[June 2018 Meat Grinder] SIENNA SUNSET #4 – Jeff Dosser
SIENNA SUNSET #4 Jeff Dosser Detective Susan Yost didn’t need to check the GPS to know she’d reached the scene. The crowd of curious onlookers clustered beneath a battered […]
[June 2018 Meat Grinder] Sadie Spurs’ Hidey Hole for the Wicked & Weary – Shea Herlihy-Abba
Sadie Spurs’ Hidey Hole for the Wicked & Weary Episode One: In Which I Stand By and Do Mostly Nothing 1. SADIE SPURS’ HIDEY HOLE FOR THE WICKED & WEARY […]
[June 2018 Meat Grinder] Willis – B. B. Blazkowicz
Willis The port town of Silvam was the first to spring up amidst the gold rush, and the last to die. Only a fool would mistake resilience for an incremental […]
[June 2018 Meat Grinder] A Final Supper – Trev Hill
A Final Supper The smell hits me as I approach the campsite. It is the stench of death. It is nothing new to me, nor is it anything I […]
The Meat Grinder Writing Contest
Think you’re a good writer? Think you can tell a good story? Well, then why don’t you enter your story into The Meat Grinder and put it to the test! […]
[TMG5] The Stranger – James Matthew Byers
The Stranger The stranger knocked upon the door, A creaking, wooden throb, And someone on the other side Unlatched and turned the knob. Uncertainty, a soft, “Hello,” And, “May I use your phone?” The person on the other side Appeared to be alone. An observation taken in, No pictures on the wall. He pointed somewhere down the way- “Go […]
[TMG5] A Stolen Glance – Bo Chappell
A Stolen Glance In silken seas she slumbered Celestial reflections from invisible love Across a mirror A silver river, running sharply into an ivory valley A singular point not meant […]
[TMG5] A Macabre Dream – Sravani Singampalli
A MACABRE DREAM Fireflies in their perilous eyes Humongous their bodies Behemoth in their demeanor Tempestuous was the wind. Wine-red were my tears Crippled were their thoughts Sprinting through the […]
[TMG4] Twisted Souls – Larry Sells
Twisted Souls “Oh baby, you bought me chocolate and roses.” The couple outside placed one of their fingers by their mouths and faked gagged. “Human love is so gross […]
[TMG4] The Fear That Never Got Erased – Sravani singampalli
THE FEAR THAT NEVER GOT ERASED It was a rainy day. The winds were tempestuous. I was sitting at the veranda with my cup of hot coffee. I […]
[TMG3] Ascension – Claire Fitzpatrick
I’ve found myself on a moral ambiguity kick, a sign of brevity, and had decided to let the world in on my subconscious as I ruminated on ‘taboo’ […]
[TMG3] Madame Trudeau – Edmund Stone
“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other Begins?” —Edgar Allan Poe Madame Trudeau […]
[TMG3] No Longer Human – Arya Ashok Dixit
The alarm clock was set. The clothes were packed. The note was written. Everything was ready as planned. I had managed to scrape together as much money as I […]
[TMG2] Secret – Victor Flavin
I remember when I was younger. There I was, standing there, when what I wanted to do was forbidden. Forbidden by who? I didn’t know because no one had ever […]
[TMG2] The Rose Queen – Alexis Child
Rodney burst through the front door alerting his mother to the fact he had returned home from school safely, but was greeted with no reply. He roamed purposely throughout the […]
[TMG2]Roanoke – Lisa Dabrowski
The rugged cold terrain of Serbia held little comfort for Josif . He sewn together hides of animals to make a covering to try to keep the brutal winds […]
