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Short Fiction and Poetry
Without Sleep by Kathy Pawluk
When you don’t sleep, your senses become intensified. You hear a pin drop. Something moves…just a fraction…but you see it. [...]
Shortlist Saturdays: Netherworld by Frances Boyle
Mia had fretted for weeks, wondering if James had gotten involved in something illegal, maybe even organized crime [...]
Where's Suzie by Maxine Flam
It was a cold and rainy day, my birthday was. October 13th. I turned seven but there were no celebrations [...]
The Foreboding by Dave Cuzzolina
Several days of soul-searching and wavering finally convinced Colin Finch he had to tell his wife. Deep down he knew it all along. [...]
Shortlist Saturdays: Saint Kinga by Zary Fekete
“She’ll appear,” said Tomi. He looked up at the portrait at the front of the sanctuary. “Mother Zsuzsa said she would.” [...]
Hear From You by Kim Morton
I decided it was worth it – you were worth it – when I moved the last hundred dollars from my savings to my chequing [...]
My Last Dream by Dennis Stein
I awoke with a start. No idea what the time was, only that it was still dark outside the bedroom windows, and the room was dark [...]
Shortlist Saturdays: I'm In This Story And I Don't Like It by Melissa Ridley Elmes
Listen, I know this whole thing is going to sound crazy as all get out but bear with me. The thing you need to know is [...]
Join Us by Lauren Farmer
“I knew when we met that you’d be perfect. I’m about to give you the opportunity of a lifetime,” [...]
The Starer by Carys Crossen
Every night, unfailing. Regular as a metronome, he would peer in, eyes as pale as mushrooms and blank as boiled eggs. [...]
The Old Leather Suitcase by Sugar De Santo
Disappeared. Without a trace. Without a reason. People vanish, without notice.
There was an old medium-sized dark leather suitcase [...]
Shortlist Saturdays: A Blind Eye by Christopher Butt
Casey Johnson stared at the old three-storey house and shuddered. The light from the full moon cast a sinister shadow over the estate.[...]
Danger Noodle by Melissa Ridley Elmes
What at first appeared to be a thick green vine clinging to the trunk of the ancient tree past which she was walking [...]
Rusty by Richard Krause
When at first Rusty the Poodle got hit with a golf ball, everyone ran up wobbly to him [...]
Klarkie's Christmas by Ernest Youhouse
Of all the characters that inhabit my childhood memories, few have reached the prominence of Klark Lionel Elyon Gold. He was mute [...]
Shortlist Saturdays: Onesie by JP Relph
She’s trapped in a crush of clothes at the front of the thrift store -“JUST IN!”, like snippets of breaking news. [...]
Take Me Out by William Falo
My boyfriend Kyle and I were big fans of horror movies. So, when my parents went to Italy for two weeks, I was in my glory [...]
Cold Fire by Melissa Pleckham
The first time Bridget saw the flames flicker to life on the far dark shore of the lake that bordered her home, Hagan had already been [...]
Something Forgotten by John Timm
5:30 p.m. Dark already. And cold. Just want to get home, enjoy a glass of wine, eat something, put on my pajamas, watch TV or a movie [...]
Fertilizer by Langdon L. Lytle
The familiar sound of the dial-up modem bleated into the kitchen from across the house. Emmitt turned the volume knob up [...]
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