Midsummer 2015 Release
By Liberty Island Staff
Another month, another release! We are happy to present to you our midsummer batch of stories, ranging from eerie science fiction to heartwarming contemporary. Enjoy! Lady Blue by Keith Korman Highway Patrol Officer Cheryl Gibson stood in the admitting area of Keck Emergency at the USC complex. Los Angeles Medicine at its most immediate. Huge […]
PreTeena July 27-August 2, 2015
By Allison Barrows
July 27, 2015 July 28, 2015 July 29, 2015 July 30, 2015 July 31, 2015 August 1, 2015 August 2, 2015 <– Previous strips *** Next strips –>
The Green Beings Coffee Folk
By Peter Gleason
Hi, there! Every so often, we here at the Green Beings Coffee Folk get a letter from concerned customers like you which reads something like this: Hi, there! I love your coffee, but why does it cost $75 a cup? When I go to my local Starbucks, it only costs $4 a cup. I would […]
The War Room
By Chana Joseph Cox
Buried 120 feet below Washington D.C., the War Room is almost completely dark. The lights have just gone down, and the massive view screen along the eastern wall is still dark. The only illumination in the room is the faint blue glow of the flat screen monitors embedded in the boardroom style table. That glow […]
The Gift
By Derrick McCluskey
The boy was slapped awake by the hoarse and repetitive pitch of his alarm clock. He massaged his eyes with his thumb and index finger before he slowly opened them. It was never easy getting up before light on the weekend. He silenced the clock and slid out of bed. Dressed and fresh, he finished […]
The Cockfight, Part 2
By Robert Arrington
Thayer paused while they thought that one over. What he said was true enough, and Joe Bob had forgotten it. Curly Johnson had all the entries put up five hundred dollars entry fee; with thirty-five entries, that made eighteen thousand, five hundred riding on the two-day derby. But five thousand dollars of this money was […]
The Cockfight
By Robert Arrington
Joe Bob stood silent while his father bound the steel gaffs to the gamecock. He found it easy, today, to concentrate on whatever his father did. Jack Thayer. Dad. Fighting gamecocks for the first time in fifteen years, the best damned chicken fighter in Tennessee back in action. Jimmy June Carson held the rooster while […]
Event Zero
By Karim Miteff
Dr. Joshua Grant stood quietly as the lab’s sensors scanned him. To him, the elaborate scheme of security devices seemed only a token effort. His facility’s greatest defense was the veil of secrecy that unobtrusively enveloped it. Its construction modest and measured, its operation quiet and simple. Still, the possibility of intrusion and espionage could […]
The Hunter/The Hunted
By T.L. Knighton
Weeks passed with no sign of the shuttle. The two men lost track of exactly how long they had been gone. The normal rotation of Ararat was slightly longer than Earth, enough so that a short period of time wasn’t significantly different between the two worlds. By now, they had gone beyond that and knew […]
The Hunter/The Hunted
By T.L. Knighton
Only the smattering of clouds broke up the canvas of blue sky–sky that should have seen a shuttle come through at least three days ago. Tommy Riley, of the Atlanta Rileys, wasn’t used to being kept waiting. His bodyguard and valet, Harley, had considerable more experience in that area. "Damn it! What’s keeping them?" Tommy […]
