Weekends you’ll find me at the Treasures ‘n Trash flea market down on Old Grafton Road. All the regulars know me there; I’ve been a regular myself for nearly thirty years. The wife and I arrive early on Saturdays so we can be all set up and ready for the first treasure hunters by 6:30 AM.
The granite stelai were eight feet tall, with mottled gray surfaces and jagged edges. But Craig was less interested in their geometry than in their metaphysical location, their agency as delimiters between this world and some mystical other. His heart raced and he took a step back.
The impossibility of it all was offset by the attractiveness of Mavka’s offer. So much so, he was unable to focus at work. His mind was roiling with possibilities and not a little fear.
It had been a month of relentless pounding.
Other Short Stories:
- Murder at the NAA
- Published in Tales From Shelf 804 in 2023
- Tales From Shelf 804: Amazon
- How It Really Happened
- Published in Tales From Shelf 804 in 2023
- Tales from Shelf 804: Amazon
- Origami
- Published in Cosmic Muse by New Myths in 2023
- Cosmic Muse: Amazon
- From a reader: “Thoroughly enjoyed your short story “origami”! Your command of our magnificent language is a beautiful blessing!”
- From another reader: “Great story, well told.Please more longer stories with these characters and mood.”
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- Country Lane
- Published by Bardsy in the Love is Blind anthology in 2022
- Bardsy Romance Anthology: Amazon
- The Suit of Lights
- To be published by New Myths in 2026
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Miri Leon 