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Fiction

Root Work

Root Work

admin · August 13, 2025 · 13 min read

Google this shit if you want to, but the park is a death trap—and no one seems to give a damn. Governor Healy proposed a “statewide resource” to improve coordination…

Two Old Friends

Two Old Friends

admin · June 13, 2025 · 16 min read

They were two old friends, and they decided to meet each day in the park. The park was not far from Stanley’s house, where he had lived his whole adult…

What’s Your Sign

What’s Your Sign

admin · June 13, 2025 · 15 min read

Raymond had just turned eighty years old and didn’t care, age was just a number. He sat at his computer watching an online interview of the famous author of Romance…

One for the Devil

One for the Devil

admin · June 13, 2025 · 20 min read

Baines had knocked several times on the mahogany door that morning but no response. You never knew with Mr. Lavery he could be a real devil, give you hell. Yet…

The Keystone Witch

The Keystone Witch

admin · June 13, 2025 · 25 min read

May 14th I was allowed five minutes of peace after finishing my Southern Rockies report before they sent me to the Northern lakes and forests of Wisconsin for more field…

The Porcelain Mother

The Porcelain Mother

admin · June 13, 2025 · 7 min read

The doll head had no body. That was the first affront. It sat — always sat — on the highest shelf in the hallway alcove, where the sun never reached…

The Rough Draft

The Rough Draft

admin · June 13, 2025 · 26 min read

There was something familiar about the man sitting alone on the station bench reading a carefully folded newspaper. Nelson Wilcox had the unsettling sense of somehow knowing – and yet…