Published: Jan 12, 2021
Escape Time
featuring: Traelyn Nelsen
Traelyn found an escape pod. Odd, he thought, that after flying spaceships for forty years that this would be the first time he needed one of these. Inside was smaller than he ...
Stories
Published: Jan 11, 2021
Crush
featuring: Monica Charles
I started seeing Monica when my wife checked into the rehab center. Not because I was a bad husband or a terrible person, but because I needed comfort. Monica was unafraid to ...
Published: Jan 08, 2021
Job Offer
featuring: Angela Moriss
There was a job offer, but she wasn't certain it was for her. It meant going into an office, the office, again. The people, in person, were not her biggest problem. It ...
Published: Jan 07, 2021
How to Outlast a Door
featuring: Steve Suns
Several days later Steve returned to the door. It was still golden and spotless. He felt just as unsure of his next action as he had at last visit, and quite sure ...
Published: Jan 06, 2021
Used to be Wind
featuring: Steve Suns
"Hard to believe there used to be something called wind," Steve said to Uhlrick. "Never heard of it," the younger man said, swinging from his safety cable from bolt to bolt with ...
Published: Jan 05, 2021
On the Railing
featuring: Paul Wallis
He stood on the bridge, watching the ducks, a few geese. He hated birds, because they could fly and he could not. He stepped up on to the handrail, it was six ...
Published: Jan 04, 2021
Yellow Door
featuring: Steve Suns
Steve found himself stumbling down a short flight of steps, catching his fall with a hand on a yellow door. It was shiny and clean, spotless in fact. Steve marveled at the ...
Published: Dec 31, 2020
Winter Grip
featuring: Yerl Gleason
Yerl stopped going to the Zoom calls. He went for walks instead, after making up the excuse that his doctor told him he needed to move about more to reduce his stress. ...
Published: Dec 30, 2020
Magazines
featuring: Peter Kleun
Every evening Peter is reclined with a magazine, reading about things slowly and deeply. His wife never quite understood how he could read about things that happened months ago, sometimes years. But ...
Published: Dec 29, 2020
Cheap Suit
featuring: Angela Moriss
Ryan was like a cheap suit: he looked good for the first five minutes, but as he moved about in his chair and drank with a sneer and spoke and spoke and ...