable became a Texas Ranger, he served as a trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety. Some days on the highway patrol were fraught with danger.
Short Story: Where’s Wally?
by Diane Barnes Henry hangs the last of thirty flyers on the bulletin board inside Holy Grounds. His eyes fill with tears as he looks at the picture of Wally with the Red Sox bandana
Short Story: Holiday in Hartland
by Gail Cleare Bridget Reilly tugged another piece of firewood off the stack on the back porch, and added it to the pile already in her arms. She squinted up at the white sky, where large,
Short Story: Ink Monster
by J. Leigh It burped. Well, Kala didn’t actually see it burp, as the gelatinous mass of black, gurgling ooze known as an ink monster wasn’t actually, physically, there. No, the being that was perched, spitting and oozing,
Short Story: One Taco Short
by Russ Hall He went to get a drink and his tongue lapped in a harsh rasp across the bottom of the empty bowl. Across the room his upright ones were watching the fake people
Short Story: When We’re Thirty Epilogue
by Casey Dembowski Hannah Their one-year wedding anniversary “There you are.” Hannah smiled at her husband—now officially twice over. She saw him in suits nearly every day, but Will in a tuxedo was another sight
Short Story: The Silent March
by Claire Matturro and Penny Koepsel Jude whispered to herself: remember this date. August 22, 1972. Beside her, Camille fingered the peace symbol on a cord around her neck and eyed the crowds. Jude’s
Short Story: The Prank
by Densie Webb It was a prank. A practical joke. Through the haze of slightly illicit drugs inhaled in the bushes behind the house, Evan found the plan hilarious. In the harsh, flickering florescent lights
Short Story: A Katie Christmas
by Erica Lucke Dean A light dusting of snow fell, making Cooper even more nervous as he pulled into the bank parking lot for the client appreciation holiday brunch. Maybe I should wait until after Christmas. He’d