Good Morning
Let’s get the moral of the story up front, shall we? Never try to hypnotize a gypsy. Never host a bachelor party the night before the nuptials. Oh, and never...
Flash-fiction
Once Upon a Crayon
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful kingdom.
A Gruff Patch
Bruno Gruff scratched his flea-bitten crotch and stared out the window. His brothers, Barney and Buford, bickered over the last patch of swamp grass. He snif...
Fear
I hear them, wriggling and squirming, first to my left, then my right, and then it filled my whole world with noise. The click-click-clicking of their little...
How to Get Ahead
Water dripped from high above. Perseus gripped the hilt tightly and bounced lightly on the balls of his feet. He hated waiting. A growl. Finally. The sword w...
Into the Void
Date: September 27, 1491 SCE (Second Current Era)
Barbecue No More
Steak was supposed to be on sale.
Eye Spy
“Something green.”
Love Potion Number 11
The world stuttered in a queer slant as I sat up. I stared at my hand. Love Potion Number 11. I thought it was a joke. Damn you, Ricki. She stood beside me— ...
Guilt
“I know what you did,” said the voice and hung up.
Haley’s Tree
A dense bluff of silver maples grew behind our house. I’d scamper as quietly as I could in the early evenings that last summer before Dad died. He’d come hom...
Pink Tint
So much blood.