Fiction Index

Thomas Scott McKenzie Barges Linda went out onto the porch and tried to get her shaky hands to tie her shoe laces.... As she was opening the car door, Linda saw Mike easing his truck into the carport. He got out, pale and shaken, his blue button-down in his hand and his undershirt and pants smeared with blood. Linda grabbed his arm, the graying hairs still wet.		Tim Peeler Résumé She did like Todd's car. But when he backed out on 14th Ave., he squalled the tires for about fifty feet before fishtailing back into the right lane, just in advance of oncoming traffic. "Jeez!" she somehow cut herself off without finishing the name and felt her already nauseated stomach sliding up her throat.
F. Brett Cox Up Above the Dead Line Ned looked at his sons and didn't say anything for a while. The afternoon sun hit him full in the face, brutally outlining the eighty years' worth of lines and crevices that had managed to appear in half that time. He told Caleb to shut up and show him where the body was.
Bob Thomas Duel in the Sun As I lay there, trying to control my breathing and be as invisible as I could, Rascal was not! He was thumping his tail against the floor and panting like a locomotive! I was sure he could be heard for miles and would give away our hiding place . . . even though the smell in here was almost unbearable, I didn't want to be shot again!		Lanny Gilbert The Subject Was Tomaters Janie peered into the basket, moved a few tomatoes, and saw a rather large snapping turtle with her sister's finger in its mouth. The old turtle had dug into the bottom of the basket with its claws and wasn't going anywhere in a hurry...
Thomas Scott McKenzie Broke Down He opened the shutters and a stream of light cut across the stall and shone on the horse. Clarke waved the flies away from the crack. "It’s definitely dead," he said. "Don’t you go off nowhere, Walt. I’m going to have to call the owner. I want to be able to find you if I need you." AND the story you've all been waiting for: Tim Peeler The Day the Diarrhea Twins Found the Dead Mule A Morality Tale Spike was busy getting ready for his big date. His girlfriend was out of town for the weekend, and he had lined up a girl from a bio lab at school as a one night stand-in. "Love the one you're with," he sang nasally and out of key as he made up his bed, fluffed the pillow, borrowed Flanagan's Dan Fogelberg album...