american short fiction 2017

Mickey Mouse at the Courthouse

A Passerby at the Courthouse by RJHoffman The distraught boy sits on his mother’s lap wailing. His little frame shaking,

The monstrous and ancient Olds Delta 88 could be heard a quarter mile away, its loud exhaust roaring over the

Derek Dufust by RJHoffman Derek Dufust fingered through the books laid out on the table in the old armory

Jasper Townes by RJHoffman Jasper Townes’ face was red and his mind brimming as he took halting steps to the

The seats in the church loft were boarded beds filled with human cages with makeshift heads. The cages clasped their

Barry slows down and approaches the audi parked on the shoulder of the road with the driver’s door open. There

“Everyone likes Gwen,” exclaimed Marion, the accounts payable clerk. “I don’t know how anyone couldn’t like her. It would take