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FICTION
 The Lead Mine by Richard Vaughn. Richard began writing after retiring from a career in marketing and advertising in 1995. He has had two novels (Soldier Boys, Mesa Beach) and two short story collections (Childhood Country, Rapture Runner) published. "The Lead Mine" is his 100th story accepted after years of writing and submitting; it was first drafted in 1997 and has at last found a home. Richard says he has many more stories to tell and hopes they too find readers. He resides in Mission Viejo, California.
In late September Dan Teaman and Beata Ryce slipped away from their spouses to party and fornicate from St. Louis into the drear autumn of the Ozarks... (continued)
Nightweb by Jan Matthews. Jan Matthews lives in western Maine and works from home as a radiology transcriptionist. She writes mysteries and dark fantasy and has published in Retrozine, Anotherealm, The Harrow, and Mysterical-E. She is also currently working on a medieval mystery novel.
Standing hip-deep in the overgrown lawn of late summer, Lucy stared at the glassed-in porch... (continued)
Into the Pharaoh by Kyle Lang. Kyle lives in the Adirondacks of Upstate New York with his wife and daughter. When not working on his first novel, he says his life consists of "teaching middle school English, coaching football, recording music, hiking, trout fishing, and spending time with my wife, daughter and dogs." Kyle's short story "Snapshot" was published in the Winter 2007 issue of MT.
Two sets of fossil eyes expanded at the onset. Pink and purple peeked from the shoulders of mountains as I watched their yellow Subaru pull up to the Mill Brook Trailhead... (continued)
Icon by Roland Allnach. According to Roland, he has always been fascinated with the process of creativity. "I find the notion of taking something that exists only in thought and bringing it to reality highly rewarding; the process of making things in itself is a process of reflection and further thought, as it requires consideration of the way things work and interact." This, coupled with his interest in classic literature, mythology, and history (as studies of human behavior), he feels are the fuel for his writing.
The critic, he hovered through the sprawling neon night like a dragonfly over a moonlit pond, unseen except for the shimmers he obscured with his outline... (continued)
. . . by M. T. Kosub. M. T. Kosub is of the opinion that knowledge of a writer's biographical characteristics, such as gender, ethnicity, age, education/employment background, etc. can limit the creativity of the reader’s interpretation of a story. Though Kosub is quick to acknowledge that this may be a very ridiculous way to think, he/she doesn’t want any more personal information revealed than is necessary. Kosub is also under your bed right now.
X hesitated. This was his last chance to call it off. Then he sighed, and dialed... (continued)
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Mere Economics by Margaret Karmazin. Margaret’s credits include stories published in over seventy-five magazines, including Rosebud, The Iconoclast, North American Review, Potomac Review, Confrontation, Mobius and Aim Magazine. Her stories published in The MacGuffin, Eureka Literary Magazine and Words of Wisdom were nominated for Pushcart awards. Piper’s Ash, Ltd. published Cosmic Women, a chapbook of her sci-fi stories. She has a story included in Still Going Strong (Haworth Press), and her e-novel, Replacing Fiona, was recently published by eTreasures Publishing.
Clair Stone was fox-trotting with her son Marshall when she slipped from his arms and sank to the floor... (continued)
The Jogger by Liam Brennan.
The cottage was perched atop a steep hill overlooking Cass Lake in Upstate New York. It had been a three-hour drive from Manhattan in Friday morning traffic, but Morgan Greene could spare it, he had all the time in the world these days. His marriage had fallen apart five months earlier; his wife simply wasn’t the monogamous type. Morgan knew there was more to it; she’d taken him for everything he was worth and managed to outsmart one of the most widely read mystery writers of the past decade. It was his own fault, for letting his guard down just long enough to let her creep in, and now he found himself out of love, out of money, and out of ideas for his latest novel... (continued)
The Man from Night Class by Ryan R. Ennis. A Midwesterner by birth, Ryan has been writing for almost 20 years. He has traveled throughout the United States and uses his travel experiences in crafting his stories. In 2006, he completed a master’s degree in Reading, Language, and Literature at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. In February of 2007, he published a collection of short stories, entitled Waiting... & Other Stories, which explores the dark and light aspects of human emotions. The book is available through Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com.
Unsettled by the sights of neglect and disorder, Annette hunched her shoulders and shook her head as she looked around her mother’s apartment in Hamtramck, Michigan... (continued)
The IFPA by Adam Graupe. Adam’s story "The IFPA" is based loosely on an outrageous series of emails he exchanged with a gentleman from Africa after his story "Perfect Delivery" was published in the Winter 2008 issue of Midnight Times (#20). If you are a bank officer in a foreign country with no next of kin who wants someone trustworthy to send money to (or if you actually want to comment on "The IFPA") then please email Adam at totalratbag at yahoo.com. Adam was also published in the Fall 2007 issue of MT.
Oren felt ecstatic the day an online magazine called Twilighttimes.com published his first short story. The website also published his biography and email address, and Oren anticipated receiving feedback from readers of his story... (continued)
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