by Pat Bove | Jan 18, 2025 | A Short Story
Across countless worlds, there are forty-two originators of existence. The deity who watches over our world is like a quiet mentor who never enforces curfew, allowing us to roam free, to make our own choices without stern retribution. The others view this leniency as...
by Pat Bove | Jan 18, 2025 | A Short Story, Most Popular
A single man controls the entire world. No decision is made without his say. The thing is, he doesn’t know he’s the ruler. All he knows is these men in suits come to his house every Saturday and ask him strange questions. “Gentlemen, gentlemen. Come on...
by Pat Bove | Jan 18, 2025 | A Short Story
“You know my name?” I asked. “You’re a pirate,” The Lost Boy said as he tucked his chin to his chest, fighting to hold in his tears. “Lost Boys are not to show fear. That’s what they’re told. Lost Boys fight to kill all pirates at any cost, and to die in battle with a...
by Pat Bove | Jan 17, 2025 | A Short Story
The day he stabbed me, it was my fault. Nobody knew his real name. Not even when I had him arrested. I spent money out of my pocket for a private investigator to find something—anything. But every resource came up empty: no background, no fingerprints, no identity....
by Pat Bove | Jan 17, 2025 | A Short Story
Diana was three when she first vanished during hide-and-seek. It took me hours to find her. And let’s be clear—no three-year-old is good at hiding. So after too many games that ended with me giving up, I strapped a camera to her head. What I saw that day still haunts...
by Pat Bove | Jan 17, 2025 | A Short Story, Most Popular
Historian’s Log: Babylon, June 10th, 323 BC. I move as a ghost. Passing through throngs of merchants and beggars and whores and I see this ancient world in all its unfiltered glory. This was the day that Alexander the Great is to die. The cause of Alexander’s...
