Archive for March, 2007

The Defense by Stacey Lynn Schlegl

“Your dad has gone on a diet…maybe you two can have a contest to see who can lose the most weight?” her mother said as she grabbed a drumstick out of the pan with a fork.  The chicken had been swimming in a skillet of oil.
“I haven’t gone on a diet…you put me on one!”  […]

Refugee by Lucynda Storey

Jack rose from the bed and headed back to the shower. Neither the pounding of the spray against the porcelain, or the steam rising to fog the mirror, managed to blast Amanda from his thoughts. He pulled the curtain and stepped into the hammering, hot water.Letting it sluice over his back, he leaned his head […]