Short Stories
Below are a few short stories I’ve had the privilege of publishing.
Enjoy!
GRACE DISCOVERS A TWO-DIMENSIONAL PANTRY - published in Altered Reality Magazine (click here)
BLESS YOU - published in Flash Fiction Magazine (click here)
THE PECULIAR HUNGER OF MADGE BOYLE, FAMILY COUNSELOR - published in Bone Parade (click here)
And here’s one from the un-published trunk. One of my first and still one of my favorites
Wasted Money
By G.D. Benton
Arnold Tower hummed along with the radio. Stuck at a red light, with an A/C barely working, the song ended and he spun the dial. The light went green. Arnold pushed the accelerator and his Honda Civic lurched into the intersection.
SCREECH! BANG! CRUNCH!
A beat up jalopy, two hubcaps already M.I.A. and a side-mirror adhered by bungee cord, raced into the intersection and slammed into his passenger door. Arnold bounced with his car, his head thumping off the side window. The cars lurched and came to a smoking stop.
Dazed, but more annoyed than hurt, Arnold popped his door open. Already cars behind him were honking. He swung his arms in a gesture meant to say, C’mon! Don’t honk at me! Honk at this guy! Emphasizing this point further, Arnold pointed to the sizable dent on his passenger door.
It was during this pointing he saw the other driver for the first time.
Arnold’s thoughts in two words? Oh. Shit.
Out the jalopy’s sunroof climbed a massive spider, one long, hairy leg after another. A pink bow-tie dangled at its neck, the aviator shades crooked on its face. Stumbling, the spider tried to catch itself, but only succeeded in crossing up its many legs. Cursing and mumbling, the bug slumped over and retched, the putrid bile smelling of half eaten crickets and Irish whiskey.
It was easily the drunkest spider Arnold had ever seen.