1. A FUNERAL IN WINTER A winter wind blew through the small cemetery in Vermont, making the dry branches vibrate like stretched strings.…
Emily grew up in a small house filled only with her mother’s gentle humming. Ever since she could speak, she often asked,— “Mom,…
She was only twenty-four, but her trigger finger was steadier than most men twice her age.Sergeant Ava Rourke, U.S. Army sniper — callsign…
“Awaiting Your Command” The sting of his hand hit harder than I thought it could.A sharp crack echoed through the marble hall, slicing…
Single Dad Saved His Drunk Boss From Trouble — The Next Day, She Didn’t Pretend to Forget It was close to midnight when…
It was raining that night — the kind of rain that makes cities forget their kindness.On the curb of 7th Avenue, Ethan Grant,…
The Monroe County Special Search Team was dispatched on a gray morning. A group of tourists reported finding “human bones” in the Ash…
My name is Evan Miller, twenty-five years old, an IT engineer in Portland, Oregon. I grew up in a small wooden house next…
It was a chilly Thursday morning when an old man, thin and slightly stooped, walked into Crown National Bank in downtown Chicago.He wore…
The New York morning was cold and misty. The February wind seeped through the gaps in coats and whipped at the faces of…