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The Hand of God, by Abdul-Qaadir Bakari-Muhammad
“And behold in the end the truth was finally told” (The Last Council of Cataclysmic Affairs) Until now I never had complete dominion over the vast darkness of space. I worked amongst other entities...
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The Top of the Stairs, by Joe DiCicco
Nathan shivered against the chill, turned to the door. As he did, his eyes passed the staircase across the patio. It ran up from the far corner, up to the next floor. From the darkness up there he...
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Cupid’s Journal, by Leonard White
Molly sighed, staring at the Christmas lights while twisting a strand of hair around her finger. She had done this so much that she had one tight curl floating beside her ear. “Girl, you got it bad.”...
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The Shadow Puppets, by Leah Mueller
Punch rested sideways in the closet, wooden head pressed against the floor. Judy’s body lay spread-eagled on top of his-not provocatively, but in a martial manner, holding him in check. Punch’s stage...
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The Catch, by Ray Daley
The surface of the lake had been far too still. For how many minutes now? Three perhaps? Four? Crane didn’t even know how long the slave could hold its miserable breath. He knew that three credits had...
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A Little Bit of Mercy, by David M. Hoenig
“Hey, Jurgen: what do you call a human breeder who works in a saloon?” The speaker was just shy of eight feet tall with scaly, green skin, voice carrying over the howl of the wind outside. Her...
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Stone Cold Beauty, by Diane Arrelle
Electra used to shudder every night at bedtime. She needed her beauty sleep, but hated sharing her bed with that gnome-like creature; all ears and nose and lips with a belly so big she was afraid he’d...
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She Who Controls the Wind, by Kenneth C. Goldman
Trista led the young man to the mountaintop. That morning he had made the dark-haired beauty his wife, and she understood she must bring him to this exact spot before she could give herself to him....
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Mr. Somewhere, by C.M. Crockford
The doors of Sebastian’s opened and I spilled out along with a hundred other goth kids. Trish and Thomasina wanted to keep the night going but after some snuck-in tequila and endless dancing to “No...
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Issue #21: PhotoFlash 1—Eleven Visions
11 images. 11 authors. 11 stories. I posted several images and asked for authors to pick an image on a first come/first serve/calling shotgun basis and then send me their story plots. I received a...
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