Great Flash Fiction by KT Bartlett I needed to focus. What I wanted to do was keep driving past the house, but we had a job to do. My hands clenched the wheel as I pulled into the narrow dirt driveway and maneuvered the car to a stop. Xavier Hillman sat in the passenger seatContinue reading “Nothing’s Changed”
Monthly Archives: July 2025
Jersey Girl
A New Book Written by Robert White Jersey Girl, is being released by Close to the Bone Publishing on Aug. 15. Raina Burke is a tough woman managing a server farm for a company in Nigeria. When her supervisor orders her back to Silicon Valley, he insists she bring her security team, two violent mercenaries.Continue reading “Jersey Girl”
The Song Of Vulcan
Poetry by J. Marquez Jr. she strutted into Jove’s house immersed in feline finesseher bare paper skin, a sketch pad for the tattoos of promiscuitybreasts plump; a volcanic threat; an effusion of Nectarthe embers of Ambrosia; a smoldering coal between her legsand camouflaged amid the shadows of the wonders of an architectural handthe maker ofContinue reading “The Song Of Vulcan”
A Career in Crime: AKA The Convict Codes Vol.11
Crime Fiction by David Hagerty As I studied the other convicts in that tight, airless classroom, the pre-release teacher passed around a resumé template mimeographed in inky, old-school purple. “For now, just fill in the blanks,” she said. “We’ll type it up later to make it pretty.” Funny word to use in prison, pretty, butContinue reading “A Career in Crime: AKA The Convict Codes Vol.11”
God Is Bleeding
Crime Fiction by London Baker I hardly recognized the bloody pulp that stared back at me from the mirror. I glanced at my bruised knuckles, a paint splatter of greens and purples. Always throw your punch with the top two knuckles. That’s what Blake Culman—the man who taught me to fight—had once told me. IContinue reading “God Is Bleeding”
The Closest Thing To Being God
Flash Fiction by Conor O’Brian Barnes “The misery of life is the greatest consolation for death,” the shooter said. “It would be bad to die if it were good to be alive, but since it’s bad to be alive, it’s good to die.” “If that’s how you feel about this shit-show of a world,” DetectiveContinue reading “The Closest Thing To Being God”
The Quarry
Flash Fiction By Jason Smith Alex and his car were found at the same quarry where the man from 1984 was buried. The front of his car was a crumbled wreck. He had driven through a barricade and rolled down a hill before plunging to his final resting place. His autopsy showed his alcohol limitContinue reading “The Quarry”
Interrogation Of A Suspicious Citizen
Flash Fiction by Bill Kitcher I was standing around, as usual, doing nothing, but this time in front of my house, when a cop car pulled into the driveway. Two cops got out of the car. They appeared to me to be as large as elephants, one even bigger than the other, with the sameContinue reading “Interrogation Of A Suspicious Citizen”