(Note: occasionally, Story Sanctum will publish the first chapters of upcoming novels. Here is one from writer Doug Dalglish) Justo The...

1 It was a cool fall evening, the sky gray and the air still. I tied the goldenrod with a blue ribbon and held it in my hand as I walked,...

Helga, a hard working waitress, has a lot to teach us about the true meaning of the holidays.

Henry opened his eyes to sunrise slanting beneath the overpass. Summer humidity clung to his skin like wet cotton. From the distance,...

6:00 AM Ryan had finally tired of waking up in an empty bed. Grief had run its rollercoaster course over the last five years, and his...

Zoe never dreamed of working as a time teller. It was a hard job to get in the best of economies, in a recession it was nearly...

Maddie was a widow who lived by the beach. Every morning and evening she walked along the shore remembering her husband David and their...

BY SIMEON KLEPAC MOVEMENT I: TRAGEDY “Out of ink.” The coroner clicked his pen fruitlessly. “Here.” Washburton, a round faced man in a...

The neighbors thought it was a publicity stunt at first, a tactic to get media attention or fund a new wing on the church building. Even...