blindhazel
An artist makes his way out of a mental block with a little help from his friend and a homeless man.
Jack Campbell Jr.
A small town takes justice into their own hands, led by their reverend.
Lbalisle
Susan's coma after an accident awakens her childhood trauma and leads her to a reason to live.
lauraroxie
things are slowly disappearing from Kate's life, with no explanation, and a sense of impending doom.
Swati
A professional bedtime story reader bonds with a client over shared circumstances.
J Maynard Quimby
There are many reasons I identify with my native Southland, but it's the language that makes me feel most at home.
justin.amidon.01
A foster parent turns his home into a cattle slaughter house, and turns his children into butchers and wranglers in the process.
Alex Koeller
At age 14, Melissa seems to hold a grudge against the whole world. And the world is returning the favor.
connor.paul.stauffer
A distant narrator has an involuntary encounter on a northbound train.
ekratz
An odd young man changes a relationship between a conventional guy and his girlfriend in the sixties.
Andrew Irwin
A man and a boy run away together and each, within the capabilities of their age, are culpable.
mattmyth
For ten year old Craig, the conflict between what he should do and the impulse to do otherwise means keeping his father happy is not as easy as fixing a home. Diplomatic mothers can only do so much...
ZachWiser
Arthur has suffered the most painful loss he could imagine. Now he has decided to do something about it.
jlowes
A dying young man is taught the hard lesson that life is only what you make it.
mickeyhadick
The Game Show of Life is high stakes, but you have to get in the game first. Once you decide to play, don't forget that life can be a rough game.
David DeZan
Doug Klink is a middle aged businessman on a trip when he comes to stay in a hotel he last stayed in 35 years ago. He reconnects with a friend who has been "long lost" in more ways than one.
Heather Boyd
A human-versus-nature story, about a woman who finds herself at odds with her own body.
Britt Lea
What happens when you crave more than the intimate relationship you formed? In this story, the narrator realizes that maybe she wants more than sex.
songerk
Katie Songer, thirty-three and newly engaged, is finally escaping her fractured childhood. But when her alcoholic father is diagnosed with cancer, his needs threaten to derail her newfound happiness.
mattmyth
Junkies are the worst. Um, Aren't they?
ldtodd75
A soldier working the wintry Montana missile field discovers something magical in the gloom.
MissWindUpBird
A short story about a major turning point in a teenage girl's life. Dysfunctional family included.
PatManhattan
His corporate employers make a suspicious offer to a young chemist...
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