Flint Hills Review
New short story, "Falling Forward," in Issue Twenty-Two of Flint Hills Review. Grab a copy if you can. ...
Tincture Journal
New story "Cul-de-sac Back" out at Tincture Journal in Issue 18. Grab a copy if you can. Thanks! http://tincture-journal.com/buy-a-tincture/ ...
Crack the Spine
Check out my new short story "The Yacht Club" out at Crack the Spine in Issue 207. ...
WOLVES
Pleased to share my short story "Jagged Glass Hands" is now available in WOLVES Magazine: Issue 5 Skulls. ...
Skeleton Man Heart Gift
My short story, SKELETON MAN HEART GIFT, is a March 2016 Winner of the 140 Character Short Story Festival at WILDSOUND WRITING AND FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW. Play the video above to read/listen to the story. Check out the link http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2016/03/06/skeleton-man-heart-gift-twitter-short-story-by-kevin-del-principe/ to learn more about the competition. ...
Coffee Shop Goddess
After he rolled off her he thought to himself, “This is not what I thought it would be.” It was too quiet between them. He could hear her neighbors below yelling at their kids. Even the moments grew uncomfortable and started pressing up against one another like intoxicated fans wobbling at a rock concert. She finally spoke, “That was…nice.” Her voice was higher...
The Queen of Buffalo
It was a homecoming of sorts. I was returning home from college for a week or so before heading back again for the rest of the summer. My friends and I went out for a night on the town. I’m sure for them it was what it was on its face…a night of drinking and hanging out…a night of laughs...
The Animal Inside
The overhead light swung across his face by an energy of which I am unsure its genesis and for the first time I saw him truly. Where before there was a phantom conjured only by the distant thought of shadows, now there were flesh and bones. I couldn’t help but feel I had seen this man before. I’d say he...
Bourbon Gods
I feel as though I’ve lost something. Something that’s been buried deep down inside my being. A primordial ghost…maybe it’s the Holy Spirit after all. If it is, then I have to admit that the church ladies have been right all these years. Thankfully, I know that it’s not the vestiges of religion that remain swirling in phantom currents. It’s...
Lady with Wings
LADY WITH WINGS There was a woman who was the outcast in her village. She painted a picture that no one else could see in an alley that no one dared visit. She looked into her painting and stood there for a thousand years. After the first hundred, feathers began to sprout from her back. After five hundred, she had wings. ...