Darrell stared at the room placard just below the peephole until his sight went out of focus. He made the numbers 404 transform, they shuffled and stretched, elastic, until they spelled out their true meaning as Darrell saw them. A warning: Death O’Death.… more
Tag Archives: Fiction
Tacet
FICTION by Joe Ponepinto“This next piece shall be about silence,” he said. “A pure and simple quietude.”… more
Both Nasty and Biblical
FICTION by Jared PovandaIt was what they had both wanted. Pulsing club music. Alan’s hands on the man’s hips. A bright smile with a wicked hook. When they kissed, it had been more like crashing. Collision.… more
Eat Me
FICTION by Matthew Zanoni MüllerEveryone loved to bite me, to take little pieces of me whenever they felt like it.… more
Kiss Those Days Goodbye
FICTION by Kevin BigleyAn old man is confronted with an existential terror encroaching upon his land.… more
One Hundred Knives
FICTION by Josh DaleI made a rule in the old apartment not to answer the phone during exercise time, but this was a new house, my house. I make a new rule, pull the phone out.… more
Three Stories
FICTION by Stephanie YuHe has this chiseled out jaw and these amazing blown out pecs and this super cute dimple that shows up when he smiles. And he also has a tail.… more
Young God in Gym Class
FICTION by Joe SackstederYoung God pulls his Dream Team from a roadside culvert, spins Lucifer from cornsilk—because not having a favorite is beyond even God’s young powers.… more
