Under the cardboard flap lay an aluminum lunchbox. Its once colorful Glory Man images had been covered in a few layers of dust. But why the dust could reach its surface and not the sun, it didn’t know. Day after day, light flooded the little attic and drifted away. Night after night, crickets could beContinue reading “Wishful Thinking”
Category Archives: Short Stories
An Oddity, Indeed
Benjamin Keeled was a kind fellow. No one really knew why. In a world of haters, killers, liars, thieves, and every other form of monstrous occupational title available at any given moment, this man was an oddity indeed. Yet, because he was kind, even the most gruesome bloodthirsty maniac felt the urge to be niceContinue reading “An Oddity, Indeed”
Faithful
The weight of immovable earth lifted and a cold rush filled all the loose spaces around the Soul Smite’s blade. It had been several decades since sunbeams had warmed its metal. Faithfully had it remained at the side of the fallen chieftain, and faithfully it would have remained had the Joakim clan not needed itContinue reading “Faithful”
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Christmas Excursion: A Justin & Clara Adventure
Justin fiddled with a spoon on the table, staring at nothing in the real world. His thoughts wandered from one idea to the next. What if I just flipped this spoon? How loud would the crash be? Could it fly into the multiverse and disappear? What about all the wrapping paper over there? If IContinue reading “Christmas Excursion: A Justin & Clara Adventure”
Naming a Doorknob
Late blooms the flower‘Neath the stone archway’s warm shadeWhere we all will be I read the words thinking, “That’s ominous. It started out so nicely… What happened?” My old professor’s words rang in my ears: “Life is hard, and then you die.” It was mine and my best friend’s favorite phrase—odd but comforting. That’s whatContinue reading “Naming a Doorknob”
Light and Dark: Part 2
To know the dark is to know the deepest part of yourself. You can’t appreciate light’s beauty without understanding the dark’s ugliness. What light is in you is not completely of yourself, but neither is the dark. To know yourself is to know everything and everyone who came before you, and will live after you,Continue reading “Light and Dark: Part 2”
Light & Dark: Part 1
The place was unfamiliar to Ursula, yet the four-thousand-year-old church toward over the ashes of a broken city, an old sight to her eyes. She couldn’t help but notice the juxtaposition between the peaceful images within her refuge and the bloody raid without; it caused her head to pound. There was no time to appreciateContinue reading “Light & Dark: Part 1”
Stories Attack
Justin sat at the library table, the one place he found comfort when he felt down. Being surrounded by piles and piles of books filled with faraway stories and tidy endings was his favorite feeling. Clara tapped him on the shoulder. He didn’t even realize she had sat down. “You alright?” she asked. Justin groanedContinue reading “Stories Attack”
The Doorknob
It was a fine, crisp day in early summer as I walked through the forest next to my childhood home, Everything was calm and sweet, just how I remembered it, except for one little thing. I had an eerie feeling come over me, like something was watching, calling me even. I tried to ignore it,Continue reading “The Doorknob”
Beth Freemont 