An ON TIME Excerpt: “Pocket Watch Problems” by Allison Rott

Enjoy an excerpt from Allison Rott’s “Pocket Watch Problems” featured in our newest anthology ON TIME. Late. Late Late. The bus was pulling away, shouting didn’t change the course of the bus. Heels clacked on the sidewalk, cold hands pulled the patched coat tighter, chilled fingertips brushed against the rough papers, payment, a future meal or…

An ON TIME Excerpt: “A Tree, A Hope, and A River” by Amber Kim

Enjoy an excerpt from Amber Kim’s “A Tree, A Hope, and A River” featured in our new anthology ON TIME. Shawna nervously shifted from foot to foot, looking up into the branches of the old birch tree. A ladder had been nailed to the side of the tree. A queasy feeling radiated out from the bottom…

An ON TIME Excerpt: “Borrowed Time, Inc.” by Jason M. Light

Enjoy an excerpt from Jason M. Light’s “Borrowed Time, Inc.” featured in our new anthology ON TIME. It’s been several years since Marianne died, and we were only married two when it happened. I moved on, that’s it. Sold the house and got a studio apartment, replaced the furniture. I don’t have much room. That’s what I…

An ON TIME Excerpt: “30 Days with Fletcher” by J.C. Raye

Enjoy an excerpt from J.C. Raye’s “30 Days with Fletcher” featured in our new anthology ON TIME. Day One, 10:00 PM The cashier finally stopped giving me the eyeball. Too busy flirting with some pretty gal in Wonder Woman hot pants wanting lottery tickets. Like he had a snowball’s chance in hell of impressing her with…

The Con Man and the Pocket Watch by Allison Rott

Enjoy an exclusive guest post from Allison Rott, author of “Pocket Watch Problems,” featured in our upcoming anthology ON TIME.   It’s my turn to tell you a scary story? Well, you’ve heard the one with the babysitter and the clown statue, the one about the pet alligator growing up in the sewers, and even the…

Allison Rott, an ON TIME Author Interview

Join us as we peek behind the scenes of our upcoming anthology, ON TIME. Learn more about Allison Rott in her featured interview.   ABOUT THE STORY What inspired your story? The bare bones of the story started as a submission to a call for Halloween stories, the stories to be linked by “The Dealer.”…

Amber Kim, an ON TIME Author Interview

Join us as we peek behind the scenes of our upcoming anthology, ON TIME. Learn more about Amber Kim in her featured interview.   ABOUT THE STORY What inspired your story? When I wrote “A Tree, a Hope, and a River” I was taking a year-long restorative justice class called Healing, Education, and Accountability for…

JM Williams, an ON TIME Author Interview

Join us as we peek behind the scenes of our upcoming anthology, ON TIME. Learn more about JM Williams in his featured interview.   ABOUT THE STORY What inspired your story? I’m sure I was listening to music when the idea hit me. That’s when I get most of my story ideas, driving in the…

Kevin M. Folliard, an ON TIME Author Interview

Join us as we peek behind the scenes of our upcoming anthology, ON TIME. Learn more about Kevin M. Folliard in his featured interview.   ABOUT THE STORY What inspired your story? I wanted capture the expression that “Life comes at you fast.” How looking back on life, so much of it—especially if you’ve had…

An IN THE AIR Excerpt: “A Funeral for Crows” by Blake Jessop

4 – Try Not to Break Anything   “Well, how is it? Damn, it looks real. Creepy.” “It better be. I’m going to be paying for it for two years,” Madison says. “It is fun to fly. I owe you one for that.” Marcus smiles, and when he’s gone, Madison contemplates the drone. It is…

An IN THE AIR Excerpt: “Stormy Weather” by Daniel M. Kimmel

He had never liked dating, but dating as an older adult was like a series of job interviews, a dispiriting experience that ended up in a series of disappointments. And there wasn’t even the compensation of unemployment insurance to make up for the series of mismatches. When the mysterious, and patented, algorithm for the dating…

An IN THE AIR Excerpt: “The Harmonica” by Rohit Sawant

Ray wrapped the gift paper around the little box. Should he log onto the store’s website and check again? Maybe it was out for delivery. But it was only wishful thinking. He sighed and let his fingers mechanically spider over the box, pulling the paper taut, yanking bits of tape, enclosing it in its brightly…