Graveyard Picnic by Jackson Cook

When Aldous Beaumont, Sr., kicked the bucket in a scorching motorcycle accident at the age of seventy-three, there weren’t many kind words to say about his time on Earth. He was a rotten troublemaker whose only gift seemed to be causing havoc in the lives he came into...

Devil Town by Jackson Cook

Characters NAILDUCT: A six thousand year old demon who dreams of what life is like outside of their dead end job in Hell’s call center. SLUGBOX: A younger demon who is career oriented and competitive. FROGTUBE: An older demon who used to possess shepherds. This job in...

Crazy Old Bird Lady by Mary Kemp

I was scared I was going to become the crazy old bird lady who sat on the steps of St. Augustine’s Cathedral.  St. Augustine’s stood proudly across the street from the city park, a cluster of evergreen trees and brown barren elms that stretched like skeletons against...

Aquarium Love by Mary Kemp

Max sat in the neon glow from the tropical fish tank, and I could have sworn I was looking at an angel. Something otherworldly filled the dorm room – and maybe it was just the ethereal, electric blue light from the aquarium, or the upper I had taken before visiting my...