His test results were good. Despite years of smoking heavily and drinking far too much, it appeared that there had been no negative impact on his health. The doctor, with all the resources of a twenty first century health service …
If I’d felt livelier last night, I would’ve beaten that boy around the head with my handbag. I might’ve finally used those Kung Fu lessons for the elderly I’d gone to. Threatened to tell his mother. Not that that frightens …
Meet: Gino’s, 8 pm.
Proceed to: Assorted venues of disgraceful memory – Limerick, Fat Fred’s, etc etc.
Bring: A suitable poem or song.
Partying till dawn anticipated. Acting your age strictly prohibited!
Roberta dyes her hair back …
“Do not turn the dial.”
How many times had she heard that voice? The same five words. She attempted to push the phrase aside. Consider something else. She considered her situation. How long have I been here? she thought. …
John invested in pandemic gold. Toilet paper was a hot commodity.
Peggy Gerber is a poet and short story writer from New Jersey. Her work has appeared in many publications including Daily Science Fiction, 101words.org, Terror House Magazine, …
A 65-year-old man was killed by a bear in the Rhodope Mountains on Friday. The victim was in the woods collecting firewood when he was attacked, villagers said. More than 200 wild bears roam the forests in the Smolyan District, …
In Blue Earth County, the winters are bitter, but the summers that yield bad crops are even harder to reconcile with.
Mary Anne has the broadest shoulders in all of Southern Minnesota. She wakes up and begins work before dawn …
Apparently, ‘Put your right foot in,’ means different to zombies.
James Rumpel is a retired high school math teacher who enjoys trying to put the odd ideas in his brain into words.…
Because of some poor life choices I had made before the fall of 2005, I was working through the emotional pain my choices had left me. I was talking with a counselor once a week, and I had a cadre …
