Derek Elkins WritesMishael took a moment to wipe the sweat from his eyes, but only a moment. If the guards should think that he was slacking, it could mean a sharp crack from a rifle and the endless sleep for him. But he had to change it up or he’d go mad. Yesterday, Mishael and […]
Frank sat at his kitchen table on Thanksgiving Day, staring at his withered hands, purple veins evident under such thin skin. He glanced once or twice at the old rotary home phone hanging on the wall every couple of minutes, but it lay there, silently mocking him. The whole apartment was quiet as a tomb […]
Care to wrap up your Wednesday with some fabulous flash covid/quarantine/pandemic fiction with a Rod Serlingish twist? Then step right up to the conclusion of Joe Shaw’s epic 4 part novella. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll stick a pin in your thigh. Why, you may even sigh. And et cetera. Read this story and more […]