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Short Stories

World War 19 (Literary, 4664)

Something in the way he asked the question made Pax frown. “I feel there’s some sort of catch,” she said, eyeing the shifty-looking kid. “No,

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The Switch (Comedy, 919 words)

Teddy stood at the altar and watched his bride-to-be appear through the beveled double glass doors, the white satin train from her gown flowing out

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The Lesson (Action-adventure, 239 words)

This story is from the fiction contest NYC Midnight. They run different contests throughout the year with different groups of writers given prompts on genre,

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The Great BluSie (Science Fiction, 2495 words)

Day 1: After two hundred seventy days hopscotching through space I’ve crash landed on a distant planet. My ship is destroyed beyond repair; indeed, I

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Summer’s Secret (Suspense, 797 words)

I walk through the meadow holding my hands to my sides, the bluebonnets bending on their stalks as I pass barefooted through their masses. It’s

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Seven Generals (Literary, 1379 words)

This story is loosely based on a personal experience during my first year in the army. Although my experience took place during peace time, the

Poems

Seasons of Love (a poem)

Snow falling, Tree limbs reaching into the sky like so many naked wooden fingers, Sky overhead in swirling gray and white and blue— I do,

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MANNY (Horror, 6649 words)

I got the idea for this story during a conversation with a former co-worker of mine, about a creepy oddity she kept in her apartment.

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Knocking Them Down (Horror, 982 words)

This story was originally written for a contest that dictated the genre (horror) and had to include a watermelon and a bowling alley. Writers had

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IDO (Romance, 887 words)

I wrote this short story for a contest whose writers had to compose a story within a 24 hour deadline. The prompts were to include