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• Work
  by George Alger
  July 1, 2026
  [READ FLASH FICTION SHORT STORY BELOW (about 400 words)] Despite the rain, I was having a perfectly fine day. And then I got out of bed. (More on that in a moment). The secret to my success — when I can accomplish it — is sleeping through my alarm clock. (Full disclosure: sometimes I cheat…
• Perfect Fail
  by George Alger
  June 1, 2026
  If there was ever a time to fail, it was now. I had been devising most of the year, but the moment was never right: it had to be perfect. Or, at least as perfect as could be expected to ask for a first date. Especially since I had never spoken with her, summer break…
• Golden Scar
  by George Alger
  May 1, 2026
  The fight was a distant blur now. A belligerence of teenage angst versus Eleanor’s own anxieties as a single mom. Harsh words were flung like grenades. Sarah slammed the door for the last time, echoing within the newly silent home for years to come. Guilt and self-doubt became a strict head of household. Had she…
• Changed Man
  by George Alger
  April 1, 2026
  “That was a long time ago. I don’t shoot people anymore.” The man with the dark-grey flat cap placed his beer glass down on their small corner table. “Are you nuts? You shot Hanson last week!” The man with the scarred cheek and hand was trying to keep his voice down. “Well, I’ve changed since…
• Hypothermia
  by George Alger
  March 1, 2026
  Harold wasn’t even contemplating giving up. But Meghan was well beyond. Collapsed in the snow she gasped, “I can’t go on.” A pall of cold and exhaustion embraced her as she crumbled from her knees to the ground. Going to sleep was more a foregone conclusion than a deliberate act of suicide. “We can’t stay…