Time, Timing, and Belches
Goddamn Murphy’s Law, alcohol corollary! The occupant of the room mused on the oddities of chance for a moment. He considered indulging in the low grade…
No Big Deal
Jared waited in the hotel room as his men stood like gun-toting titans wrapped in black tactical armor. They flanked his easy chair and kept track of the…
A Delivery for Samuel
A knock at the door awoke Samuel from his slumber. He swept the Sandman’s dust from his eyes and groggily kicked off the covers and removed himself from his…
Labeled "Killer Revenge"
Black. Blood. Tears. My wife wept as she felt the life slipping from my body. I had not meant for things to end this way, yet I had known they would have to…
The Hiding pt.9
It was the voice of the short postman that had delivered the first two packages. He peered at the quivering, lumpy package lying on the doorstep of 42 Spiker…
The Hiding pt.7
Walking down the hall, an uneasy feeling began creep up on her like poison ivy, pushing the breath out of her lungs. She began to feel weak and stopped at the…
The Hiding pt.6
Unsteadily, she got out of her chair and stumbled towards her door. She stood for a few seconds with her hand on the doorknob, swaying. Finally, with a flick…
The Hiding pt.5
Abruptly, all the colours stopped. Everything went black. Slowly, the darkness before her eyes began to brighten, shade by shade, turning from pitch black to…
The Hiding pt.4
. What happened next was completely unexpected; nothing. She had thought that touching the sculpture would bring some sort of apocalypse or death sentence…
The Hiding pt.2
The man nodded and said “Good mornin’ ma’am”, then proceeded to take off with too much vigour for a postman. She turned around and walked back inside. She…
The Hiding pt.1
As she sat reading silently in her lounge room by the warm fire, she heard the shrill, piercing whistle of the door bell. She rose out of her Victorian…
Roman Bravery
The sound of the doorbell pierced the silence encumbering the woman, motionless in her armchair, waiting. Reluctant to move, her brow creased and perspiration…