Click a title to read any of the following free stories.

Deal or No Deal

Take the money or run. This flash piece appeared in Mouth Full of Bullets Spring 2008 issue.

Mercy Killing

Kindness comes in many forms. This flash piece appeared in Mouth Full of Bullets Spring 2008 issue.

Venom

Too stupid for words…. This flash piece appeared in Mouth Full of Bullets Spring 2008 issue.

Helping Hand

How was Shereen supposed to read her daughter’s shopping list with her pupils dilated from an eye exam? And they say love is blind.

Shorts in Season

A year’s worth of flash fiction which appeared on this site in 2004.

Ashes

The dark side of domesticity.

Brown Leather Purse

Florence, Italy.

Library

Checking out the librarian.

Second Story

What could be worse than doing time for burglary?

Goldie

One magical night at the beach….

Holiday

Everybody needs a little fun now and then.

Cage

A little girl comes to terms with a demon.

The Stinky Awful Girl

The comic, short story of Barfola Snotball.

The Cautionary Tale of Silas Rockport

Written in response to Paul Molyneaux’s (editor of Laughter Loaf) remark, “It’s hard to commercialize a holiday based on gratitude and humility.”

Personal Essay – My Mother

Monsters from Greek mythology have families just like everybody else, you know. This story originally appeared in Paul Molyneaux’s Wry Bred! (Loaf 1; Slice 3), October 1996. Wry Bred! was a print humor magazine, now an on-line humor magazine known as Laughter Loaf. (See Links page.)

I Am Bick Pentameter, Private Eye

A hard-boiled detective story written in…well…iambic pentameter.