Left Coast Karma Jonathan Vaught http://feedbooks.com/userbook/5221 en 2009 I ended up back by the bar, but Kevin and his friends were gone—vanished into a crowd of painfully cool Karma drones. I was about to go track him down when someone spoke at my elbow. “It’s all fake, you know.” technology fiction mystery Creative Commons Humor short Story http://feedbooks.com/userbook/5221.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/5221.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/5221.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/5221.mobi Probability Angels Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4688 en 2009 Matthew Huntington’s problems seem to keep growing. Not only is he seeing things in garbage cans but his mentor doesn’t think he’s working up to his full potential, his best friend can’t offer any solace but drunken confusion, and his wife is dying in Central Park. Of course, the fact that Matthew himself died over two decades ago isn’t helping things. And then things start to really go wrong. Come explore the world of Matthew and Epp and see what a samurai from Feudal Japan has to do with the course of modern physics, what a two-thousand year old Roman slave has to do with the summit of Mount Everest, and what a dead man from Brooklyn has to do with the fate of the world. science fiction fantasy Blog fiction Creative Commons 21st Century devon “New York” brooklyn “physics” “murder” “angels” “dark fantasy” ”immortal” http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4688.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4688.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4688.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4688.mobi Ends Jonathan Vaught http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4478 en 2008 What could tomorrow be like if we all sacrificed for something we believe in? thriller fiction politics Creative Commons short murder Story suspense http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4478.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4478.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4478.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4478.mobi Moments of Silence Travis King http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4328 en 2008 This short story, "Moments of Silence," is an eerie and heartwarming tale of love beyond the boundaries of death. fantasy Creative Commons love short fiction supernatural http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4328.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4328.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4328.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4328.mobi The Shepherd's Journals Drew Andrews http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4151 en 2009 Enter the world of 'The Shepherd' - prophet and addict, seeker and isolate - as he narrates his way through the divine callings of rusted alleys, city crowds, and his love for 'The Other'...These journal entries progressively develop his broken and graphic means of following 'God's ways'. poetry fiction journal philosophy Creative Commons mysticism Spirituality psychedelic diary dark horror apocalyptic God novella memoir drew andrews album leaf postmodern san diego occult http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4151.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4151.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4151.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4151.mobi Single: Two Stories Jim Hanas http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4023 en 2007 This free ebook—which I like to think of as a "fiction single"—features two previously published short stories: "Miss Tennessee" and "The Cryerer," which originally appeared in The Land-Grant College Review and One Story, respectively. Creative Commons short stories Contemporary literary fiction one story land-grant collage review literary journals http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4023.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4023.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4023.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/4023.mobi Tokyo Zero Marc Horne http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3501 en 2004 Michael Blake is in Tokyo to help out with the end of the world. Living in the Tokyo of the gangs, the losers and the outsiders, Blake and a cell of Japanese psychopaths plot to unleash a new kind of bio-chemical horror on an unsupecting populace of daydreaming salary-people. science fiction fiction Creative Commons Post-1930 http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3501.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3501.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3501.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3501.mobi The Pea Pod Gambit Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3169 en 2008 Atticus and Seth have the perfect setup: a three bedroom apartment with a third roommate who is never around because he is always over at his girlfriend’s house. But when their roommate’s relationship ends Seth and Atticus decide to take matters into their own hands in order to get things back to just the way they were. Blog fiction Creative Commons Humor relationships comedy short story laugh fraternity frat http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3169.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3169.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3169.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3169.mobi Uneven Shading Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3168 en 2008 Marshal finds himself unable to concentrate at work, and what’s worse, he’s come to realize that he’s disappearing from view entirely. When his boss takes note Marshal is sent home to try and figure out where the rest of him is. fiction Creative Commons love romance romance short story love story longing boss work place ghost story http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3168.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3168.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3168.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3168.mobi The Donkey of Vincento Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3167 en 2008 I have absolutely no idea how to describe this story. I read a lot. And I’ve read a lot of translations. And they always strike me as being just a little off and missing just a little something. Somehow, with this story, I wound up trying to capture that odd sense of not quite understanding what is happening while reading a classic story from another language. A donkey, a village, a festival, and a simple stupid story of love. fiction Creative Commons love village romance translation short story Historical love story donkey festival party foregin http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3167.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3167.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3167.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3167.mobi Knots Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3166 en 2008 In the course of my job I’ve given a lot of baths to little girls. There aren’t a lot of jobs where this can be considered a normal thing, but as a nanny that’s how it goes. Over the past few years there are few things I’ve come to dread more than having to comb out my girls’ hair once bath time is done. I put myself in their shoes one day and the idea for this story came about. Simple and touching. fiction Creative Commons family relationships kids short story mother baths hair nanny manny daughter mother daughter http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3166.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3166.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3166.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3166.mobi Continental Drift Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3165 en 2008 Two people visiting Europe under some not very ideal circumstances wind up brushing up against each other’s lives ever so softly on the moonlit beach of Cannes. fiction Creative Commons love travel relationships france short story divorce beach Europe Cannes vacation separation http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3165.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3165.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3165.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3165.mobi You’re Allowed to Order Takeout Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3164 en 2008 This was a strange story in a lot of ways. I had to carve this out of very little. It’s short and it’s minimal, but for some reason I can’t stop thinking about it. Basically we visit with Neil, who has just welcomed his second child into the world, and watch as he tries to find his emotional footing again. fiction Creative Commons family Emotional children short story birth baby http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3164.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3164.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3164.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3164.mobi Light-Years Ahead of His Time Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3163 en 2007 This story was published out of sequence because I got somewhat derailed during the Holidays by family and then I got sick and blah blah blah. At some point leading up to this story I decided that I wanted to write something about “worm-holes and morons.” This is the result of that wish. science fiction fiction Creative Commons short story worm holes morons time travel http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3163.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3163.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3163.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3163.mobi Scarface's Burden Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3162 en 2007 A reworking of one of Jonathan Coulton’s songs. Explore the various inner workings of a mad genius’s compound through the eyes of his most loyal assistant, Scarface. Between maintenance on the golden submarine, keeping the various departments happy, and getting his boss back on his feet, Scarface has plenty to keep him busy during a long winter day. science fiction fiction Creative Commons short story horror genius jonathan coulton skull crusher boss winter mad scientist http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3162.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3162.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3162.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3162.mobi Jacob Checks Out Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3161 en 2007 A confused narrator tries to piece together the life of one of his oldest friends, Jacob. Various parts of Jacob’s life are held up to the light, from childhood through present day, as friends try to find the cracks that eventually led to Jacob’s unconventional exit. fiction Creative Commons short story narrator first person http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3161.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3161.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3161.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3161.mobi Private Showing Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3160 en 2007 A simple story about a man struggling to deal with loss. This is one of the shortest pieces I’ve ever written. This description will be equally short. fiction Creative Commons Art short story loss pool grief pool hall longing http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3160.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3160.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3160.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3160.mobi The Rags Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3159 en 2007 It’s not often that you get to see what happens when a modern day writer attempts to rewrite a literary masterpiece using a laundromat as his setting and talking clothes as his characters. This is probably a good thing. But for those of you who ever wondered what that might look like, this is your story. fiction Creative Commons short story laundromat james joyce the dead dead class struggle clothes fashion http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3159.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3159.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3159.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/3159.mobi He'll Always Have Paris Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2779 en 2007 Dorian is the head of a lab researching a breakthrough technology for the treatment of those suffering emotional trauma. But one night he decides that this not-quite-ready-yet treatment would be the perfect thing to fix his failing marriage. Mix The Matrix with the set from the original Frankenstein movie, add a dash of couples therapy, stir, then pour into a tall glass made out of old Twilight Zone episodes and you’ll have a sense of some of the flavors this story calls to mind. science fiction fiction Creative Commons marriage Emotional sci-fi dark fantasy urban fantasy twilight zone divorce matrix frankenstein paris modern fantasy http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2779.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2779.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2779.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2779.mobi Black Eyed Susan Joseph Devon http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2738 en 2007 True love can develop in a number of ways. Sometimes it happens at first sight. Sometimes it takes warm beer, teenage nights at the beach, misunderstood conversations and a lot of persistence. A little luck never hurt either. Young Adult fiction Creative Commons love romance romance short story New Jersey love story beer beach shore teenage http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2738.png http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2738.pdf http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2738.epub http://feedbooks.com/userbook/2738.mobi