Pull the Trigger, Mitzi
Mitzi Brenner, an introverted 35-year-old, stuck to an existence of physical work, a routine that kept her in an unusual comfort zone. She drove to…
Fire with Fire, Part 2
III. Keys in hand, Darla climbed into the rust-bearing ‘58 Fairlane she inherited from Em when he got his Impala. The engine spat to a start as she…
White Dwarf
On an October evening, Theo looked out over his property. It was mostly flat fieldland after his lawn ended and dropped down a hill. The sky was…
Dummy’s Dummies, Part 1
I. Vincent is a speck of a man you wouldn't easily notice. Mid-thirties, slender and slight, clean-shaven and close-cropped, he is plain of…
The Elves and the Witch
A twilight stretches across my vision. Its horizon is an infinite distance away. The dark smothers me like a blanket. I feel myself begin to sweat.…
The Flesh
A raven-haired woman seized his hand and led him to the hot tub overlooking the City of Angels. Her bare feet fell silent on the polished travertine…
Poisoned
Corrine felt like she had been poisoned. She worked as a cashier at the new hardware store in town. It opened up recently, and she requested to work…
Fire with Fire, Part 1
I. Darla’s eyes shot open at the muffled shattering of glass and found themselves locked on the still-silent alarm clock at her bedside. 5:26 am. A…
Halcyon
Maxwell Hearns, the eleven-year-old son of Ed Hearns, sat outside of the funeral home. It was late March and the last bits of winter snow had finally…
A Friend of the Church
There's a popular drug den in Manhattan called the Temple of High that was founded in the 1980’s by Rupert Monahan. Weed, pills, and women are…
