Dinner At Pierre's by Bill Flanagan
Ben entered a church raffle and won a dinner-for-two at Pierre's, the elite three-star restaurant near Laguna Beach. Ben needed [...]
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Short Fiction and Poetry
The Vampire by Suzanna Fitzpatrick
The Vampire
sits watching by her window
knows the colour of my coat,
when I put the bins out, do the school run. [...]
One Sad Thing by Dominique Weldon
As the lavender-twilight sky blackened with night, the woman screamed outside my apartment building. [...]
A Letter From Death by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Dear Recipient,
Though you can’t see
Me through the dark
Glass in the darkness
Of your mounting fear,
I sincerely assure you [...]
Fatal Final Words by Kenneth Vincent Walker
If stranded on a
Deserted Island
And then given
The choice of a
Month’s worth of
Food or a month’s
Worth of pen and
Paper [...]
Jaali by Amadou Oury Barry
When Jaali turned ten years old, his birthday gift was a shovel.
It was much taller than him, with a rusted blade and a brown handle.[...]
Ode To The Mixtape; Winter's End by Heath Brougher
In the eighties there were sacred nights
spent with a cassette birthing wastebaskets
full of crumpled papers
of possibilities. [...]
Caught In A Trap by Joseph Clegg
We wore our band T-shirts so the bride’s father would recognise us. Huddled on a bench, we watched wedding guests trickle [...]
Any Friend of Fenrir by Christopher Butt
When he opened his eyes, he saw the dust dancing on the dawn sunbeams. He closed his eyes again and reached out with his mind [...]
Another Painting, Not Just by John RC Potter
her beloved grand-daughter was ill. she was cradling Jo Ann in her arms, the rocking chair keeping time with each heartbeat. [...]
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