By R. P. Singletary Terablete/shutterstock The pale, reading man had never entered the bookshop. “Rich! Places for rich folk!” his grandmother had said every time they shuffled past the shop’s door on the way to market or church… Continue Reading
By Robert Pettus StockSnap/ Pixabay It was New Year’s Eve. It was colder than shit. The pavement was unobstructed, even though dry, powdery white snow floated peacefully down from the black, starry night sky. The Presbyterian Church was… Continue Reading
By Lamont A. Turner ALDECA studio/ Shutterstock It might surprise you, but you don’t need a special license to haul corpses, not even a CDL, unless you’re driving something big. There are no courses to take, and… Continue Reading
By Christopher Pate Image by Apisorn “Son of a bitch.” Danny Winston slapped the steering wheel for the umpteenth time since his phone app steered him onto this lonely country road. All he wanted to do was to… Continue Reading
By A. Morgan-Penn Image by kittirat roekburi A prickle of fear runs down my spine as I comb through the knotted ends of my hair. It’s gonna happen tonight. I flatten the front of my floral dress, hands… Continue Reading
By Warren Benedetto Image by Yannick Martinez It was my idea, the camping trip. I had so many great memories of camping over the years: with my family, with the Boy Scouts, with my college buddies. We’d find… Continue Reading
By EJ Stark Image by mika_mgla There wasn’t much at the end of his directions from a drunk bush pilot to confirm he was in the right place. A small cabin, a windmill, and a couple of outbuildings… Continue Reading
By Paul O’Neill Image by Wirestock Creators All I wanted was to see someone else’s face, to look another human in the eye, to know I wasn’t the only one left. I guess you don’t realise what true… Continue Reading
By Cody Plepel On the north side of Chicago, underneath an old brick three-flat, there was a room that didn’t belong. It went unnoticed for decades; tenant after tenant assumed it was something it was not or never… Continue Reading
By Joseph Lewis Image by Engin_Akyurt Of all the things I remember the night it happened, I can’t for the life of me remember why I went to the grocery store that night. It might have been more… Continue Reading