Suburban Delights
There’s no return address on the envelope. No stamp either. Somehow I doubt it’s my final paycheck from the health club. Four weeks pay is…
Author: Tammy J Patton
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Tainted-Part Two
Ella Mae flung open the door and went straight to the dresser. In the top drawer, under an old stained T-shirt, she found the metal…
Tainted-Part One
The smell escaped through the cracks under the door and around the windows, to the front porch, where she’d taken to sleeping these last two…
Kat’s Karma
Kat Malone spent her last dollar on a white poster board. She could have gotten brown cardboard for free at Discount Food but that would…
Look Inside the Bubble
You Might Find Yourself in There I don’t know about you, but my mind is a very chaotic place. It’s full of nonstop chatter - most of…
Caskets–Fifty Word Story
“Nothing to be afraid of,” Dad said when we passed the Gothic funeral home on Main. I turned away afraid of vampires sleeping in black…
Anything For You, Darling
We’re a party of four shivering on a crowded Seattle sidewalk, each of us clutching a phone. Stuart is texting a client. Donnie, Stuart’s son,…
Tree Hugger–50 word story
To celebrate a year of dating, Brian surprised me with a ‘gift.’ Our initials carved into a tree trunk. I traced the knife marks with…