|short story| Dickens

London was gray and overcast with plenty of large puddles on the ground. Rushing along the streets, crowds of citizens moved like schools of fish or flocks of birds, their walking methods deriving from their body types and shaped by their social upbringing. The city had long been a center of commercial activity, by which […]

|short story| Bigfoot

In 1980, we lived in Washington State near a large state forest with many gigantic trees. Our home was about 100 feet from the woods, and a creek ran between us and the trees. Summertimes we would go down to the water and skip stones, seeing who could go the farthest. My friend Chris was […]

|short story| The Elves of Te’Redo

Across the multiverse, in a different reality, there exists a world of magical beings. There are many kinds of beings living on this planet, most of whom joust for power over mortal men. One type of magical being is the elves. Once the men of Te’Redo arrived on the continent of Legrass they encountered the […]

|short story| The Demon

Reverend Allen stood in front of the altar at his church, tired. His thin fingers were bunched together in a knot. His eyes gazed wearily at the empty pews that fanned out in the distance. There was nothing easy about being in charge of a church; and he wished he could have avoided it. With […]

|short story| From Here to There

In the back seat of a ’78 Ford Mustang a little boy was reading his first Dr. Seuss. He turned the page, expecting to continue the story, but was a little shocked and horrified to find it missing; he promptly gave up and returned the book to his father in the front. The Mustang covered […]

|short story| Player and the Game

In challenging the bitches at their own game, the emotional manipulator made them face a greater foe than themselves. In a controversial move that was debated among his own kind, the #1 seducer left his harem intact for the police to scoop up. Affection and monogamous love were seen as Disney propaganda artifacts of the […]

|short story| The Stand

Larry Underwood, dressed in a tuxedo and smoking a cigar, was stalling for time. His mother was glaring at him in a way that said he would never be forgiven again. It was time for him to, maybe boogie on down to L.A. for a club gig that could keep him going until he found […]

|short story| Carrie

Carrie White hung her head in shame and abject dismay. Her small boobs were exposed for all the world to see — at least, probably, for the other girls in the change room to see. Another key problem of her high school life, which read like the Bible’s Book of Job, was her menstrual cycle, […]

|short story| Lisa the Engineer

Lisa’s brain was hurting like a motherfucker from all the studying she was doing. She took a break to clear her head, heading out for a soda pop in the Science Building. The looming vending machine that contained row upon row of Coca-Cola was surrounded by guys. They were chatting animatedly about Bitcoin. Lisa wondered […]

|short story| Junkie

Sid was addicted mainly to two cheap drugs, both of which were available for less than $10 a high on the (relatively) open market. There was still fear over such issues as quality of drugs, dangers of an overdose, amount of contaminants in them, and the risk of getting caught by police. Sid’s choices centered […]