Eerie Sounds Of The Season
/Princess Lida Learns…
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Holiday warmth flickered as the enclosed fireplace setting sent friendly, peaceful messages, dancing and singing enthusiastic …
By Marc OBrien
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Dial-Up Hearts
/“I got it,” Emma yelled from downstairs.
“And?” Mateo said, unable to hide his grin.
“And hang up the phone, nerd,” she …
By Andy Cooper
Read MoreConnie Shuck’s Honeymoon in Paris
/“Amour sucks!” So thought Connie Shuck’s ghost as it hovered in the rafters of Holy United in Christ Church watching her murdering, philandering, ex-fiancé pledge his vows to her little sister. The two-timing weasel always …
By CraigE
Read MoreA Family Gathering
/The close-knit McClanahan clan became an American family in 1890, with Lady Liberty as witness. Thirty-one immigrants, from bodachs to the bairn—old men to the babies, in the parlance of their new language—eventually …
By CraigE
Read MoreFilthy Fingers
/Then I was new. And so was everything happening around me. My first shock was the sight of a female remedial student who boldly pulled a male colleague student to herself, locking him in a tight embrace while imitating an ongoing…
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreTell Me About…
/He’s lived in Nigeria. The source of many of the scary stories he told us. I’ve always wondered what took him…
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreRailway Empire
/‘Shorty’ Jim McGinty traded his .577 caliber rifle for a sledgehammer as the reunited states of America followed the massive destruction of the Civil War with the massive construction of a coast-to-coast transportation system powered by steam…
By CraigE
Read MoreThe Drums Are Awake
/“The drums are now awake
I’m forced to pause eating and listen
Inspiration has hit the rhythm
Fire will talk to our …
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreDismal, New Mexico
/On a July 7th,1867, afternoon in New Mexico territory, fighting a dry sandpaper wind and with old sol blistering down hot enough to make a lizard sweat, prospector D. B. Adams wiped his furrowed forehead with a handkerchief …
By CraigE
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