fiction
SANCTUARY
Published in Literary Heist.
CCTV cameras were positioned in every nook and cranny of Wren’s lilliputian apartment, one of hundreds observing the brain injured residents of the mammoth Michigan Semi-Independent Living Center.
ALIEN ANTHROPOLOGIST
Published in Gargoyle Magazine
Stanley tried to casually observe the human data but found it difficult from within the confines of his human costume. His funiculi gouged his compound eyes beneath his costume.
BRUTAL: BUM FIGHT NOIR
Published in A Thin Slice of Anxiety
Derick decked me sloppily, his filthy fist narrowly missing my face but still grazing my ear. I hit the dirt anyway, doing my best to make it look authentic.
THE HIT THAT WOULDN'T QUIT
Published in Close to the Bone
Mo took his time as Charise struggled. Her legs kicked out furiously, sending plates, glasses and silverware crashing to the floor.
BEFORE THE RENAISSANCE
Published in Literary Yard
When cousins Paul and Jerry were young and impressionable, they made good names for themselves in their bad Detroit neighborhood.
KING OF PROM QUEENS
Published in Bristol Noir
In a town of McMansions, Samantha and her father, Duncan, lived in a doublewide trailer. Where German was the favorite country of origin for most vehicles here, Duncan drove a Honda last washed during the Reagan era.
CHRISTMAS QUADRUPLE
Published by Aoide Magazine
He said: What the hell, a quadruple on Christmas? Why was the joint open on Christmas in first place? (pause) Riiight. Non-Jesus freaks had to eat too.
She said: Chinese. This is a Chinese restaurant, ya dinosaur.
DEEP BREATH
Published by Aiode Magazine.
Chained in the brig, iron shackles lacerating my hands to the knuckle, the ancient maritime vessel groaned as if to say she’d seen better days; then heaved to, cresting another thirty-footer and barreled down its backside.