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19/12/2025

Hear, Hear by Karl Luntta

As his hearing receded into the ethers, Frank's days filled with numbing despair. He was going deaf, there was no denying it. He'd tried with what inner strength he possessed to stave it off, first by denying it completely like any sane person would do, then by telling himself he was only forty-two, things like this aren't permanent at this age, of course it will pass....

As his hearing receded into the ethers, Frank’s days filled with numbing despair. He was going deaf, there was no denying it. He’d tried with what inner strength he possessed to stave i…

18/12/2025

The Summer He Let Me Be General by Jacob Alexander Cohen

The last time Dave showed up clean, he brought bagels and a joke. “I had to use the car key to spread the cream cheese,” he said, holding it up like evidence. “Don’t worry. I wiped it on my pants first.” It was early—gray morning light, barely six—and we sat on the hood of his rusting Civic in the driveway, steam rising from coffee in mismatched mugs....

The last time Dave showed up clean, he brought bagels and a joke. “I had to use the car key to spread the cream cheese,” he said, holding it up like evidence. “Don’t worry. I wiped it on my pants f…

17/12/2025

The Lives of Gadu Tom Phillips

Everyone knew Gadu told lies. But no matter. He was an artist, and while nobody believed he’d run a co***ne factory in the Bolivian rain forest whilst living with an uncontacted tribe or been chief stone mason during the reconstruction of Mostar’s Stari Most, his stories were hilarious....

Everyone knew Gadu told lies. But no matter. He was an artist, and while nobody believed he’d run a co***ne factory in the Bolivian rain forest whilst living with an uncontacted tribe or been…

16/12/2025

Imaginary Friends by Gareth Vieira

“What’s it like, being imaginary?” asked Lisa Hannigan. She sat cross-legged on the edge of her bed, gazing down at her imaginary friends, Sally and Qney, who mirrored her posture on the carpet below, knees tucked neatly beneath their chins....

“What’s it like, being imaginary?” asked Lisa Hannigan. She sat cross-legged on the edge of her bed, gazing down at her imaginary friends, Sally and Qney, who mirrored her posture on the carpet bel…

15/12/2025

Maddie is a prison by Tatiana Samokhina

1994 Butcher Standing by the entrance to the butcher’s, Maddie can't take her eyes off Victor. Her braids tight, her nose - a pointed nettle. On her freckled bronze cheeks, a glowing blush. I watch the soft corners of her lips stretch, as if pulled, her mouth opening slightly, and from within, a laugh breaks free—an escapee (Maddie is a prison)....

1994 Butcher Standing by the entrance to the butcher’s, Maddie can’t take her eyes off Victor. Her braids tight, her nose – a pointed nettle. On her freckled bronze cheeks, a glowing bl…

14/12/2025

Sunday Whatever–M an essay by Dale Williams Barrigar

“One of the most unappreciated people in the world.” – Joshua Logan on Marilyn Monroe “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to beabsolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” – Marilyn Monroe “Will the wind ever remember / the names it has blown in the past?” – Jimi Hendrix, “The Wind Cries Mary” There’s something about Marilyn that can bring tears to the eyes like no other actress can do, and that fact does not arise from any one movie she made, whether good or bad, unless it’s…...

“One of the most unappreciated people in the world.” – Joshua Logan on Marilyn Monroe “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to beabsolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” …

13/12/2025

562- Remembering a Wonderful Friend and Some Goofiness Regarding Genre

A Friend Dear Readers Before we start this week’s silliness, I must relate the news of the passing of Tom Sheehan, who died 16 October, at age 97. Tom holds the site record of 228 stories. He and I coincidentally debuted on LS in August 2015, and Tom nearly doubled my output in less time, even though he was thirty-one years my senior....

A Friend Dear Readers Before we start this week’s silliness, I must relate the news of the passing of Tom Sheehan, who died 16 October, at age 97. Tom holds the site record of 228 stories. He and I…

12/12/2025

Unlucky by Gareth Vieira

Johnny Smiles was the unluckiest person in Hope County. How unlucky? So unlucky that the town council passed a bylaw restricting him to his home. A motion that passed unanimously. A sentence he accepted without protest. Although Johnny was an older man, most folks considered him an overgrown child. He was brilliant, in the way all children in Hope County were brilliant—a lingering side effect of the Disaster, that tainted the drinking water and perfumed the air with long-forgotten toxins....

Johnny Smiles was the unluckiest person in Hope County. How unlucky? So unlucky that the town council passed a bylaw restricting him to his home. A motion that passed unanimously. A sentence …

11/12/2025

Men without Women by Adam Kluger

He heaved and cried uncontrollably. Snot bubbles. His mom told him not to be unhappy as he buried his face in the desk while lightly holding her wrist. “Think of the good times you just had and will have in the future —and you can always write something about it” He always got emotional when someone he loved left him....

He heaved and cried uncontrollably. Snot bubbles. His mom told him not to be unhappy as he buried his face in the desk while lightly holding her wrist. “Think of the good times you just had and wil…

10/12/2025

Death on a Full Stomach by Christoper Ananias

The two men sat in the dim kitchen. Drinking. Dark clouds hung low in the gray sky like they wanted to open their bellies. Cigarette smoke curled from a glass ashtray. Larry Miller got up from the yellow Formica table and pointed at a steak bone on a plate in the sink. The white plate was smeared dark with A-1 Steak Sauce....

The two men sat in the dim kitchen. Drinking. Dark clouds hung low in the gray sky like they wanted to open their bellies. Cigarette smoke curled from a glass ashtray. Larry Miller got up from the …

09/12/2025

The Broken Piece of Me by Doyin Ajayi

Adult Content For Ann That sound, sharp. It slices through the air like a whip. It jolts me awake. I haven't gotten used to it. The harmattan wind blows through the open windows. I rub my shoulders and try to warm my body up. The huge searchlight in the yard casts a shadow of the cashew tree on the walls. The branches spook me....

Adult Content For Ann That sound, sharp. It slices through the air like a whip. It jolts me awake. I haven’t gotten used to it. The harmattan wind blows through the open windows. I rub my sho…

08/12/2025

Retrieving Johanna by Evelyn Wall

Gayle drove for two days expecting sirens before changing cars. She missed riding high in the brute rev of David’s truck, but the Corolla was less noticeable. The interior was damp and cloyingly chemical like its former owner with a spine like a question mark. But the keys had plucked easy from his pocket, not pulling a thread....

Gayle drove for two days expecting sirens before changing cars. She missed riding high in the brute rev of David’s truck, but the Corolla was less noticeable. The interior was damp and cloyingly ch…

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