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Hybrid, by Tim Tobin
Moonlit waves splashed around Betsy’s toes. She danced away from the enticing surf, then tiptoed back, the cool water soothing her sunburned legs. Could she end the pain, she asked herself. Not from...
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Ground Control, by Gwendolyn Kiste
On the morning our father was due to arrive home from his two-year space flight, all my little sister could do was whine about her dress being itchy, and all my mother could do was holler for us girls...
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Gramm’s Old Ouija Board, by Donna Marie West
I pulled Gramm’s old Ouija board from the closet. What better time to contact her? Tonight’s Halloween, when the veil between worlds is thinnest. I convinced my boyfriend to help. We created ambiance...
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The Cheat, by Helen Howell
Mirg Repaer tapped her long red nails against the silver of her space suit. Those back at head office had sneered at her. She was a new generation of Reapers. None of that black cloak and scythe lark...
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What Dolls Eat, by Karen Bovenmyer
Our cat, Puddles, never missed breakfast, until today. When I told my daughter, she said the dolls, which she tucked in their beds each night, were also missing. Puddles loved to play with...
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Justice, by Kally Jo Surbeck
He was coming and this time was his time. No more naughty sins. He cloyed of the black mark that Death could smell for miles away and she was burning mad. He’d stole from her thirteen souls. No one...
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Issue #17: Drabble Stories—100 Word Fiction
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Symbiosis, by Roy C. Booth and Chad Fleagle
The metallic alloy started to spread. The colonel struggled to reach his car in a panic. Two black helicopters hit him with spotlights. Soldiers poured into the parking lot, all wore bio-hazard suits,...
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Sidewalk Games, by Gwendolyn Kiste
Astrid levitated off the sidewalk. She did it just because she could. The knotted pigtails and sweaty buzz cuts that mocked her during the school year never mocked the trick. In the hot summer sun,...
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Life on the Dark Side of the Moon, by Michael A. Kechula
“I wonder what it’s gonna be like living on the Dark Side of the Moon?” Harry asked a fellow immigrant on spaceship Resettlement. “It’ll be far safer than living on Earth.” “Why?” “There’s no chance of...
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Hybrid, by Tim Tobin
Moonlit waves splashed around Betsy’s toes. She danced away from the enticing surf, then tiptoed back, the cool water soothing her sunburned legs. Could she end the pain, she asked herself. Not from...
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Ground Control, by Gwendolyn Kiste
On the morning our father was due to arrive home from his two-year space flight, all my little sister could do was whine about her dress being itchy, and all my mother could do was holler for us girls...
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Gramm’s Old Ouija Board, by Donna Marie West
I pulled Gramm’s old Ouija board from the closet. What better time to contact her? Tonight’s Halloween, when the veil between worlds is thinnest. I convinced my boyfriend to help. We created ambiance...
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The Cheat, by Helen Howell
Mirg Repaer tapped her long red nails against the silver of her space suit. Those back at head office had sneered at her. She was a new generation of Reapers. None of that black cloak and scythe lark...
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What Dolls Eat, by Karen Bovenmyer
Our cat, Puddles, never missed breakfast, until today. When I told my daughter, she said the dolls, which she tucked in their beds each night, were also missing. Puddles loved to play with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Justice, by Kally Jo Surbeck
He was coming and this time was his time. No more naughty sins. He cloyed of the black mark that Death could smell for miles away and she was burning mad. He’d stole from her thirteen souls. No one...
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Issue #17: Drabble Stories—100 Word Fiction
Image via Pixabay The drabble issues are always popular with writers and readers alike. A drabble, a neatly-packed, concise but complete 100 word story is a challenge to authors. How do you tell a...
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Symbiosis, by Roy C. Booth and Chad Fleagle
The metallic alloy started to spread. The colonel struggled to reach his car in a panic. Two black helicopters hit him with spotlights. Soldiers poured into the parking lot, all wore bio-hazard suits,...
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Sidewalk Games, by Gwendolyn Kiste
Astrid levitated off the sidewalk. She did it just because she could. The knotted pigtails and sweaty buzz cuts that mocked her during the school year never mocked the trick. In the hot summer sun,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Life on the Dark Side of the Moon, by Michael A. Kechula
“I wonder what it’s gonna be like living on the Dark Side of the Moon?” Harry asked a fellow immigrant on spaceship Resettlement. “It’ll be far safer than living on Earth.” “Why?” “There’s no chance of...
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