KN Magazine: Short Stories
The Plumbing Problem
In “The Plumbing Problem,” H. James Carls crafts a darkly ironic tale of wealth, desire, and quiet calculation. When a plumber is called to investigate a mysterious odor in an opulent estate, an unsettling conversation reveals more than a simple household issue. What follows is a subtle, chilling exploration of manipulation, motive, and the dangerous consequences of what goes unseen—and unsaid.
Game Over
After the Super Bowl ends, Livvy believes she has the perfect plan to escape a marriage built on betrayal and contempt. But when her husband is found dead in what appears to be a hit-and-run, a determined detective begins piecing together the truth. Gregory Meece’s “Game Over” is a tense psychological crime story about deception, revenge, and the moment a carefully planned crime begins to unravel.
A Matter of Time
When Madison stops in a nearly abandoned town to repair her grandfather’s antique watch, she discovers a chilling truth: Horary Crossing isn’t just forgotten—it’s unstuck in time. As the past awakens around her and a long-dead killer returns, Madison must fight to survive a night that has already happened… and is happening again.
CONFESSION
A haunting epistolary short story in which a woman finally reveals the truth about the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake, the child she lost, and the new identity she forged to survive. A confession of grief, reinvention, and the fragile boundary between the past we flee and the past that shapes us.
THOSE HE KILLS
A tense noir thriller in which Jim Wyman discovers he’s being hunted by a legendary, unseen hitman—until a twist puts the predator and prey in shocking reversal.
Avalanche
When a backcountry ski trip turns deadly, one man must fight the mountain—and his own limits—to survive. After an avalanche buries his fiancée’s father, Blake faces impossible choices in the frozen Colorado wilderness. Avalanche is a taut, heart-wrenching story of endurance, guilt, and love pushed to its breaking point.
Loretta Wakes Up
In Loretta Wakes Up, Molly Wilcox delivers a raw, redemptive story about a mother haunted by her past and a daughter who turned pain into art. Set against the shimmering backdrop of early 2000s Los Angeles, this haunting excerpt from Wilcox’s upcoming novel Off the Record explores guilt, love, and the thin line between redemption and ruin.
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