Description: #Audio. #flashfic #holidailies  Ten days before Christmas the story I’m offering is “37 Icicles. ” Excerpt: “Oh, right, sorry.” She hesitated, the offered. “Well, let me treat you to a load? I really am sorry about the spaghetti incident…”...

Description: #Audio. #shortshortstory #Christmas… At Christmas time on the planet solstice, the Sea & Shore Patrol vessel Polaris finds something – and someone – unexpected. Excerpt: So… it was a cold and dark December evening,

Description: #Audio. #flashfic #holidailies  Twelve Days before Christmas, I offer “Trouble Bass…” It’s not a holiday story, necessarily, but it could be. Excerpt: “Economics is what you do. Music is what you are. Today you’re a trouble bass player.

Description: #Audio. #flashfic #holidailies  On day one of the Dog Days of Advent, Anticipation begins. Excerpt: The kitchen waited expectantly for the ritual to begin. It was like this every year at this time… when the first snow fell,

Description: #Audio. #flashfic #horrordailies Four stories for the season, read by the Bathtub Mermaid and Friends Excerpt: Bridal gowns had always been Mama Louise’s specialty. She limited her commissions to two a year and quoted a five-month turnarou...

Description: #Audio. #flashfic #BasilandZoe A cheerful story about (the little) death. Excerpt: “I was aware you had… become somewhat absent… but inducing a physical response is not the be-all and end-all of sex, Zoe,

Description: #Audio. #ShortShort  #Basedonatruestory A trip to a concert is so much more. Excerpt: No, the real reason is that he’s working shifts and she’s working furiously on her novel, and there are four kids and her parents and his parents and chu...

Description: #Audio. #ShortShort  #Horror Contains brief explicit language. A road trip has a grisly twist. Excerpt: They kept on driving, stopped at a couple of truck stops for bathroom breaks and gas. And then, just outside Flagstaff,

Description: #Audio. #Flashfic. #horror  A little girl gets advice from an unusual source. Excerpt: “Except he said that he would ascend to the throne because he’s a boy even though I’m six weeks older,” the little girl announced.

Description: #Audio. #shortshort  A positive view of what life might look like in 2091. Excerpt: “True enough.” She adjusts her position on the bed, making room for her partner and his tray. “Can you believe a year ago I was yelling at you about water ...