Short Story: Gloom Dispelled

"Who is she?" Tiriana asked. "Who are you talking about?" Virion asked in return, deflecting his girlfriends question. "You know who I'm talking about," Tiriana retorted. "I know you were talking to Aien about her. You said you wanted to ask her out." "That's ridiculous," he said, though he looked guilty as he said so. …

Short Story: President Carlson’s Polls Up

The most remarkable story of the last year has to be the video that was leaked of the president having sex with the assistant to his Chief of Staff, the very attractive, and relatively young, Samantha Hinson. What made it remarkable, other than the fact that someone had made and posted a pornographic video of …

Short Story: Miracle

It felt as though my heart was being squeezed by a vise. Or maybe it felt as though it was been forced through a shredder. It was a pain I've felt before, a pain I think we're all to familiar with, at least if you're ever had the misfortune of falling in love and experiencing …

Short Story: Revelation

It's been five years since I've been with a man. No, I take that back, it's been five years since my husband died. I can't remember the last time I've been intimate with a man. What can I say, after forty years of marriage, somewhere along the way, we lost the spark. He lost interest …

Short Story: The Ex

"I never want to see you again, Allen," my wife said over the phone, once we exchanged our greetings. "It's over. I want a divorce." This was odd, for several reasons, namely that we have been separated for six years, and our divorce finalized for five. I was in a state of shock, a weird …

Short Story: Betrayed

"I love you, but...," Tara began before she faltered. She knew it would be difficult, but she had prepared for this moment. No she didn't know if she could go through with it, but also knew it was now too late to back out. "What do you mean?" Lenny interrupted her, his forehead furrowed. His …

Short Story: Perfidy

The lights flickered as the sound of thunder rattled the windows before going out, casting Edmund into darkness. The sound of wind and torrential rain lashed against the window as he fumbled for a lighter. He cursed the decision to quit smoking, a decision forced on him by his wife. He cursed his inability to …

Short Story: Fealton’s Trial

"Adventures are for the young," Fealton groused as he sloshed through the muddy field, a pack thrown over his right shoulder. Ahead of him, a warrior led the way, followed by a few other guards. Behind him, a contingent of dwarves grumbled, having to cooperate with humans and elves. Fealton, though human himself, was beyond …

Short story: My Awakening

I knew I was different, special, unique, at least in the small community I grew up in. No matter how hard I tried, I never quite fit in. Had I grown up in a larger, metropolitan city, I might have found my tribe, but no. I grew up in a small rural community in West …

Short Story: Burial

The note took me by surprise. “I never expected love to hurt so much.” I read it and reread it over and over again, not quite making sense of the words so clearly written by her hand, the last words she would ever write. I found it beside her when I found her, dead, rigor …