She Imagines
/Mother had traveled. And upon returning, she brought me a toy phone and a wrist watch. Gifts from …
By Benjamin Nambu
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Skips Its Turn
/Gareth was fed-up and feeling down. January had to be the toughest month of the year. Christmas had been wonderful, family and friends and lots of food and drink. But the dark, bleak days of January were just brutal. The initial…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreNot On Her Watch
/Lynda headed down the street, eyeing the group with suspicion and hostility. As she passed by, she glared intently at them. They were just hanging around, loitering, lurking across the street. The group were trouble, she just knew…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreButukwen and His Mother
/Her son had a challenge. Physically, he was alright. Mentally, he was unstable, couldn’t sit at one place and behaved more like a toddler for his …
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreThe Boy And The Bicycle
/As the boy and his best friend rode their bikes into town, he enthused about what a great day they would…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreBurning Ambition
/This was the biggest week of her life. Gina Riley had been painting, drawing, sculpting and generally creating art for as long as she could recall. And in a few days’ time her work would be on display in an exhibition comprising entirely of her own art. It was…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreSecrets And Smackdowns
/‘And then he says, I think it’s Colin!’ Dave said, delivering the punchline with all the enthusiasm of a Saturday night television…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreVows Eternal
/The Pillsbury, Connecticut, graduating class of 1938 didn't have much to dance about as the country was still slogging through a nine-year national economic depression. Duncan Arbuckle had even less to dance about at prom…
By CraigE
Read MoreThe Lottery Ticket Seller
/A Short Story about surviving …
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He was panting heavily. Furthermore, he noticed that his body was increasingly more willful and obeyed him less and less. The age. The best years are behind …
By Sugar de Santo
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