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Not Enough Time

The little boy followed his Mom around the corner as Tony Lange materialized near a reconstructed fossil. His clothes were torn and soiled, his hair and beard matted with three months growth. “I’m back. Got to warn them. It isn’t the answer. We’ll all die.” He struggled to his feet and then he saw the […]

Time Traveler in Plain Sight

“Time machine? Why would you leave a time machine in plain sight, Rodney?” “What better place to hide it, Yvette? No one would suspect it’s more than a simple sundial.” “So you showed up for my time traveler party last week because you saw the advert in the paper the day afterward.” “Don’t be absurd. […]

Beware of Malevolent Snowmen

“What is it, Noah?” “A fake Santa guy at the store gave it to me, Rachel. It’s a snow globe.” “Why?” “Beats me, Rach. You shake it and this stuff floats around like snow.” Nine-year-old twins Noah and Rachel Frisch were sitting on the floor in the living room. Mom, Aunt Sarah, and Bubbe were […]

Pretending

How many times must we tell the tale? How many times must we fall? Living in lost memory You just recalled from “Pretending” written by Jerry Lynn Williams Performed by Eric Clapton “Janice, please stop pretending. We both know you stopped loving me a long time ago. Every time I try to talk to you, […]

When It Deserves The Grave

He visited the ghost town of Buckhorn, Iowa with a very specific purpose. It was mid-December and the ground should have been frozen, but he was master of this universe and had absolute control over all the physical rules. He waved and a fresh grave appeared before him in the cemetery. He had no idea […]

The Girl in the Tiny World

“No!” Landon was startled and then crazy scared as his two-and-a-half year old sister Dani appeared before him as Circus Baby, a character for the horror-based video game Five Nights at Freddy’s but an instant later, and for the millionth time, the impossible happened. The many fragments of the soul coin, shattered by the combined […]

Last Flight

“Gotta set down, boys. Oil pressure’s dropping fast.” “What about that road? Charlie, can you make it?” “Lining it up, Jim. You and Ted like jumping outta planes so hold your water while I land this tub.” Pilot Charlie Kern liked teasing the two veteran skydivers, but they’d proved their courage hundreds of times. The […]

Nightfall

“T’was the night before Christmas and all through the church, Sean the prideful had fallen a far way from his perch.” The Third Chapter in the Undead Life of Sean Becker It hadn’t been Marishka. It hadn’t been her. Yes, he’d kissed Dol. He enjoyed kissing Dol. He wanted to have sex with Dol. But […]

Out of the Mist

Standing by a lone tree at the edge of a grassy field watching the sunrise, Greg Neville felt safe for now. They were probably still hiding in the shadows and some were shielded from the light by the tule fog, but as long as the sun was up and it was warm, they’d remain stuporous and wouldn’t give […]

Sharing Destiny

“I think it’s so sweet…how you let your friends encourage you to try and talk to me…” September 1971 “Go on, Halley. Go over and talk to him.” “Shut up, Judy. He’ll hear.” Oh, what are you afraid of?” “I told you, Diane. I’ll talk to him when I feel like it.” They didn’t know […]