Tag Archives: SHORT STORY

Changes

Changes

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“You know, Brother Norm,” Sister Lucy had said. “I don’t see how God could send anyone to hell if He loves us all-lovingly. Which He does. Plus, I read where lots of birds do it, you know, both ways. Woodpeckers. Penguins. Who’s to say what’s normal? Who’s to say you’re not normal, Brother Norm?”more

The Genie

The Genie

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Jesus, I thought. Treasure. Real treasure. I didn’t say a word to the neighbor kid. All I thought about was his snot hands and my lamp. I knew what I had to do. I picked up a clump of dirt, and I thew it at his head.more

Anybody Seen Ray-Ray?

Anybody Seen Ray-Ray?

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They had all mellowed out, sitting there slumped over, eyes closed, half asleep when another car came up the avenue. This one stopped with a skid and a screech. No one noticed the color, make or model. It was dark, could have been black, blue, or even red. All they saw was the front passenger side window go down, and then Alton yelled, “Oh shit, gun!”more

Aftermath

Aftermath

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When Sarah first started working at McDonald’s as a teenager, she had tried to tell her father what it was really like, how bad, and her father, who was white-haired and bitter even then, after her mother, sick of his misery, had left him, had said, “You think you got it hard? You just look at me. When you got my problems, then you can complain, understand?”more

Eat Me

Eat Me

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Everyone loved to bite me, to take little pieces of me whenever they felt like it.more

Letters from a Dead Planet

Letters from a Dead Planet

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Is it possible to fall for a lime-green flyer thumb-tacked to a wall? Head over heels, the saying goes.more

To the Cherokee Strip

To the Cherokee Strip

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“It seems wrong because it is wrong,” Thomas said. “And we’re doing it anyways. Won’t be the first time for either one of us. Let’s cut across right-handed and set up in those low hills. Rain’s coming.”more

Real Fun

Real Fun

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William didn’t need keys to successfully steal his mother’s navy blue Camaro. He knew how to hotwire it in ten seconds flat and lived for the jolt of electricity that shot through his body every time the engine roared without a fuss.more

A Convenient Funeral

A Convenient Funeral

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If you wanna be cool…more

The Redneck Sheiks of Bir Tawil

The Redneck Sheiks of Bir Tawil

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“When I began the final stage of my quest to take control of my holy soil, I did so from the opposite side of the world, here in my original, and yet again, homelandmore