Short Circuit - Short Circuit #17

Short Fiction

Quirky Humor 4 min

While the Cat's Away

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Short Fiction

Humor Quirky 4 min

The Second Person

Andrew Jones

The old woman opened her eyes, blinked a few times, and sat up in bed. She turned this way and that, peering at the objects in the small room: a low, narrow bed with fairytale figures carved in the ... [+]

Short Fiction

Love & Loss Sci-Fi & Fantasy 5 min

Beloved

Angela Teagardner

The witch lived alone in the shadow of the forest. Her cottage, with its crooked door and moss-covered shingles, was perched at the edge of a still, green pond with an overgrown orchard beyond. Only ... [+]

Short Fiction

Slice of Life Portrait 3 min

Liturgy of Light

Robin Blasberg

A cornucopia of color. A litany of light. That's what I could count on come December. It had even spiraled into a competition amongst my neighbors, each house trying to one-up the next. But as far as ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Sci-Fi & Fantasy Humor 5 min

For whom the troll tolls

Rob Roy O'Keefe

I couldn't believe it. "10,000 Kroners! That's outrageous!"
I was deep in the Troms region of Norway on the Nordost Road. I had been for a while. At the moment, I was trying to cross the ... [+]

Short Fiction

Suspense & Mystery 3 min

The Brick House

Joseph Testa

Every time I walked by the house it haunted me. The run-down brick house at the top of a hill, window frames rotting, trim crusted with flaked paint. It showed no evidence of life, no evidence of ... [+]

Short Fiction

Suspense & Mystery 3 min

Night of the Strawman

Edward Yatscoff

I had to have it.
It waited for me in the night as I summoned courage.
Soon, it would be my trophy.
The scarecrow stood, a stark silhouette against the light from a rear window ... [+]

Creative Nonfiction

Portrait 2 min

Hark the Four Tushinski Sing

E. E. King

My father was a writer. He wrote articles, short stories, children's books, and satires. Short, sharp, funny parodies like, I'm Okay, but You're Not So Hot, and the literary scavengers' answer to ... [+]

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

While the Cat's Away

The Second Person

Beloved

Liturgy of Light

For whom the troll tolls

The Brick House

Night of the Strawman

Hark the Four Tushinski Sing