By: Saharsh Satheesh It was quite a cloudy day in Greenville. The thick storm clouds cluttered around the sun, obstructing even the slightest ray of sunlight. The dreaded rain season had started just days ago. Subsequently, the occasional patches of…
By Martin David Edwards. A son and his father climb an imaginary Mount Everest. A boy ran into the kitchen. He was wearing Spiderman pajamas, a green facemask and blue latex gloves. His mother was standing at the breakfast counter…
By Palmer Smith I fell in love with a somnambulist when I was 26 years old. It was before I really knew him that I fell in love with him. I had always wanted to love a somnambulist, mostly,…
By: Jude Chukwu Obahor is one beautiful place I’ll love to be, over and over again. It had the aura of home, the beauty of a ghetto, the heart of an angel, the swag of a jungle, the memories of…
By V. J. Beecham The cat lover who hates cats, that’s what you’d be thinking if you spent a day with my wife and our pet cat. The cat meowed incessantly. My wife yelled at it to shut-up. …
By Mark Kodama I. I saw her standing there near the front of the crowd, below the stage, behind the barricade. She had gold piercings through her nose, above her mouth and above her right eyebrow. Turquoise tattoos covered…
By: Leon Kortenkamp The evening news goes to a commercial break following the weather report. Heavy rain and twisters are predicted for the Oklahoma Panhandle, but it’s expected to be clear and sunny in Milwaukee. Molly clicks off the TV…
By: Rose Summer in California is the season to sleep with no blanket. To have no fear of the dark. The heat does this to us. Makes us feel invincible. Or so I thought. ~ ~ ~ It was the…
SENTENCE: Key found the perfect place to hide a body. Someone else must have thought so, too, because Key had barely gone three feet down when his shovel hit bone
By: Aruna Subramanian “Cuck-oo cuck-oo….” The clock struck twelve. “Happy birthday Maaya!” Holographic Susan appeared before Maaya with her bright smile. “Hey, Susan! Thank you, dear! How are you?” Maaya was extremely happy to see her best friend, well her image….