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: 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 …

Short Story: Marionette

This story is a little more explicit that usual. If you're offended by adult situations, please do not read. ~Joe~ I woke up in someone's arms and at first it didn't register to question this. I remained blissful in that hazy area somewhere between consciousness and sleep, where dreams and reality meld, where the inner child …

Short Story: Faithless

There's a helplessness in watching your best friend and neighbor pack his belongings into a car and drive away. It's one of those moments of profound loneliness as your life unravels around you, when your friends abandon you, not that I didn't sympathize. What could I do? It's a trial that a man must face alone. …

Short Story: The Cheater

"Can I come over?" That was the last thing Lizza had expected to hear from her ex-husband, a man who spent their entire marriage cheating on her, the last time with her friend in her own bed. "Why the hell should I let you?" Lizza asked. "We're over. You chose that skank over me. What ever problem …