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Daddy, Can You Hear Me? by Randall Barfield
"...I'm your father. Please do as I say."..
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Damnest Thing I Ever Saw by j.d. daniels
Fiction..
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Dancing Clown Fiction by Odin odin@aflx.com
Authoritarianism is more than alive and well as he parades words like “vermin” and “blood” into his echo chamber of 1937 rhetoric and evil actions.
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Dark Places by Roy Edwards
Old ghosts and spirits with nowhere to go in the light and the blue, worn out traces in the hollow in the book of all the dark places where names are writ...
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Darkness Three (repost) by Odin odin@aflx.com
This is the reposting of a 2-part short story lift from my published novel 3 WAY MIRROR. It is a pivotal part of the story, circa the '80s, and the introduction of two characters, Max and Julian who serve as central catalysts for the protagonist, Charlie, an amnesiac victim, who searches to find th..
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Daughter of the Yard by Peter Cooper
They're young, in love, pregnant, and out of money. Can she ask her lumberyard owner of a father--without telling him why they need his help?..
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Dawn's Hopeful Skeletons by Odin odin@aflx.com
Climate change seems perpetual in some parts of America. Wind seems to use such places as a practice/rehearsal before moving on. (Painting by Dominic Piperata)..
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Day At the Flower Shop by Alexia Kathi
Whatever the situation, if we pay close attention, look really close we will find there is something to celebrate. You see life is one big adventure, one in which even seemingly negative experiences bring wonderful lessons that add spice to the journey..
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Dead Boy by John deGroot
Dying boy taken on a trip by friends during hippie days. He lives today...
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Death Do Us Part by Ronald Hull
This story is from a dream but parallels the life of a good friend and his wife. Good fiction imitates life...
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Death in Berlin by Michael Corrigan
Two young men visit Berlin during the days of the Berlin Wall and witness a death. It is published in Idaho State University's Magazine, Black Rock and Sage. "Ginger" and "The Census Taker are two stories published online. I am working on a collection of short stories...
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Death of a Metaphor by Borne Wilder
Beast and Prey..
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Death On Hold by Odin odin@aflx.com
(A bit of prosetry mixed with some parable notions.) Age treats some of us very well. I‘ve been fortunate avoiding loneliness. Others? (Image by flickr hive)..
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Death, That's Life? by Mark Lichterman
On this day, feeling the hot surge of spring, he wanted more than ever to be close to a girl. Hell, he wanted to be closer than close! But more than just sex, what he really had a feeling for, what he really wanted…
What Mitchell Lipensky really felt was a deep longing in the pit of his st..
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December Seven by Mark Lichterman
The brothers‑in‑law, Walter and Al, had played gin rummy with each other for years. Walter always thought it took skill to win at cards, or any game. Al, on the other hand, not only played skillfully, but was also lucky… and, oh yes, he did cheat; not only at cards, but also at golf, b..
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Deconstructing Connor - pg. 116 by Paul Cuenco
Excerpt from the novel...
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Deconstructing Connor - pgs. 231-232 by Paul Cuenco
It is a new country, a new life that Sylvia is experiencing. Everything is new and exciting and the love of her life is still fresh in her memory...
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Deconstructing Connor pgs. 68-69 by Paul Cuenco
This is a slice of Lucius' capitulation to his youthful exuberance...
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Desperation's Silence by Odin odin@aflx.com
Most everyone goes through one or more periods in their lives when accepting aloneness is difficult… often impossible. Such a person lived in my brownstone on 79th street, just across from Central Park… so long ago. His sharing of the story has always stayed with me, most likely because I was grat..
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Details by Douglas Skopp
May 24, 2013: I now have figured out how to properly format my story. Please take another look at this revised version, the first chapter of a proposed novel I hope to write. It concerns my father's turbulent life and its impact on my mother's and mine. I appreciate any and all comments: would..
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Developments in Kentucky and Watertown (29) by Gene Williamson
Installment 29 in the Captain Jack series...
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Dia de los Muertos by Carol Rzadkiewicz
On a corner, they stopped and watched children who, dressed as skeletons and ghouls, giggled and danced as they shouted “Calaveras! Calaveras!” ..
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Diary of a First Year Kindergarten Teacher: 2nd Entry by Ellwyn Autumn
Second entry in a fictional story about a the experiences of a first year inner city kindergarten teacher...
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Diary of a First Year Kindergarten Teacher: 4th Entry by Ellwyn Autumn
Chronicles the experiences of a teacher during her first year teaching kindergarten...
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Diary of a First Year Kindergarten Teacher: 5th Entry by Ellwyn Autumn
Details the daily experiences of a first year inner city Kindergarten teacher...
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Diary of a First Year Kindergarten Teacher: 6th Entry by Ellwyn Autumn
Details the daily experiences of a inner-city school teacher...
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Diary of a First Year Kindergarten Teacher: First Entry by Ellwyn Autumn
This is a fiction story based on actual events. People need to know what teachers go through on a daily basis. This is my interpretation...
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Different Backgrounds Different Upbringings by Kathy Williams
Different Backgrounds and Different Upbringings require people to have skills with talking to divers people not just walk up to them and insult them based on how you believe life ought to be. It gives the perception of not being very bright...
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Dirty Secret by David Arthur Walters
The Underground Man is back with a vengeance..
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Disengaged by Jen Knox
Just published in the Superstition Review: Check it out!..
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Dogs Will Bark: Weekly short 11/24/2014 by Byron Edgington
A story of modern anger and unintended consequences...
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Don't Bring Me Flowers by Peggy Duffy
When he tells me he is happily married, I believe him. We are in my bed, arms and legs entwined, the passion which drove us here quieter now. I would prefer the intimacy of silence, to listen to nothing more than the beating of a heart through a chest wall, to bathe in the warmth that lies between u..
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Don't Bring Me Flowers by Peggy Duffy
"When he tells me he is happily married, I believe him. We are in my bed, arms and legs entwined, the passion which drove us here quieter now. I would prefer the intimacy of silence, to listen to nothing more than the beating of a heart through a chest wall, to bathe in the warmth that lies between ..
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Don’t’ch’ya ever tell! by Mark Lichterman
In pain, “Yes!” Terrified, she tried to nod her head, but, her hair held so tightly she could barely move it.
“Roger, please! You’re hurting me! Please let me go! I promise I won’t say anything to anyone! Please let me go! Please!”
Breathing harshly, Roger opened his fist and Marsha slumped..
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Double Trouble (20) by Gene Williamson
Installment 20 in the Captain Jack series...
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Doubles Tournament by L Hippler
Another sample scene from my upcoming novel, The Road. (Note that there is some edgy language.)..
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Dream Days at the Bookshop Kermadec by G. Marcello
An employee of a bookstore and the postponed oracles of a shared past...
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Dream Man by L-M Owens
A Short Story By L-M Owens under the pen name Little Wing ..
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Dream-Blisters by Odin odin@aflx.com
Even for genius children, comprehending societal decay remains problematic. (Prosetry/flash fiction)..
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Dreaming of Botticelli by Carlos Cortes
Rather than walking across a bridge, Inez crosses it...
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Driven by love to sleep on a bench by Jerry Engler
Harlan and Florence Medlam are up to their usual methods of business dealings in this story that introduced the couple to readers...
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Drop Out by Neil Ostroff
After overcoming incredible personal tragedy Nathan Cruz meets a terminal, young woman who helps him find the strength to piece his shattered life back together.
DROP OUT is a beautiful tapestry of life, love, and acceptance that is moving, romantic, and real.
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Drop Out by Neil Ostroff
After overcoming incredible personal tragedy Nathan Cruz meets a terminal, young woman who helps him find the strength to piece his shattered life back together. ..
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Dubliners 100th Anniversary Article Tribute by Dr. Patrick ODougherty
Dublin is the City Protagonist is the brilliant innovative collection of short stories by James Joyce. Break the paralysis of your mind by reading an self-discovering your identities in these characters..
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Dunce by Mike Russell
'Dunce' is one of 20 short stories in Mike Russell's 'Nothing Is Strange'...
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Dust in the Wind by Ronald Hull
In sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world, drought, deforestation and desertification are happening rapidly in some of the most fertile and populated areas, forcing people to flee and become climate refugees.
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Dying Embers,Smoldering Ash by Chloe Jon Paul
Grieving over a failed marriage...and finally coming to terms with it isn't easy but with the help of a good friend and a weekend camping trip something gets resolved...
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Earth by Lisa Adams
Beauty..
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Echo by Patrick Archer
A boy, a horse, and everything else...
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Eddie at Midnight by R. Burrow
Short fiction story about Eddie the cab driver. Loosely based on fact. Dedicated to "Ed," who put a large crack in my heart. ..
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