All that was left of my father were his journals, musings of a simple man. Pages of ordinary until I reached the final one: red cracked leather much different than the others. My heart stopped upon reading the first line.
First time I murdered a man, I was only 12.
Andrea Allison resides in a small Oklahoman town. Her work has appeared in 50-Word Stories, Sirens Call and NoSleep Podcast. See more at andreallison.com.
When they introduced the new vice president of marketing, Frank was amazed no one else noticed. Why didn’t they recoil at the sight of his bulging proboscis and webbed, leathery wings?
The new exec scanned the room. When his gaze fell on Frank, he smiled and gave him a wink.
Jeffrey Lehrberg is a Ph.D. student at UC Irvine where he studies limb regeneration in salamanders. Before he became a scientist, Jeffrey was an underwater photographer for the Navy. Jeff enjoys snowboarding and looking at animals, especially bulldogs.