Submitted Short Stories
Short Stories
Story Girls
By: Michael Chin Jackson and Lily went to St. Peter’s because their father wanted to steer them from the bad influences of a public high school. He told them getting an education was not about smoking in bathrooms or fist fights or winding up pregnant before graduation. Jackson knew the […]
Almost-Rape, American Tourists, and Pope Garbs
by Teddy Fuentes The Mexican Dream: Almost Getting Raped, American Asshole Tourists, and Nostalgia Dressed in Pope Attire. I was inside a home. This place was downtrodden but very enticing. White walls now a cream color. Brown stains like cigarette smoke made art, staining glass never meant to be seen […]
The 58th Annual Founding Fathers’ Debate
by Tess F. Stevens Thomas Jefferson takes off his powdered wig and sits near a gas lamp that hasn’t been useful since 1774. In the ghostly hours of the early morning, he pulls out his quill, dips it in some ink and starts to write. The tip of the instrument glides across […]
Wasteland
art by Unitas Editor’s note: Saira Viola’s following script for a TV series idea is on NetFlix’s shortlist for possible selection. by Saira Viola This Business is Killing Me ACT ONE FADE IN: INT DALSTON GRITTY GARAGE LOCKUP. NIGHT There are grubby stains on the walls, dust and debris, sealed […]
The Crack of Dawn
by Joseph Siess …Mother Mary & the Morning of Terrible Judgment…Mad Dash to the Coast…Extreme Behavior on Av. Boa Viagem… I came to around 6 am. The Pole sat on the far end of the couch, wide-eyed with a confused look on his thin face. A hazy morning light […]
An Arizona Wingnut in Maggie Thatcher’s Court
image by Christopher Hunt Excerpt of Chronicle III of Hell Bottled Up: Chronicles of a Late Propaganda Minister [Far Gone Books, 2016] by Todd Brendan Fahey Ahhhh…tired, brain-dead, need stimuli badly–and not the kind that the University would ever sanction. I put out the feelers, and trusted my instincts regarding […]
CRACK, APPLE & POP: CHAPTERS 19 THRU 21
art by Unitas Quick Read from Chapter One “Superman don’t need no seat belt.” – Muhammad Ali Chapter 19 As Richard made his way back to his offices at Snow Hill, right next door to the Serious Fraud Office, he smiled to himself thinking of all those number drones at their […]
jewels (a spider story)
Illustration: david pratt At first the spider bite felt nothing more than a pinch, but as the night went on Seth began to feel the bite take hold. He asked Emily if her bite was beginning to hurt her, and she nodded faintly, as she sat on the beat-up sofa […]
The Short, Bitter Tale of Brother Roscoe
The boat sat anchored, barely visible from shore. On its deck a minister stood unsteadily and studied his surroundings – rain drizzled from above while agitated waves slapped the hull. Fins sliced through the swells nearby. Grasping a deep red, leather-bound Bible with his left hand, he raised the right […]
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