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Short Stories

A Variety of Vermin

A Variety of Vermin

admin · March 13, 2025 · 27 min read

By four o’clock, Kris is clean out of fucks to give. It’s the Friday preceding spring break. There’s no aftercare today, no other underpaid employees to push her last few…

Anything for My Baby

Anything for My Baby

admin · March 13, 2025 · 9 min read

After turning the washer dial to the heavy soil setting, she shook her head and spoke to the laundry basket at her feet. “I can’t believe this is still happening.…

The Gold Seal

The Gold Seal

admin · March 13, 2025 · 36 min read

Andre de Corcy cursed under his breath as the charcoal split in his hands, smudging the rubbing of the sarcophagus seal. It was his fourth copy, so the mishap was…

Hell is a Stage

Hell is a Stage

admin · March 13, 2025 · 19 min read

The angry roar of heavy metal screamed from the amplifier at ear-bleeding decibels. Kip Daniels stood nearby, his fingers expertly navigating the fretboard of a blue Ibanez six-string guitar. He…

The Ache

The Ache

admin · March 13, 2025 · 20 min read

Prologue It had started with the funny feeling in her belly. There was a day, not too long ago, when she was just Sheila Goolsby, and her belly didn’t ache,…

The Sideshow of the Void

The Sideshow of the Void

admin · March 13, 2025 · 16 min read

From time to time, murmurs and mutterings concerning the carnival spread amongst the houses of town like an unseen plague This signals the carnival’s imminent arrival. The carnival returns to…

Waxing Chaos

Waxing Chaos

admin · February 13, 2025 · 21 min read

It wasn’t the time of the call; Blake was used to that, and he was a light sleeper – call it the nature of the job. When the call at…

Cold Hearted

Cold Hearted

admin · February 13, 2025 · 25 min read

1. Call from Customer WI5223 to Qualicare Refrigerators Ltd, Des Moines Headquarters, June 23, 2019. Call transcribed December 1, 2019. “This is the Qualicare Refrigerator Customer Service Line. My name…

A Helping Hand

A Helping Hand

admin · February 13, 2025 · 13 min read

Panic laced its fingers through Greg Eskew. I’ve got us lost, put us in danger. He looked at his wife, Valerie, his eleven-year-old son Michael, and his eight-year-old daughter Chelsea.…