jlowes
A dying young man is taught the hard lesson that life is only what you make it.
mickeyhadick
The Game Show of Life is high stakes, but you have to get in the game first. Once you decide to play, don't forget that life can be a rough game.
David DeZan
Doug Klink is a middle aged businessman on a trip when he comes to stay in a hotel he last stayed in 35 years ago. He reconnects with a friend who has been "long lost" in more ways than one.
Heather Boyd
A human-versus-nature story, about a woman who finds herself at odds with her own body.
Britt Lea
What happens when you crave more than the intimate relationship you formed? In this story, the narrator realizes that maybe she wants more than sex.
songerk
Katie Songer, thirty-three and newly engaged, is finally escaping her fractured childhood. But when her alcoholic father is diagnosed with cancer, his needs threaten to derail her newfound happiness.
mattmyth
Junkies are the worst. Um, Aren't they?
ldtodd75
A soldier working the wintry Montana missile field discovers something magical in the gloom.
MissWindUpBird
A short story about a major turning point in a teenage girl's life. Dysfunctional family included.
PatManhattan
His corporate employers make a suspicious offer to a young chemist...
HeavyLiquid
A boy seeks the help of a witch to make peace with his deceased mother.
PatManhattan
He's a research chemist. Perfectly normal guy, though he does have a rather obsessive monologue running in his head.
Paul Fassett
A teenager ruthlessly picked on for being different is forced into a situation that in the blink of an eye spirals out of control, and leaves him helpless to circumstance.
lauraroxie
A depression era story of a young girl and her mother struggling to keep the life they have together intact.
Covewriter
A young mail carrier in 1928 wrestles with the government taking people's land and taking their stills.He stops the government for a moment, but also discovers heartbreak.
mattmyth
Some key things you need to know about Theo. (oh yeah, DON'T FORGET to put Detol in his bath!)
Paul Fassett
A teenager ruthlessly picked on for being different is forced into a situation that in the blink of an eye spirals out of control, and leaves him helpless to circumstance.
Jose F. Diaz
Alex Bodhi finds himself on a psych-ward after a suicide attempt. Unsure of what to do, what is wrong, or how he ended up being a person who would commit suicide, he struggles for understanding.
Paul Fassett
A cobbler is being put out of business by Synthetic Humans, and when he is mistaken for one, and accidentally recalled by the factory, he learns to empathize with their plight, and place in life.
Jenn Collins
This is a short piece about a moment in time that I shared with my young son. It needs a little polish, I think. Help a girl out?
Alan H Jordan
Sometimes the smallest things, like bringing home a set of Lennox Orchard jam jars, makes all of the difference between living and dying.
Sean Stallard
A brother will do anything to get his sister's inheritance.