Break From Reality. Daily.
This story is by Marka Ormsby and was part of our 2019 Summer Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Thirty minutes after the levee broke, Grace found herself in the attic of a two-story house that was her dentist’s office, with water lapping half-way up the attic steps. Usually closed…
This story is by Marka Ormsby and was part of our 2018 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. After twelve years in homicide, Detective Joe Gibson tired of the endless, meaningless, violence that took another life today. He stroked his thinning hair and smoothed his tie over his growing…
This story is by Marka Ormsby and was part of our 2017 Fall Writing Contest. You can find all the writing contest stories here. Cheap bourbon slid down Roy McNeil’s throat with the warm burn he needed to face the next twenty-four hours. After taking another long swig, he closed his eyes and put the…
This story is by Marka Ormsby and was part of our 2017 Summer Writing Contest. You can find all the Summer Writing Contest stories here. Kwan Lee looked through the site of his JS 7.62 sniper rifle, a North Korean weapon supplied by the Chinese. He steadied his breathing, his heartbeat. It all came down to…
by Marka Ormsby The mortar blast took out three of his brothers in arms, and AK-47 gunfire erupted around the fallen soldiers. “Corpsman, over here,” shouted PFC Joe Beckwith who lay beside his buddy, PFC Andy Wickmayer. “Three down. God dammit, hurry.” “Beck, watch your left flank,” Sgt. Dan Daniel shouted back, “You got two gooks…
