Here’s a listing of all the stories submitted in 2008.

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This Time I?ve Gone Too Far
NOTE: The following short was originally posted on the “Ask Bob” column on 12/28/2008, I thought it would fit in nicely here…Bob S.A few days ago I got a nice Christmas card from my families spiritual elder which read like…, 2008-12-28, 19:18:11

ONE DAY AT THE ACME by Gary Kolb
So I go into the Acme after my five mile run. I grab a basket because I just want to grab a few things. There is a good football game on ESPN tonight, Florida vs. Georgia, and I just want to pick up some munchies for the game.I?m in this aisle,…, 2008-12-07, 11:26:45

Wrestling with Mr USA
Wrestling with Mr. USA By Gary KolbMy match for the Saturday matinee at the Vineland Arena was with a newcomer from Brooklyn New York who performed under the name of Mister USA Paul Naples. We knew little about him. My promoter told me that…, 2008-11-27, 11:45:34

That Darned Mr. Sockforahead (Part 3)
Part 3 of 3: ?Aw,? said Mr. Sockforahead. ?Why?d you close the door? I was gonna peek in real quick and give him a fright. Might?ve even got him to pee his pants. And as for the ?help me? nonsense, a fat lot of help he?ll be now that we?ve softened…, 2008-10-31, 11:11:19

That Darned Mr. Sockforahead (Part 2)
Part 2 of 3: ?Hey, why?d ya stop me?? said Mr. Sockforahead. ?I think it was coming loose.??Do you want to give your ?helping hand? a heart attack?? said Sophie. ?Didn?t you hear anything I said??Trent appeared in the doorway, munching an…, 2008-10-24, 22:18:58

That Darned Mr. Sockforahead (Part 1)
Part 1 of 3: The door of Granny Maureen?s Doll Hospital opened, and out stepped Granny Maureen to see what had been left in the casualty box. She drew a breath of morning air, and let the sun fall on her plump, wrinkled face framed by white curls…., 2008-10-17, 23:05:16

The Race
Dale Blake had been in a road race since leaving Pittsburgh. In this type of road race the drivers would start at equal intervals each day, driving as fast as possible to the next location, do the job that needed to be done and then start…, 2008-09-11, 1:05:04

Purple Circles
Last summer my eyes broke. They would burn in the morning and I’d rub them. I would look at my eyes in mirrors and see that there were red lines growing all over them. “Shit,” I thought. I washed them with water, then alcohol,…, 2008-09-06, 18:45:36

A Balloon Animal With Pizza Feet
I had a headache the size of Mount Rushmore. What made it all the more worser was the fact that my head was smaller than usual that day. I don’t know how it happens-sometimes I fall asleep in front of the open window and the cool winter breeze…, 2008-08-19, 16:41:04

I Want My Alien Back
“He’s not in Area 51? What do you mean he’s not in Area 51?” said Lou Diamond’s wife. “Then you better go after him.”“But, honey, I-”“No!” she insisted angrily, her finger…, 2008-07-26, 19:37:36

Karmic Fries
”Josie and Dhanesh, help me unpack these things,” Steve hollered from the back room.The two walked over. “We were just leaving,” Josie said. “The registers are closed. The store is clean. The garbage is in the dump…., 2008-07-21, 16:46:05

Shipmates
Scott descended the ladder, rung by rung, down into the submarine, a blast of heat hitting him from below. He walked the narrow passageway, steel-toed boots stepping solidly, weaving and bending to avoid hitting his close shaven head on a maze of…, 2008-07-12, 12:59:37

Dirty Boy
I never found out who brought dirty boy into our school and into my bedroom.He was covered in years of accumulated dust and filth, wedged between the cracks of my bedroom floor. His torso stuck to his legs and his legs were bent in right angles…., 2008-07-05, 16:03:45

A Simple Story About Human Reproduction
From what I understand, it took only six and a half seconds for my first son, Zachary, to fall from the bedroom window of our third story apartment to the ground below. This fact has always provided me with a mild level of comfort. Seeing that I…, 2008-06-12, 19:47:29

Queen of the Damned
The old queen never knew what hit him when you flew from the shadows and latched onto his leathery neck. You didn’t know it was a pint and half of blood was boy blood, until you tried to toss the corpse in a garbage bin. Your fingers had…, 2008-06-08, 19:05:03

The Cheeseburgers of Enlightenment
Prologue: BillyBilly Johnson was a 14 year-old Caucasian who lived in the quiet, complacent suburb of Middleton, Wisconsin. He was Christian and heterosexual. He wore black Nike sneakers, Gap Jeans, an Abercrombie and Fitch t-shirt, Fruit of the…, 2008-05-25, 16:20:01

Every Mans Junk is His Treasure
Sixteen days after Ben’s scuba diving accident, I found him looking despondent when I arrived at Melbourne Hospital for my nightly visit. The grin on his face was gone, and there was a furrow between his eyebrows that I’d never seen…, 2008-05-23, 19:04:56

Beauty
“I’m beautiful.” Kelly told her reflection, but she knew she was lying. In a few months, she would graduate high school and might never see Brad again. Afraid to let that happen, she made an appointment with a…, 2008-05-18, 18:50:19

The Sallow Tallow Man
The Sallow Tallow Manby Joshua Blanc Oliver had just opened up shop for the morning, and was starting up his various processes in anticipation of another lucrative day. He lit a lamp, which cast flickering light onto dim and greasy surfaces. Every…, 2008-05-15, 11:50:09

Decomposition
Decomposition download.??(DECOMPOSITION) By Kadath Bird & Chie Sakaguchi?Since the day we bit into the fruits of the knowledge of good and evil, mankind has knownthat they will only damn themselves with their own ability to…, 2008-05-09, 22:35:07

That Night Before in a Buenos Aires Shop / An Occurrence After
That Night Before in a Buenos Aires Shop I look at the package to see where the building is and I find it, it is there, a tall elongated form in the night which moves around in its infinite density, itcollapses upon itself and then arises. I…, 2008-05-04, 8:39:33

The Left-Side of Things:
Wake up Amadeus, wake up. Wake up Amadeus, the end is near…Amadeus opens his eyes, and he turns his head in the direction of the open window. The sun hasn’t come up yet, everything is unrecognizable, pure and sarcastically dark. Amadeus…, 2008-04-29, 16:04:39

The Janitors Puppies
I am the janitor at the McShwartz School for mentally ill children. ‘Nuff said. Every day I watch kids come in, and they most likely won’t come out in the same physical state they went in. That happened to one kid, and when his father, a…, 2008-04-27, 14:28:43

Flowers for Aaron
9/15Dearest Diary,I saw Betty today. She was eating dinner at Gill’s with an athletic, handsome and obviously dim-witted young man. Her companion had a Herculean body, but his face looked addled as he tilted his head from side to side like…, 2008-04-26, 9:52:39

Fear: Held Against My Will
Fear will make you do things you would not ordinarily do, I know. This tragic tale happened eight months ago. I use to think that if I moved to an expensive neighborhood, it would be a safer place to live. A picturesque location where…, 2008-04-24, 18:50:58

Ve=E Cosmo S. William Derr
Ve=ECosmo S. William DerrBy Dan Di Francesco Introduction This story is fiction, and like most good fiction there have to be some facts distributed throughout the tale or it just doesn’t cut it. A tale of fantasy…, 2008-04-23, 18:40:31

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