Fiction in 50

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People always thought Chance was named after Peter Seller’s character in the movie Being There. He didn’t bother to correct them, but the truth was, his…
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Blood MoonA quick haiku for tonight's blood moon. Does anyone else want to try your hand? 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. moon shines defiant apple chee…
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Aubrey had her own version of Peter Parker’s “spidey sense.” It was just as reliable, though a lot more annoying. She always threw up right before her…
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Kiana barely scraped through high school. Her teachers had labeled her lazy and slow early on. But she let it all wash off her back. She just wasn’t…
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If Stina closed her eyes and tried really hard, she could taste her mom’s blueberry pancakes. It took extra effort to get the flavors of the butter and…
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A furious rattling of the old push handle on the front door of my cabin wakes me. My heartbeat wobbles, jumps, races, then settles. It comes again, and…
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As Kit peered through his binoculars, trying to find the bird singing in the canopy above, a kaleidoscope of Monarch butterflies interjected itself…
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A shiver ran up Woody’s spine as he hurried past the protesters and their openly carried guns. He was grateful to be able to feel that shiver, as it…
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Mindy had the right name for the job but not the look. She had gone into library science because she loved books. She loved their looks, their smell…
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A story and a challenge to my writing colleagues
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Every ice cream Nico tried disappointed. They were all pale imitations of that one perfect taste he had loved so much as a boy. He had spent his life…
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“Mistakes were made..” “Excuse me? Don’t you mean you made mistakes?” Jonah skewered the owner of Roberts Industries with a look. Then he lit the flame…
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