Short Stories

Sep 3, 20234 min read

Lumley Street - By Andre Thomas

I held my hand up to Fatman who stood on McGraw next to the Alryashi Store. Fatman’s real name was Benjamin Carter. Though, no one dared...

Aug 19, 20232 min read

The Present - By Conrad Gardner

Collette had been through a bad breakup. Not only did she find Nicola, her no-longer-girlfriend in bed with some guy who looked like...

Aug 16, 20232 min read

Sheets - By Conrad Gardner

In case you haven’t already met her, Collette possesses some neat-freak tendencies. She doesn’t have OCD or anything clinical, but she...

Aug 16, 20232 min read

The Ducks - By Conrad Gardner

I used to run along this quiet road a while back. It curved uphill for a few miles and came to a beautiful crest which gave me a view of...

Aug 7, 202324 min read

A Hungry Dance - By T R Healy

“This dance has no name. It is a hungry dance.” - Wallace Stevens, “Dance of the Macabre Mice” Prologue Am I alive? Rogers wondered as...

Jul 23, 20232 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 7 - BY K A GILBERTSON

One foggy morning, just as dawn was disappearing, two riders rode up to Fiodr Semionovich’s farm. One of them was Tverskov. His face...

Jul 22, 20234 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 6 - BY K A GILBERTSON

"Black raven, black raven, Why do you fly above me? Black raven, oh black raven, Leave me alone. I am not your prey." Sitting on the long...

Jul 22, 20236 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 5 - BY K A GILBERTSON

The smell of freshly baked corn galettes wafted up the stairs from where he was sitting. When the General left his room to get some...

Jul 22, 20236 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 4 - BY K A GILBERTSON

The intoxicating scent of roses wafted up to his window. He remembered that spring in Moscow when he had not yet embraced the cause....

Jul 22, 20239 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 3 - BY K A GILBERTSON

"Black raven, black raven, Why do you fly above me? Black raven, oh black raven, Leave me alone. I am not your prey." Soothing,...

Jul 21, 20234 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 2 - BY K A GILBERTSON

The first rays of dawn were already appearing on the horizon, piercing the gray skies, and casting streams of soft rosy light...

Jul 20, 20236 min read

THE RED POET, CHAPTER 1 - BY K.A.GILBERTSON

The detachment finally came to a halt. The clatter of soldiers and shouts of orders echoed across the quiet plain. After a quick glance...