NEW! Graphic Short Story:

1730 words. A budding Hungarian humorist becomes engrossed with discovering the secret to the success of a female ventriloquist, only to realize that entertainment is a very serious business.

A man wakes up in a concrete cell with no windows and an armored door. Then the torture begins. His only hope is a series of techniques to gain the psychological upper hand.

956 words. In an e-mail between former members of a band the one who stayed put asks the one who walked out to consider a temporary reunion for protesters in Iran.

1635 words. Framed by a conversation at one of the most famous tourists sites in the world the story reveals four, perhaps five, different accounts of tragic love.

1000 words. An archaeologist ventures into a ghetto by accident, where he speaks to a homeless man with a Jesus complex and extra-sensory perception.

3892 words. A conversation between a journalist and Death (who happens to look like Christopher Walken) in a hotel room in Berlin proves to be more than just a professional appointment.

342 words. A seemingly random date in an undated future future grows awkward, as the participants are unable to find out if their own actions are spontaneous or engineered.