The Bridge
Written by James L. Jones As the two boys came down the hill, Billy saw the bridge for the very first time. To Billy, it looked like any other bridge, except for the fact that it seemed completely...
View ArticleTwelve Questions with Lance Manion
Please tell Fiction and Verse readers a little about yourself. I wasn’t born a poor child if that’s what you’re getting at. Neither was I born to run or be wild. I’m the first to acknowledge that I...
View ArticleLeague of Suburban Heroes
by Milo James Fowler There comes a point in every superhero’s life when he realizes he can’t keep going it alone. Batman needed Robin. Superman needed Lois Lane. Well, not in the same way, but you...
View ArticleDreams
By Ruth Ann Hixson I fashioned my dreams into a kite And launched it into the windy skies. It soared high into the clouds My dreams looked beautiful Up so high. But the winds blew hard And the string...
View ArticleLooking for Change
Written by Eleanor Talbot A gaggle of schoolgirls gets on the bus speaking one of their Bantu languages as if it’s the last time they’ll ever have voices. It seems unnecessary to talk to each at such...
View ArticleTrouble Sleeping
It is our pleasure to announce Fiction and Verse’s publication of Trouble Sleeping, a novella by George Eyre Masters. Wanted by authorities as a person of interest in a multiple homicide, Harp must...
View ArticleA Lucid Moment
By Gary Sprague Edith lay dying in the bedroom she and Roland had shared for sixty-six years. Roland sat close by, holding his wife’s withered hand, watching through his thick glasses as she clung to...
View ArticleThe Pinnacle
Written by Gaines Post “It’s a race and there’s no cheating.” Daron looked up from the trail, young eyes round with intrigue. Cor put on a playful look and coughed to hide his relief. “To the top?”...
View ArticleLiberté
Written by Gustavo Bondoni It might have been the early spring sun softly caressing the back of my neck that took me back to the day I met him. I had spent the whole morning studying under the...
View ArticleTwelve Questions with Dionne Lister, Author of ‘Shadows of the Realm’
Hi there Dionne it’s great to have you, please tell Fiction and Verse readers a little about yourself. Hi. I’ve always been an avid reader and have loved writing since I was young. I also love...
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