Coda
He followed the familiar tune through the fog: strings, horns, that impossibly sweet voice. The gloom lifted to reveal the girl, singing her heart out under the spotlight, invisible orchestra in...
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The three dice feel like cold teeth in Kate’s hand. She rolls each one separately, as Dorothea instructed. Mumbling, the old fortune teller stares at their placement inside the chalk circle. Candles...
View ArticleThe Angry Camper
Stuart had a heart transplant last March and felt lucky to sit around a campfire with Paul. The drunk from the next campsite stumbled over again. “Stop all that damn noise!” Paul stood and yelled,...
View ArticleThere’s Been A Murder
Sunday, April 12 A murder has occurred at the Johnson’s mansion and Earl Johnson was found dead in the basement. The following are transcripts between the investigator and suspects. Investigator: “The...
View ArticleBruno Schulz On The Street Of Crocodiles
The pills I take at night to get to sleep leave me feeling dazed all morning. I stare stupidly at the white screen of my laptop while rubbing my head in a forlorn attempt to stimulate the language...
View ArticleThe Dreaming Man
Calvin approached every situation with the same primary assumption: he was dreaming. This outlook freed him from the tethers of reality. He lived with a complete disregard for consequence only the...
View ArticleKeep Movin’
—Get in the car, doll. —Where we goin’, Roy? —To get us some money. —Gonna buy me something pretty? —The world, babe. —Slow down. You almost— —Look in your purse. —A gun. —Know how to use it? —Point...
View ArticleWandering Star
I killed the crew of the Wandering Star, humanity’s last hope. A desperate mission to find a new home. The ship crashed into this lonesome planet of obsidian. Maybe I’ve lost my mind. But I heard a...
View ArticleMorning Constitutionals
Fred was a big man who walked a little dog. Pepe, the Chihuahua, nearly jerked Fred’s arm from its shoulder socket as he dashed ahead of his owner on the leash. Mel Friedman walked Franz, his Great...
View ArticleSunflowers On The Horizon
The rows of sunflowers spread across the horizon, tiny flames of color against a burnt-out sky. Megan ducks away from the window, hoping she wasn’t spotted. “They’re coming closer.” Charles scrambles...
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