2017-02-06 00:58
When I went to college, I didn't have a lot of money. I was heavy on student loans. I had a little bit of financial aid, but it didn't cover much, and I thought I could scrape by… Read More
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A new 100-word story every day. Think of them as single-serving alternate realities, where stones can talk and ghost doctors make house calls. Sometime funny, sometimes eerie, always brand new.
2016-12-16 15:28
I found him in the backyard, shining a flashlight up into the night. “Hey, buddy,” I said, trying not to let him see my recent panic. “Whatcha doin’?”He click… Read More
2016-11-10 13:29
She found God at last. He was hiding in the cupboard, up on the top shelf behind the soy sauce. "There you are," she purred. "Come on." He flinched away from her reaching h… Read More
2015-10-02 10:03
One day, you may discover walking boots on your porch. Walking boots are weather-beaten. They are just your size. You may have vague memories of buying them, but this is a… Read More
2015-09-26 04:18
“I have a solution,” said Pigh. “The Valiri Gem requires the sacrifice of the most powerful love in the universe in order to destroy it for good, right?“Right… Read More
2015-09-24 09:04
The mask had cut most of the smell since they’d left the ship. Jev’s eyes started watering the moment she removed it. Tral kept his on, the wheezing of his recycler t… Read More
2015-06-23 14:31
My story "What We're Having" is up at Strange Horizons this week. It's a quiet and (hopefully) charming little relationship story, centered on a time-traveling skillet. Enjoy! Read More
2015-06-03 15:06
My story "Sticks and Stones," originally published at Crossed Genres, is now up at PodCastle! All hail the new overlords, Rachael and Graeme! Read More
2015-03-12 19:18
My dark little selkie story is up now at PodCastle! (First new publication to actually hit in like forever.)Basically, I'm relatively fond of selkies as a concept anyway, and then I re… Read More
2015-03-03 07:27
Timothy turned on the tap.“The water isn’t working right,” said Betty.And it wasn’t. It flowed out of the tap and down to the sink, clear and cold to the touch… Read More
2014-12-20 00:19
We spent the night in a haunted house. We didn’t have to. No one forced us. We’re not sure now why we did.There were no horrifying apparitions. No blood d… Read More
2014-12-03 07:15
The bed hovered over the immeasurable void. Kinny and I hadn't worked up the courage to enter it yet. A chill wind blew up from beneath, and all around was blackness.Somewhere, a dog barked… Read More
2014-12-02 05:06
The Squid of Despair takes up most of the living room now. Its muddy, brown-gray skin saps the brightness from the room, or perhaps simply highlights the lack already there. It rolls a… Read More
2014-11-29 13:03
He fills in the crossword while he waits. He does not skulk in bushes, not anymore, not since he learned about Starbucks; cafes; newspapers. He shaves often, especially during the week of th… Read More
2014-11-26 07:11
Count Darigon cackled as the Sword refused to budge. “I know you, King Amberion,” he rasped. "You are a thoughtful leader and a complicated man. You are good. But the Sword… Read More
2014-11-25 14:01
By the by, I remain interested/amused by Quarter Reads, where I have uploaded several stories. The ten dollars is a bit of a high initial ask, but it's almost intoxicating flitting aro… Read More
2014-11-25 04:30
The summoning booth has a line. I scuff the leather on my loafers and check my phone. I don't really have time, but without a PowerPoint demon to run my presentation, I don't hav… Read More
2014-11-25 04:28
I saw something move in the garage of the house on the end, and I thought, “Deer,” because Dad says they’re like rats and get everywhere. Then it lifted its head, and… Read More
2014-11-04 04:27
The hallway is long and walled in tile and steel, but you will notice it does not echo. The constant rush of saltwater and poison outside is an unending susurrus that swallows sound.&n&hell…Read More
2014-10-31 15:21
I woke to a soft weight on my shoulders and back, followed by a prickling as claws dug in, pressing through the fleece and the sheet.“It’s like three a.m., cat,” I mumbled… Read More
2014-10-22 14:21
Margie had to go home for her wallet. She still used cash.“What?” I laughed. “How do you get anything done without a god?”Margie’s face… Read More
2014-10-09 20:31
Penny had a not-a-dog. It wasn't exactly invisible, but it was an absence rather than a presence. You could pet it, but it wasn't warm or solid, and it was not fuzzy at all. &hell…Read More
2014-10-04 22:37
“They just seem so taken aback by the whole thing,” said Martha, letting the curtain drop. The mob had sort of organized into an impromptu prayer service, but five differen… Read More
2014-10-03 23:02
October is apparently when everything is dropping. "Columbidae" is up, marking my second appearance at Flash Fiction Online under as many different editors. ;-)Go read the story t… Read More
2014-10-03 13:09
The shower always took a while to warm up in the mornings. Bonnie winced as she stepped in. Better than wasting water.“Have you thought about it?” asked the serpent… Read More
2014-09-29 01:15
Mythic Delirium returns with, among many others, my story "And All the Tribes of the Earth Shall Mourn," in which a man fails to understand other people's religious ecstasy, and also McDonal… Read More
2014-09-21 02:31
The grand and hopefully long-standing traditional annual UFO anthology is out early! My story, "Why I Bought Satan Two Cokes on the Day I Graduated High School," can be read there, alo… Read More
2014-09-20 14:33
The 7-11 parking lot was empty except for the rust-eaten white Buick. The guy standing beside it looked like low turnout at the casting call for Suspicious Character #5.“You got… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
After she had cleaned up the floodwaters and chivvied the snarling clouds back into their pen, she returned to the bower, where her lover sat, hangdog and fuming.“I didn’t mean t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It was the one hundred and fortieth day in the bunker, and the sixtieth straight day of rain. Today, the head-height clouds were charged with electricity, and your hair stood up on end… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
He finished the e-mail and paused to reread. He was disconcerted to see, instead of a polite request to be removed from the course, nothing but “FEAR IS WHAT THE PREY CAN CATCH F… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We didn’t find out about the invasion for a while. They said on the news the aliens looked like us and talked like us and were generally exactly like us except they came from spa… Read More
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