Short Story News
Happy New Years All You Short Story Readers!
Hope all of you had a great holiday season and able to take time away from work and just relax for a little while. As a magazine SSL had a great 2009 with our subscription now reaching 300 readers each week and averaging around 4000 pages (stories, poems, articles, etc) read each and every month. [...]
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Micro Fiction
Van Gogh’s Peach Tree – By Kyle Hemmings»
(based on the painting Peach Tree in Bloom at Arles, C. 1888, by Vincent Van Gogh)
There is a boy. The boy is standing in front of a munificent peach tree in all the splendor and atrophy of his afternoon existing. Shadows? Yes. There are midday shadows, hiding and seeking, long and greyish to offset the [...]
Flash Fiction
Last Visit To The Toy Store – By Teresa Houle»
Their waitress had left four mints for the two women.
“One for now, one for later,” said the mother, popping the white and green striped mint in her mouth. “Do you feel like walking off the cheesecake, Pam?”
“Why not?” she said, rubbing her soft belly. “It’s my day off from being mommy, and I deserve it.”
“I [...]
Poetry
Eddie – By John Yamrus»
Eddie
liked to
think he was
stronger than dirt,
but
he had a
weak spot
in his heart
for his dog,
Bastard.
now,
old Bastard,
he was tough.
he’d been hit
by cars
twice,
and,
even when Eddie
found him,
three years ago,
under the Parker’s steps,
with a
broken leg
and his throat cut,
he didn’t even
whimper.
Eddie wouldn’t have
noticed him
if he
didn’t hear him
moving around
in the leaves.
in fact,
that’s how
the dog
got his name.
when Eddie saw
the condition he was in,
he said
“Bastard!”
and [...]
Offbeat Writings
In the eye of the beholder – By Rosemary Bach-Holzer»
Remember those prints called “Magic Eye” that were so hip and of the moment a few years back?
They looked like leftover wallpaper from the early seventies except they hid a treasure chest full of three-dimensional (3D) surprises and the key in which to unlock them was held in your very own hands. Or, should I [...]
