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Rules of the Game
by James Wood
The aftermath of a sexual encounter reveals unpleasant truths about a couple's relationship.
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Worst Way to Go
by Dan Morgan
...I did something that’s been hanging around in my mind over the years, tucked down inside of me like a lucky charm that I don’t want to lose...
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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Big Hand Print
by T. K. Lee
The last thing he expects to see is a man in front of the third story men’s bathroom window.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
The Bear Got Me
by Matthew Licht
Top-secret, high-tech rocket science devolves into a primitive situation on a stretch of Alaskan highway. Nature’s still stronger than we are, in a fair fight.
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:3 stars
The Wrinkles
by Troy Keller
Stephen tells me the wrinkles methodology is a hoax...
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:4 stars
The Time-Sweepers
by Ursula Wills-Jones
You may not be familiar with the time-sweepers.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:5 stars
A Prodigal Tale
by Simon Collings
He left at night, taking with him a change of clothes, a blanket, and a small bag of money which he found in his father’s room.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:3 stars
The New Religion
by Clare Reddaway
It all began the day that Martin Jenkins decided to start a new religion.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
On Sacrifice, Dartboards, and the Night J.D. Salinger Died
by Dante Zúñiga-West
...being the bouncer is a lot like being the designated driver at a raging house party...
- Length: 10 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:5 stars
The Broken Globe
by Geoffrey Smagacz
Maybe if a person poked around the alcohol soup he’d deposited, they could find his heart or his brains.
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: 18
- Rating:3 stars
The Discovery of the High Lama
by Sushma Joshi
People aren't always what they seem.
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:5 stars
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The Backward Fall
by Jason Helmandollar
How do you catch someone who is falling into their own mind?
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
The Wicker Husband
by Ursula Wills-Jones
When the ugly girl decides to find herself a husband she has no idea what she’s letting herself in for.
- Length: 14 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:5 stars
Occupation
by Charlie Taylor
Jimmy's life changes for ever when the soldiers come to the door.
- Length: 26 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
The Card
by James Ross
'The only thing I ever got off my old man was a birthday card when I was ten.'
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
End of the Line
by Alison L. Randall
There's a new gadget in town and Liza has to try it. But will the price be too high?
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Rating:5 stars
Do You Speak English?
by Simon Collings
A tourist couple stray from the beaten track and find themselves out of their depth.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
Tone
by YZ Chin
A deaf girl tells her boyfriend that she can lip read his tone.
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:5 stars
The Star
by Esther Claes
Not even fame can protect you when the world goes wrong.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:4 stars
Appearance
by Kate Peterson
"I watched as the man I saw so clearly disappeared into the endless white."
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
Gradation
by Geoff Peck
A glimpse of the meth epidemic in Oklahoma.
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: 18
- Rating:5 stars
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