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  • Catching Up by Edward Ahern

    Catching Up by Edward Ahern

    She was halfway into her seat before he looked up from his phone. “Hello, Frank. They’ve changed the name of the restaurant. Antoine’s now.” She talked too quickly.             “Hello Rebecca, you look great.”             She picked up her menu, reddening slightly. “Sorry I’m late. Have you been waiting long?”             “No, just got here. […]

    colleenflorafiction

    January 28, 2023
    Short Story
    amends, Fiction, prior affair, short story
  • El Valle de Cafe by Jonathan Ferrini

    El Valle de Cafe by Jonathan Ferrini

    Dearest Yvette: I write to you beneath a candle on a small desk within my spartan quarters. It’s late in the evening, and all is quiet, except for the subtle melody of the tropical birds awaiting sunrise.             The delicate flame dances about creating gorgeous amber hues and shadow images suggesting black caverns reminiscent of […]

    colleenflorafiction

    January 22, 2023
    Short Story
    Fiction, Guatemala, nun, priest, short story, teacher, unrequited love
  • Spartacus Along the Silk Road by Eric Smith

    Spartacus Along the Silk Road by Eric Smith

    Prelude:It is better to invite one thousand sinners to a party of saints than unleash one neutral man among the good. The opposite of course is not true. Jaguars, ambivalent loners, unlike proud lions, are always restless until they pounce. China. She’s jealous…             When China wants a new religion, the world builds roads. Wild […]

    colleenflorafiction

    January 15, 2023
    Short Story
    China, Cultural Revolution, Fiction, Mao Tse Tung, Married couple who do not speak each other's language, short story, Translation app
  • The Digger by Marco Etheridge

    The Digger by Marco Etheridge

    Digging for old bones is best done by night and the digger knows this. He wields his shovel under starlight and moonlight, serenaded by the nocturnal creatures of the Missouri woods. The night is ebony edged in silver, but it ain’t quiet.             Whippoorwills mourn their own name from maple and sycamore trees. A barred […]

    colleenflorafiction

    January 8, 2023
    Short Story
    burying, Fiction, graves, hermit, homeplace, legacy, murder, redemption, short story
  • Goddess of the Beach by Zack Taft

    Goddess of the Beach by Zack Taft

    She settled herself into the warm sand; her eyes closed for a moment. It felt like a dream. She was barefooted and wearing a red dress, a floppy straw hat, and oversized sunglasses.             “Grampa, will you stop that?” He was doing an embarrassing dance on the white sand, mumbling to himself. His shorts seemed […]

    colleenflorafiction

    January 1, 2023
    Short Story
    beach, fantasy, Fiction, short story, talking crab, talking seagull
  • A Victorian Affair by Perry Genovesi

    A Victorian Affair by Perry Genovesi

    When Ellen landed at the tunnel’s end, she noticed, under clouds of soot, a lone rowhome. It appeared like the thousands across the city – three stories, all brick, cornbread-yellow shutters. Each window was dirt-coated or bathed in shadow. What was it doing here, in the ruins of an old subway station? As she edged […]

    colleenflorafiction

    December 24, 2022
    Short Story
    affair with a married man, book clubs, fantasy, Fiction, old books, secret tunnel, victorian drama
  • Too Many Heavens by Bill Schillaci

    Too Many Heavens by Bill Schillaci

    The homes atop Pine Crest, the highest road in the town, were baronial and of another age, even with the obvious modernizations, the central AC units secreted behind muscular rhododendron bushes, the security cameras bolted to the roof soffits and the automatic sprinkler heads and child-safe trampolines in the front yards.             Charlie happened upon […]

    colleenflorafiction

    December 18, 2022
    Short Story
    alcoholism, blackouts, facing the past, Fiction, hitting child with car, redemption, short story
  • The Moon Glows by Karen Estevez

    The Moon Glows by Karen Estevez

    For many, many monthsI watched the full moon as it rose. Counting the moons of your passingand its’ soft glowis now a metaphor for the lightyou possessed now sharing in repose Dear Moon everlasting,GLOW Karen Esteves is an artist, designer and educator.

    colleenflorafiction

    December 11, 2022
    Fiction, glow, moon, nature, Poetry
  • While She Sleeps by Bob Tomolillo

    While She Sleeps by Bob Tomolillo

    Last night my Icelandic wife spoke Spanish in her sleep.             “Es muy importante,”  she said.                Many years ago she vacationed in Barcelona. Sometimes she sleeps with her  arms outstretched.               “There are a lot of people in my head at night,” she says, as I help her slip out of  her sweaty nightclothes.   […]

    colleenflorafiction

    December 4, 2022
    Short Story
    dreams, Fiction, restlessness, sacrifice, short story, struugle
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