by Jude Mire | Jan 5, 2023 | Story, Weird
Author’s Note: This is my 2023/24 holiday serial. It was originally published on my Patreon over 12 days, as free promotional content. For the sake of convenience, I’ve collected the entire thing here, so it can be read all at once. If you’re...
by Jude Mire | Feb 15, 2021 | Short, Weird
The red button on Principal Cayce’s phone was blinking. Of the eight square buttons on the device it was the only colored one and, incidentally, the only one he ever used. He picked up the receiver and clicked it. “Yes, Shelly?” “Sir, I have a Mrs.Laine out here and...
by Jude Mire | Sep 15, 2020 | Story, Weird
When all four moons swung around to his side of Junireng, the Beachcomber found the most miraculous things on the bottom of the sea. Today was not one of the better days for moon alignment. Only three of the four hung over the horizon and one of them had waned down...
by Jude Mire | Feb 2, 2020 | Short, Weird
Candice Jane sat on a wooden stool with a shotgun across her lap facing the front door. There was a rocking chair in the corner that was far more comfortable, but she didn’t trust herself not to fall asleep in it. It had happened before. Most often when she was...
by Jude Mire | Sep 17, 2019 | Story, Weird
“I need some roasted. Can you hook me up?” Peanut looked at the sullen acrobat from his cart window. The man was beyond gaunt. His electric blue leotard hung like laundry on his skeleton and his eyes were sunken. “You got tickets?” “I’ve got five bucks, and some...
by Jude Mire | Aug 15, 2019 | Short, Weird
Fred Gibson squinted against the cloudless sunrise. He was sprawled out on the lawn at an odd angle, his left foot bare on the sidewalk. Dirt covered his hands and caked his fingernails. Thistles and burrs had taken up residence in his clothes. As the sunlight...
