The Girl Who Lost Time
One never knows how precious time is until it is taken. Until it is hidden, ripped away, pocketed inside your enemy’s coat. Slipped behind the bars of eternal ignorance. The girl tries to keep time…
Category: Original Short Stories
Sarah’s Crusade
Sarah pressed her glasses up as she typed away on her holographic keyboard. On the wide 16:9 screen were observations of aliens she’d had to deal with. One was a shapeshifter, another was a reptile…
A Matter of Faith
It began with a sound. A voice, then thousands of voices. Angry, a choir of discontent. Shouts. “Street Fighting Man” by the Rolling Stones playing. A picture came into focus. Grant Park near the Conrad…
Goliath Roach
I know that whatever sermon God has my pastors deliver is meant to guide and equip me for the week ahead. Bishop preached on David and Goliath — on how Goliath towered over David, but…
Climbing Snow Bridge Mountain
We're heading for the snow!Good riddance to those grown up ghouls!We're leaving! Yukon Ho!”-Bill Watterson“When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels” - Unknown As Father Ignatius Xavier got out his…
The Day Moon Met Raven
A man who had, for some time, been travelling the road in all weathers, sat down at the roadside under a sheltering tree. His jacket was richly embroidered but his leather boots were dusty and…
A Meeting in the Marketplace
The heavy spring rains had finally let up and the sun was shining brightly in the eastern sky. Before my dear Jesse left to meet with the other town leaders, he anxiously surveyed the progress…
Is There No Muslim Amongst You?
“Is anyone there to help me?” he called out. Although his tongue was parched, his voice was loud and clear; in the still, deathly air, there could have been no doubt about it. In response,…
The Commission
“Ciao Gabriella,” I called, as I squeezed past the stack of blank canvasses blocking the doorway to the small office at the back of the gallery. Hearing my voice, Gabriella squealed, practically vaulting over a…
The Knight’s Daughter
~ by Amanda Pizzolatto Once upon a time, there lived a knight who had three children. His two sons had already grown up and left their father’s castle to become knights like him, and his…