In With The New
A threesome for the New Year. May it it be better than the last two. -M There are not many […]
F. C.
‘Tis the season. -M The gifts were all wrapped and under the tree. Happily home from school for break, Maggie […]
Crashing
Six years. Six years and he’d left just like that. I’d come home from work to a note, and an […]
Empress
I love my Empire. I love my subjects, because more than the mere land, they are my Empire. And they […]
Festival Descent
The picture was of a young woman – a “flower child” I’d learned the was term, hitchhiking; holding a sign […]
Signals – Looking through the Monocle
Inspired by Monocle’s Signals The bus doors clapped open. The smell of diesel and hot pavement shoved passed her. The […]
N is for New
Many of the new Monocle stories coming up here in the coming weeks saw first light or draft form on […]
Friday Nightmares: Introduction
I’m not going to call this a repost series, since most of these flash pieces have been offline for many […]
Possessive Tense
Originally published Jan, 2010, taken down for inclusion in an anthology, 2013. Restored April, 2021.- M — “Fuck… fuck. You […]
Mrs. Frankenstein’s Monster
Dr. Frankenstein couldn’t understand it. His calculations were right. His infusions of vitality and electricity should be giving his creation […]
Access to Monocle’s password protected stories
As this has fallen far down the list of recent posts, I’m making it sticky for a while [8/11]. -M […]
Protected: Counterspells
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Sorted
A quasi pre-lewd to the Obsidian Lens story that immediately follows. -M Just and loyal, patient and true. There’s a […]
The Contractee
This is my first new story in quite a while. An earlier version of it appeared as an anonymized guest […]
Plotter
This flash was originally published over 11 years ago, and was taken off line for inclusion in an anthology. It’s […]
12% of a Plan: Site News April 2021
After a few fits and starts I have a something of a plan (cue Gamora for the Guardians of the […]
The Erotic Writer 