Read the linked stories below:


The Promise
forthcoming in Mouth Full of Bullets, June 2008


Going Gandolfini
forthcoming in Demolition, Spring 2008


Ankle-Biters
An infected toddler starts a zombie outbreak at a birthday party.
forthcoming in Shroud Magazine, March 2008


Silence in Ramah
A Christmas story, of sorts, about a former KGB agent who finds a new reason for being after the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Shred of Evidence, December 2007


A Private War
Disabled veteran Larry Cowell decides he's had enough: if he's going to be treated like an outcast, he may as well act like one. He plants an IED on his war hero friend's business property, but his friend finds out--and shows him how, by dealing with insurgents, he attained hero status in Iraq.
Out of the Gutter Issue 3, November 2007


Right-Sized
A "right-sized" employee decides how he can make his erstwhile employer truly "right-sized."
Muzzle Flash, November 2007


White Crosses
Personal tragedy, domestic violence, and--maybe--ghosts in rural New Hampshire.
Shred of Evidence, October 2007


Just Watching
Pedophile versus vigilante teens.
Powder Burn Flash, August 2007


The Power of Suggestion
Every friendship has limits. Matt learns what his are when his psychopathic "friend" Johnny threatens his little brother.
Shred of Evidence, August 2007


Uncle Charlie's Rule
Officer Pitt learns that breaking the law has nothing on breaking his uncle's rules.
Muzzle Flash, June 2007


Bad Influence
Lonely Maria's effort to befriend a toddler in her neighborhood goes disastrously wrong.
Powder Burn Flash, May 2007


Pushing up Daisies
Officer Rooney's wife's gardening project brings up memories he'd rather forget.
Flash Pan Alley, May 2007


Detachment Parenting
A grandmother wants a second chance to get it right.
Flash Pan Alley, May 2007


Dream House
Tammy and Lester take control of their lives through murder - but Tammy doesn't anticipate the consequences.
Spinetingler, Spring 2007


Snuff
A basic misunderstanding over intellectual property rights brings out the psychopath in a college student's boyfriend.
A Cruel World, May/June 2006


© 2008 Christa M. Miller