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Short Stories

Photo by Yusuf Timur Çelik

The Bug Fix

The gloss-black Challenger with no plates and tinted windows sent a chill up Kip’s spine.

Photo by Thomas Elliott

Papilionidae

Those who knew Eulalia Quirke thought her surname suited her: of the two thousand residents of Red Crescent, she was by far the quirkiest.

Photo by Cedric Fauntleroy

Perfect Fit

Carine had grown accustomed to odd comments from patients waking from unconsciousness. Those unlucky enough to meet her professionally were far from their best selves.

Photo by Adam York

Door Time

I know the trees ain’t getting any shorter, so I guess that means I went and grew again.

Photo by Egor Kamelev

Yesterdays

“This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

Photo by Leon Aschemann

Sun Jaguar

Three degrees south of the Equator, Iquitos was three degrees warmer than my blood on that September afternoon.

Photo by Heber Vazquez

Break A Leg

Break a leg, they say. Theater people do love their jovial irony.