Short Story

Fiction | Short Story
The Path Between Two Dogs

The still very young man took the staircase. There was nothing fanciful, it didn’t arc down with a grand flourish or bore in the way a submarine’s stairs do; it just fed down into the surface predictably and deliberately, one step at a time, carrying him closer to the sound of the train. A witness […]

Jan 5, 2017
Fiction | Short Story
Send in the clowns

a sad true circus

Jan 5, 2017
Fiction | Short Story
From Adam to Atom

The frustration in Evalyn’s eyes was changing colors. She dangled, feet to the wind, beneath a plume of parachute. “Jonathon!” She tried to kick his apathetic limbs but couldn’t reach. He looked at her with a smile and joked about the loss of her shoe. “I’m serious, man. We’re stuck!” “Look, Evalyn. They told us […]

Jan 3, 2017
Fiction | Short Story
First Citizen of Mars

You’ll survive, Elon said. That’s why I sent you.

Dec 23, 2016
Fiction | Short Story
Flashbacks, What I Learn Today

The incredibly wonderland and extremely dynamic Sam Ligon Catapult flash fiction class
Assignment write 300 words in 30 minutes…can you believe it. I need to delete one word. But which word. I delete ‘will.’
My name is Judyth Emanuel and I wrote

Dec 11, 2016
Fiction | Short Story
When Teachers Have Guns or The 15 Minute School Day

Mr. V., are you drunk? Or are you just really unqualified to teach?

Dec 5, 2016
Fiction | Short Story
Orange Is the New President

I can just be the king, right?

Dec 2, 2016
Fiction | Short Story
Baby in a Bar

“A sign in the window said No Minors after a certain hour.”

Nov 28, 2016
Fiction | Short Story
Heaven and Hell for Gerard

While mister and misses Clementine were waiting in the faintly yellow waiting room, the man started to scratch heavily behind his ear. He turned his head to the left so he would get the right spot. “Stop it Gerard, you’re making me nervous”, his wife said. Miss Clementine was a small woman, with a hair […]

Nov 24, 2016
Fiction | Short Story
The Clouds

Hank pressed the bell, and not even two seconds passed before the door opened up with a cracking sound. A man appeared with a bald spot on top of his head, but long hair on the sides. He must have been close to fifty years old, was wearing a white shirt with stains on it, […]

Nov 21, 2016