Tag fiction

LITTLE BOXESby Connie Millard It’s Maya’s birthday, the one after the “big one,” the one she will never forget. Her husband, Greg, hands her a smallish box that is, sadly, too big to be jewelry, though the wrapping is sublime,…

DIVERSION TO FAHLA BHA’LAby Ray Daley We were less than ten miles from home when the call came, across the radio. “Bean, are you there?” Damn it! Why had I let them persuade me to tell them my nickname last…

ABHORS A VACUUMby Jeff Somers In the middle of the day, there usually wasn’t much drama on Franklin Court. It was a cul-de-sac, removed from the traffic of nearby Route 23, shielded by trees and the dead-end nature of its…