Scott C. Martin

"Would you like directions?" That voice! Emotionless, as usual. The voice is echoing off of the pool of blood at my feet. All of the blood! You figure there's going to be a lot of it, in situations like this, but you really have no idea until it starts flowing. And then, after the heart stops... …

The wastelands stretched vast and wide, bordered to the north by the verging, boiling Sea of Tears, and to the west by a drop into nothingness called the Great Void. The sun, when it did manage to penetrate the calloused black clouds, glowed a dreary orange. The volcanic pits and sulfur pools spotting the landscape permitted little …

A widow receives some unexpected help in her struggle to find normalcy after her husband's passing.

When a second grader struggles to find a suitable 'show and tell' object for class, he inadvertently uncovers a curious family secret.

In my first entry in the 13 Stories in 90 Days project, an immortal man finally gets around to his midlife crisis.