Eric Farrell
Shotgun
I wake up to the fine grit of sand against my cheek. The scent of human scum and beach funk permeates the space. There’s a...
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James Fowler
Jan 192 min read
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“Why do my minions have to be such damned idiots?” Though chapped beyond all patience (admittedly, a low threshold in his case), he grins...
Warren Benedetto
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Things Are Looking Up
I’ve been in a dark place since the accident. I know I need to let her go, to accept that I’m never going to see her again, but I can’t....
Robert Pope
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Hearing is Believing
Bernard Bartram had achieved some notoriety among the unbelieving community, and, therefore, had become notorious in the community of...
DC Diamondopolous
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The Haunting of Piedras Blancas
There is no end to my love for Jemjasee. I pace the ragged cliffs, searching the sea for her ship. My longing will not cease until I am...
Lisa Rodriguez
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Floor 19
Mary Ann Thompson smoothed her hands over the long-sleeved maid uniform before going through the service door to the Lord Baltimore...
Allister Nelson
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Godmother Death
Once, my father Frederick went into the woods. It was a cold night in Leipzig when I, Sieglinde, was born. I was the twelfth child of a...
Emma Burnett
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Fractures like windows and time
She was born on New Year’s Eve, in a maternity ward overlooking the city. I stood with my face pressed against the cool glass, holding...
Elizabeth Jacobs
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The Starling
Twenty seventeen was the year the starling got trapped in the wall. It was seeking warmth from the cold in order to survive. It clawed...
Cassandra Daucus
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A Mother's Spirit
“I don’t want to do it.” Dorothy scowled at her little sister Margaret as she opened the box and pulled out the ouija board, being...
Robert Pettus
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Choose Your Heaven
“Please choose your heaven,” said the ethereal voice in my head. I looked around but I couldn’t see anything—everything was a shifting,...
Peggy Nalls
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Des Arc Elegy
She was angry with her mother. The boys were going to Big Creek to swim and she wasn’t allowed. She was ten. It wasn’t fair. The only...
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