The End of the World
“I wouldn’t wanna do that on a regular basis,” Greg said as he cleared the airlock at Base 5. “It once took seven months Captain,”...
Eric Larson
Eric Larson grew up outside of Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in...
Dark Side Dry Cleaners
The old rabbi plucked a curly white hair from his charcoal colored coat and twisted it between callused fingers. He sighed for the days...
Castaway
Jeff awoke to the simultaneous challenges of sunlight as it beamed onto his face through the loosely woven thatch and the vibration of...
Cora and the Birds
A story in one sentence Winston was wasted and Cora had the task of getting his gorgeous but sagging body up the two flights of stairs to...
That Day, On That Hill...
That day, on that hill, by that bay, a lot of things went wrong. Filippo overslept, for starters. Normally, the monks chanting matins...
A Round on the House Wouldn’t Hurt Anyone
“A round on the house wouldn’t hurt anyone,” muttered Jimmy Biggs as he stared deep into the watery remnants of an icy cocktail. He...
Odessa Springs
“Must be some of the neighbors,” Marcus called to his wife, Linda, who was busy unpacking in the kitchen. He waved to an attractive young...
You Don't Know
“If you don’t have cancer, you don’t know cancer, you can’t know cancer.” Doug stopped typing and read the sentence to himself silently. ...
Shadows
As she lies beneath crisp white sheets, I imagine Grand-mère’s eighty-nine years of memories repeating over and over in her mind, jumbled...