The Pool
The new house had a pool. On sunny days it sparkled like an uncut blue diamond, meeting the blazing eye of the sun glare for glare. On overcast days it […]
Category Archives: Short Fiction
short stories that get you by the shorts
The Creek
Daddy made me show him the place. You couldn’t tell nothing about what happened but for that stick. It had some of my blood on it but Daddy didn’t notice. […]
Bag Lunch
He stares down the brown throat and into the paper stomach of his lunch bag. There is a stale marshmallow with powdery old-lady skin. Half a green pepper cut on […]
High Rise
He is back in the city, back home. He shivers in his inadequate jacket. He lives in a place where coats are not necessary; he has forgotten how cold and […]
Vampire Girl
It was a slow night at Casey’s. Less than a dozen people. He noticed her because of her drink – she was drinking something white. It glowed palely in the […]
