George cannot remove his costume after a party. His actions cancel the future.
George Turns Back
Tag: short story
Too Soon
A young woman in a small town, has experienced the loss of her boyfriend and is uncertain as to what she has left to live for.
Small Big Picture
Head of a refugee camp can’t understand a woman who refuses to share a tent with a man who looks like the man who shot her husband.
Raging Rails and Campfire Tales
Mysterious artifacts are found inside a Mojave desert construction site leading to unexpected reunions for a contractor and his wife.
An Inconvenient Truth
A mother’s reaction to her daughter’s unplanned pregnancy.
ar·chi·tec·ture
A timely twisted tale where the past becomes the future for an architect, a devil, and Shakespeare riding beams of light.
Wretch
A story of a son looking for redemption after committing a grievous mistake years ago.
Jack in the Box
Do we ever really know our parents, or do we only think we do? Can an adult have a “coming of age” experience?
April’s Foul Day
This is a short story on grief and loss.
Oh Lucky One
Welcome to the aftermath – Our hero from last June’s ‘Minor Marvel’ in Literary Heist is back.
The Carny Contessa
A successful Hollywood writer, meets an unconventional protagonist and writes a new “chapter” for his career.
Oh Bobby, Why Didn’t You Look?
The accidental death of a child and the impact upon his family and his father’s lover.
Woowo
A teenage girl learns of her grandfather’s horrifying death.
Night Shift
A cynical store clerk working the night shift refuses to assist a 14-year-old prostitute who is later murdered by her pimp.
Enough is enough
A hospital nurse has an opportunity to eliminate a threat to her policewoman partner.
Minute hand
A magical realism story about a man finding redemption through fixing a clock.