The Little Miller Attack

Living in a small town, you can never really escape your past—a gripping new story from an emerging literary voice.

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Fiction & Poetry

Death and Ms. FitzSimons

When a man with terminal cancer goes off into the snowy woods to meet death, he finds more than he bargained for.

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Miss Temptation

A soldier just back from Korea disrupts a small town's daily ritual—and makes a pretty girl cry—in Kurt Vonnegut's well-loved short story.

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Treasures of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library

Examine some of Kurt Vonnegut's personal artifacts that are on display at the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library in downtown Indianapolis.

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The No-Talent Kid

Nothing could shake Walter's determination to get into the marching band. So how could his conductor tell him how misplaced his ambition was?

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Yesterday’s Garbage

A trash collector uncovers a neighborhood mystery in Jon Hassler's short story of family secrets.

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Gutted

The Post presents the winning entry in the 2010 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition

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As the Spirit Moves VII: Too Much Is Enough

When the others gather round to exchange bright sayings of their Ouija boards I am left nowhere… The spirits have not done the right thing by me; I can never get any action on the Ouija board.

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As the Spirit Moves VI: Mrs. Couch & Mrs. Thill

She has a way of asking you how you feel that would make you swear you could smell lilies.

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As the Spirit Moves V: Aunt Bertha’s Snappy Work

I would back Aunt Bertha against any living solitaire player for any amount of money you want, only providing that the judges leave the room during the contest.

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