High End By Casey Alexander “I don’t think this footrest is going to meet my needs,” Alexander was saying. “None of them are at the…
Posts published in “Stories”
Humorous fiction and short stories
MeHD By Casey Alexander Amy sighed. What did she have in common with a lightly salted cashew? What qualities did the two of them share?…
General Disillusionment By Melissa Tonkin The news comes on the TV at 7:02 p.m. Considering it’s called ‘The News at Seven,’ it’s late. The night’s…
by Jeffrey Meyers After teaching in Japan for a year, my wife and I took the long way home through Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, India,…
Tennis Memories by Jeffrey Meyers Much have I traveled in the realms of tennis, and many goodly states and playgrounds seen. Now that injuries have…
I Was Melania Trump’s Body Double by Bob Ross The colonel called me into the office on a Tuesday. I’d just started my shift, hadn’t…
Arthur by Casey Alexander Ted’s boss wanted an explanation; his eyebrows conveyed that the situation was grave. He stood accused of unauthorized leisure, of shirking…
Sonnets for Senior Sirens by Kelly Sheehan Heath “Look at ‘em.” I mutter to Sabella, shielding my eyes and squinting at the gaggle perching on the other…
Confessions of a Germaphobe by Clark Zlotchew Year 2 BCP (Before the Covid Pandemic): I, Edwin Q. Lillypad III, am known by friends and mortal enemies…
The Persian Version by Jeffrey Meyers In June 1971 my wife and I drove across Turkey in a Volkswagen bug without seat belts or air…
Japan and Korea: Delights and Horrors by Jeffrey Meyers After completing my two-year appointment at UCLA in 1965 and leaving my year-long English girlfriend there,…
Goodnight Mold By Casey Alexander Ben was partway through his morning pigeon salute. It was an inhospitable morning; he stood on the balcony with an…
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