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The Ambush, Part 2: The Colony
Dufort sat at an outdoor table at the café, directly behind his target, an informant for a rival intelligence agency but in the service of the same…
Four Religious Poems
To Know God, to Love God, and to Serve God I am a bowl of fruit on a shelf in a store in Chinatown, rotting--- Evaporating up and breathing sweetness…
The Doll with the Creepy Glass Eyes
“Oh, but they’re so cute, can’t I take just one? Please Jake, please?” Jake shuddered as he looked at Zoe’s collection of porcelain dolls. He would…
Jude the Unshrewd
Her name was Helen--- from Australia--- and it was all a very long time ago: the late 1960s. Helen managed a shop selling eastern ethnic goods near…
The Shadow Men, Part 2 — Excerpt 4
More than two dozen men sat inside a large room at the front of a long horizontal table. They drank cups of coffee or tea in an uneasy silence as…
Fraternal
Tommy wrote on the unpainted sheet rock wall with a pencil. “3 ft 3/8 inches off the face of the column. Snap a line. Then 3 ft 9 ¼ inches. Snap your…
I Turn on the Computer with Mine’s Big Toe
I have a lot of affection for the computer and, when I have everything ready, I turn it on with the big toe of my right foot. My wife has caught me…
Arsenic
Prison was pretty bad, but one thing Stu liked was that he got to take classes if he wanted, and boy was he ever glad he’d signed up for this one.…
Dragon Day Out Now: Buy it for 40% Off This Weekend Only
Terror House Press is pleased to announce the release of its 26th book: Dragon Day by Matthew Pegas. Dragon Day is a dark, comedic novel about…
The King, Part 1
I. You wanna hear something really fucked up? Because honestly, I’m warning you this might be too much. Because honestly, I’d rather none of this…
