A fantastical flash fiction story from The Intermediaries creator Taylor Dye…It was a ghost town.Danny isn’t expecting any surprises as he drives through a deserted town—along a street with no traffic—before pulling into a service station.However, the biggest—and strangest—surprises occur when you’re least expecting them…

Tickle your funny bone (but don’t break it) with this flash fiction collection from TAYLOR DYE…Clayton Killesworth is rude, obnoxious, and unpleasant to be around.Not only that, but he seems to have it out for an innocuous, nice old lady.Fortunately, it’s the old lady who gets the last laugh over and over again as Clayton repeatedly succumbs to one fatal mishap after another in the six flash fiction tales making up Taylor Dye’s The Comi...

Experience one of the first short stories ever written by TAYLOR DYE…The wide expanse of freshly cut grass.The dirt of the infield, churned and smoothed.The newly lain, bright white paint, outlining the basepaths, the batter’s box, the foul lines…it can all only mean one thing. Get ready to play ball! as Taylor Dye provides a pleasant, yet exciting, reminder of just why baseball is referred to as “America’s favorite pastime”.Riley W...

The urban-literary short story “Welcome Back, McKayla”, one of the earliest stories written by author TAYLOR DYE, is now available for the first time…On her way to the big game, the city—and its people—speak to McKayla. She may be a celebrity athlete and hometown hero, but to those who know her best, she’s even more than that. She’s a friend. She’s family.It could be surprising that someone of her status is just as comfortable in the dark alleys and rundown...

A touching short story from TAYLOR DYE about love, loss, and never forgetting to celebrate the truest joys in life…Patrick Livvsguard, a recent widower, is accompanied by his adult daughter, Carmen, as he returns to his favorite golf course for what has become a tradition: to play a round on Christmas morning. However, this will be the first time in decades that he plays without his wife, Emma, by his side. The Ashdown Forest Country Club and its proprietor, Tammy ...

A merry and heart-warming tale from TAYLOR DYE, infused with the spirit of the Christmas season…When Gweneth discovers her solemn and pajama-clad eight-year-old son, Aaron, has snuck out onto the snowy roof of their home on Christmas Eve, there is only one place she can think to call: the fire department.Chief Elijah Ford, Lieutenant Billy Nicks, and the team at Station No. 186 have just returned from putting out a fire. However, they hardly have a chance o...

This is how democracies fall…Slowly, and then suddenly.Months of buildup.A gradual cracking of the foundation.The initial spark of an election lost.The divisive theory that the election was stolen fanning the flames.The fire spreading, with a growing collection of “patriots” willing to do whatever it takes to keep their leader in power.Plans are formulated, schedules are set, and as the proposed day of reckoning—January 6, 20...

One of the first short stories ever written by TAYLOR DYE chronicles the somber return of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice…A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III carries them, floating across a vast and seemingly unending ocean, suspended in a tranquil mastery of time and space.The plane’s destination: Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware.Its cargo: the most precious cargo of all.But there’s more to this important flight than meets the e...

From the mind of Taylor Dye…An unspeakable tragedy. A beloved child—all of ten years old—is found dead overnight, brutally murdered, his bed the site of a bloody crime scene. A traumatized mother, shocked into a near-comatose state, is surrounded and consoled by friends and neighbors, while a father, out of state on business, frantically rushes to return home. For Kendra Nichols and her fellow neighbors, it is hard—no, impossible—to imagine such an event o...

From the creator of The Intermediaries comes a short story of loss, hope, and finding the inner strength to carry on…At seven years old, Travis has lost his best friend. Instead of running and exploring the woods together, Luca is lying in a casket under a funeral tent in the Holy Matthew cemetery.What happened? Travis wonders. Why are we here? Where is my friend?The only silver lining is that Luca always enjoyed looking o...

There is a lighthouse.The lighthouse at land’s edge.Join Intermediaries creator Taylor Dye as he provides a brief, poetic, and beautiful glimpse into a tiny corner of the world where man and nature coexist and work together, each doing what is necessary to survive and thrive, while also allowing room for the other to do the same. The lighthouse stands as a monument to that long-lasting partnership, and as a shining beacon into the future. With hum...

Inspired by the Norman Rockwell masterpiece, The Problem We All Live With, Taylor Dye shines a spotlight on the children tasked with blazing a trail for an entire nation, and the federal officers entrusted with fulfilling that nation’s promise: equality, liberty, and justice for all…Spencer Hawes, a white Deputy United States Marshal, wakes up in an unfamiliar town, having been tasked with what is, for him, an uncomfortable assignment: ensuring a black stu...