Short Stories

Christmas music rang out as Tracy glanced across the room.  She caught Oliver’s eye and then glanced away, tucking a strand of blonde hair behind her ear, and continued her conversation with Jill, from human …

“This is not what I asked for,” Adrian looked at herself in the mirror.  A large lace bow stretched from shoulder to shoulder.  The bow held her cleavage but was barely wide enough to cover …

A white van goes barging down the empty city street.  The sun shines off the metal walls on either side of the street.  The companies that had once occupied this side of town have abandoned …

“It’s easy,” Ursula said. “You just need to concentrate harder.”  “I am concentrating harder,” Lilith said through her clenched teeth.  She brushed her black hair away from her big coffee-hued eyes.  She was exhausted and …

Clair didn’t need to open her eyes to know that it was not yet morning.  The rays of sun had not yet peeked through the slotted window blinds. But she knew her sleep was over.  …

“Speak now,” I commanded Anne.  I needed her to talk to me.  To know she was okay.  That she was breathing.  And that she would not pull the Kultro chef knife out of the round …

Shannon Myers pressed the flat red button on the large screen protruding from the dashboard. She was dangerously close to losing reception and wanted to end the call as soon as possible. The horrification of …

Tessa had worked at The Whiskey Barrel for nearly four years now.  The town folk knew it for its cheeseburger and steak fries, cold domestic beers, and enough whiskey to drown a horse. If she …

Angela huddled with her back against the cold brick wall.  There was just enough overhang from the roof above her to keep her head dry from the pouring rain above.  Her feet were just small …

Angela opens her eyes to bright light.  She looks over at the single bed next to her, Johnny and Pricilla, her young siblings, are nearly on top of one another, blanket up to their chins.  …