Luigi Bonaro
Are you stressed out by housework? In this Absurdist/Neo-Noir story, Amanda Housewife Tired answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well-dressed man carrying a vacuum cleaner.
Eddie McNamara
Agoraphobic Ex-Hasidic Jewish Dominatrix has control issues.
Richard the Heade
Non-fiction piece about some recent memories and dreams I've had about the first friend I made back when I was six. The preceding sentence is horribly written but I'm too tired to do anything about it
Austin Hall
A recent college grad visits his alma mater only to be thrust into a game of dares to discover why his old short story has gained so much notoriety among his workshop friends.
V.R.Stone
A woman picks up a man in a club, but who is she and where is she taking him?
Paul Fassett
A cobbler is being put out of business by Synthetic Humans, and when he is mistaken for one, and accidentally recalled by the factory, he learns to empathize with their plight, and place in life.
Alan H Jordan
Fate reunites Joel, a Navy Seal, and his high school girlfriend, Jewelanna, when Joel happens to help in the repossession of a sofa from an $8 million home. Lighthearted reading.
Ed Weinberg
This story is about a crass but wise Abkhazian elder celebrating his 150th birthday in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, and thinking about life.
SteveRoisum
After being attacked at a bus stop, Abbott Blankford finds he can speak and understand the Dog language. Now he must usethis relatively lame power to save his bullies, his family, and maybe the world.
vlad605
Earl "Saracen" Boyd has a mystery to solve. Men are dying in strange and unique ways that may be related to the new brothel that has opened. Can a Texas Ranger deal with magic?
Jenn Collins
This is a short piece about a moment in time that I shared with my young son. It needs a little polish, I think. Help a girl out?
Dan J. Fiore
In the wake of an unthinkable tragedy, Marcy assumes her usual duty at the annual community fair, convinced the person responsible is in attendance.
Alan H Jordan
Sometimes the smallest things, like bringing home a set of Lennox Orchard jam jars, makes all of the difference between living and dying.
Nils
I'm helping my Uncle move his things into my Grandfather's bedroom weeks after my Grandfather committed suicide with the .38 that he had in his will for me.
KatePeridot
A crime thriller short story about an ex -gangster's missing daughter, with a moral twist at the end. Final draft.
Sean Stallard
A brother will do anything to get his sister's inheritance.
Strange Photon
There are 14 poems, and they are rough drafts only. I need to winnow them down to at least ten (I may write a couple new ones to help continuity of tone and/or subject) separate but related poems.
Alan H Jordan
Attempts to assassinate the President of the United and PI Catalina Diamond are discovered to be only a part of an international corporation’s profit strategy, triggering a race to avoid chaos.
Jez
He saw them sitting on a train station bench, a mother and her child. Now he can't forget them.
Eddie McNamara
A Pickup Artist attempts to sleep with his 1000th consecutive online conquest for his upcoming book "Batting a Thousand"
Luigi Bonaro
The story is about a man who believes that aliens monitor our society by using barcodes. He shows the reader how every element of the everyday life in his condominium is part of an alien conspiracy
Jacob
A woman decides to return home after many years to confront her past.
Angel Colón
Jake "Hungry Like the Wolf" Stone goes through the motions and dispenses sage advice during your typical night backstage at an ISA™ Foods World Eating Federation event.
BradPett
Ghengis Khan's horse. Black Bart's grapeshot ricochet. Pat Garrett, Melvin Purvis. Sometimes the only thing worse than dying a legend is being the traitor who outlives the myth.
will.mazgay
Colorado in the 1890's is the backdrop for this bloody tale of a father's revenge. (Contains strong language and explicit violence)
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