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Seconds in China by Geoffrey Heptonstall

Published On Friday, December 28, 2012. Under: Featured, Heptonstall, Uncategorized.
Dust has settled in the empty room where mice have found habitation among the spiders and spectres of empires lost in a game of chance. Once – who knows when – someone left a handprint in the dust. It was a way of making history in measureless time. A voice in the gathering of people whispered, ‘Remember the moment – it has yet to pass.’

My New Love by Gena Ervin

Published On Friday, September 21, 2012. Under: Featured, Horror Contest 2012, Uncategorized.
He shivered alone in the cold darkness awaiting the arrival of his friend—his new love. The shadows that surrounded the night frightened him. He swallowed hard but continued to wait patiently in that dark room—the only light seeped through the curtains from the street lamps.

Step Two by Julia Newman

Published On Friday, February 17, 2012. Under: Featured, Uncategorized.
Step Two by Julia Newman I wish I could sit down right here. Would that be so weird? In the middle of the aisle, right here? All cozy and cross-legged in front the day old cakes, the Pepperidge Farm display, and the peanut butter. Back against the ...

Flannel Shirt by Kris Estebo

Published On Sunday, October 16, 2011. Under: Featured, Uncategorized.
Flannel Shirt by Kris Estebo  Here’s how it started: I see myself cross the room, impassive, showing no outward concern or anger. I maintain eye contact with him as I reach over and pull a book of matches from the pocket of his worn red and black checked ...

A Scandal In Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Published On Thursday, January 06, 2011. Under: Doyle, Sir Arthur, Featured, Uncategorized.
A Scandal In Bohemia  by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I. To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any ...

Why Don’t You Dance by Raymond Carver (Film)

Published On Wednesday, September 29, 2010. Under: Featured, Uncategorized.
"Why Don't You Dance" by Raymond Carver. This just happens to be my favorite Raymond Carver short story. It is Carver has his very best. It was directed by Steven Condiotti in El Cerrito,CA (1990).