The Felicitas had always been a good place for a coffee: small, bright, and clean, with high chrome counters. Bakarne liked to stop there with her work friends, Carla and Elisabet. The three of them laughed as they put together…
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The Resurrectionist, by Mollie Gower
We thought she was just another mortal, come to remind us of what we lost. She couldn’t see us, touch us, or sense us; however she could hear us. That had stopped us in our tracks. Most humans think they…
September, 2011 – Volume 1 – Issue 2
The September, 2011 issue of The Washington Pastime includes the following stories: In the Remaining Light, by Rodney J. Smith [FANTASY] The Panic, by Aidan Ryan [HUMOR] Tremors, by Dave Ervin [LITERARY] The Paw, by Shawn Proctor [HORROR] Click HERE…
The Paw, by Shawn Proctor
Dad waited until our car had left the turnpike before he told me the bad news about my mom’s surgery. “The doctors couldn’t save her hand,” he said. “They had to replace it with something else.” “With something else,” I…
Tremors, by Dave Ervin
I did just as your mother said. I got a drink, just one, and drove around. I needed to clear my head, cool off. I must have been on the road a couple of hours, aimlessly circling the city, my…
The Panic, by Aidan Ryan
It wasn’t amnesia; I remembered everything, my name, my wife’s name, my kids’ birthdays, and all the twists and turns on life’s long and winding road that had led me to where I was and what I had become at…
In the Remaining Light, by Rodney J. Smith
Hailstones pinged off the car like bullets. Thick rain blurred the outside night. In the windshield reflection, Jarrod could see his nephew trembling in the front passenger seat. “Hey, Travis!” he yelled from the back, trying to distract the boy.…
August, 2011 – Volume 1 – Issue 1
The August 2011 Issue of The Washington Pastime includes the following stories: Reservations, by Matthew Ward [LITERARY] Remember Mars, by Michael Anthony [SCI-FI] The Burning Man, by Matt Walker [HORROR] Damn Good Cop, by Jeanette Samuels [MYSTERY] 1 Hour, 13…
1 Hour, 13 & 3, by Keith Laufenberg
The Spirit Hand The deepest of all the patterns in the human spirit is one of departure and return and the journey implicit in between. —Laurens van der Post (1906-1996) “Point of Total Return,” Jung and the Story of Our…
Damn Good Cop, by Jeanette Samuels
They think I killed my husband. That’s why they’re here. I knew it long before I saw them. I don’t have to even look, I can sense it. But I look anyways. From behind the lace curtain, I watch as…
