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Category: Short Stories
Pasture Statues
What does the cow see behind the woman and child?
The Man Who Murdered the Smartest Man in the World
At the crossroads of faith and artificial intelligence.
What to Bring Your First Time at the Death Cafe
The limits of grieving alone.
Fernglow’s Final Equation
A physics professor attempts to end the scourge of gun violence by means of a simple mathematical theorem …
By the Strait
A work of allegorical fiction following a girl named Glauca as she navigates a world on the brink of the ocean while contending with memory and loss.
Who Killed Publishing
A literary agent struggles with how to reject a worthy author and wonders how the industry got to the point where this is the norm.
A Getaway from the Everyday
A young couple meet for their commute home on the Staten Island Ferry and discuss if joining the rat race and living an unfulfilling…
Rideshare
A privileged college student is cast into the world of the homeless where he learns valuable life lessons from the “sages” of the streets.
Base Jumpers
This piece is quick, profound and interesting fiction.
Almost Perfect
A happy man struggles to ask for a wish from a Genie.
Zula
A short fairy tale creation for the Choctaw, using the plot elements from the famous Cinderella story.
Stars above Detroit
Togetherness, love, and hope flourish within an abandoned neighborhood.
Two-Face
In this vignette, the teen discovers his courage and overcomes his life-long shame when he plunges off a quarry ledge to save his chief tormentor
Papa Razzi
Papa Razzi takes my photo; he takes so much more than a photo.
Insert Family
The frustrations of shopping for the perfect family.