Lee Kuruganti © 2006

 

 

Stories

 

Like Suzanne  by Randall Brown - As we're pulling onto Broad Street after the Bright Eyes concert at Temple, my Volkswagen's doors lock.

Lebensraum  by Peter Wild - In the first few stunned moments, all I could do was act on imperatives.

The Priest and the Politician by John Irvine - Father Michael Patrick Seamus O'Hare breathed a very long, very quiet sigh. Gently he rose from his hard chair beside the bed, holding his worn rosary in his left hand as his right reluctantly slipped from the lifeless, withered hand of Senator Eleanor Tasker.

Pulp Writer by Margot Miller - Ideas for stories jump off the pages of the newspapers and three college students on summer internships cull them and put the clippings into plastic folders in preparation for Jonathon Silverton Smith, The Author.

Two Men in a Car by Digby Beaumont - The two men are in a black Mercedes saloon parked opposite the entrance to the underground car park of the Miramar Hotel in London's Paddington district. It's a little after 1.00am. Mikey is sitting behind the wheel. So what happened? he says. He likes a good story.

 

Science Fiction

 

Weekend Warrior by J.R. Blackwell - By federal law, I am required to inform you that by stepping outside of these doors, you are releasing the federal government from liability for your safety.

 

Ghost Story

The Inheritance  by Peggy Le Johnson -  "This has to be the place, check the directions again Lee."

Marianna by Mo Irvine - It was June when I first met Marianna. That day, still a newcomer to the unrelenting heat of Greek summer, I had found my way to the olive grove and sat in the shade of a tree, shifting my back carefully against the gnarled trunk.

 

Horror

 

The Giant Cockroaches by Juan Antonio - At least, one weird relative stands out in a numerous family group. In my case, we have several with unique looks and personalities; the count might reach half a dozen on my mother's side and over a dozen on my Dad's side. However, Aunt Lola beats them all.

 

Slice of Life

Making apple pie by Mo Irvine

Broken by Dana Djokic

Poetry

 

1980's Design by Dana Djokic

I thought you were there by Margot Miller

Bullets by Mo Irvine

So sad by Mo Irvine

Flood  by Margot Miller

Motherhood by Dana Djokic

The Sailor by John Irvine

The Now of Nietzsche   by Margot Miller

Then Again, Maybe I Shouldn't  by Dana Djokic

Niger-delta life by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi.

Comics

 

Along the Chesapeake - by Adrienne Ray - A continuing comic to be added to each week!  Fourteen

X:13 - by Kevin James Hurtack - A continuing Sci-fi-/horror comic to be added to at least once a month.

 

NOVELS

Published in Chapters.  If a Novel is picked up by a publisher, we will try to show the first three chapters.

 

Jewels of Power by Jamie K. Schmidt -

Choices Born of Prophesy by Saulander Evans -

Quietly Crazy by Monika M. Segally -

Holy Knight : Prologue: The Beginning by Timothy J. Donley -

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