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Flight AWE613

December 20, 2022December 17, 2022Emma Murray 0
Flight AWE613

Michael finds himself reevaluating his priorities and delving into precious memories as the plane he’s on seems doomed to crash.

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Jack’s Gamble

December 20, 2022December 17, 2022Tammy Huffman 0
Jack’s Gamble

Good and evil, virtue and vice…is it all just a toss of a coin?

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Donkeys

December 20, 2022December 17, 2022Andy Ayash 0
Donkeys

Remember when the kid turns into a donkey in Pinocchio? Wasn’t that messed up? This is a rebuttal to my nightmares.

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Irene and June

December 20, 2022December 17, 2022Jacqueline Erasin 0
Irene and June

A darkly comic story about two elderly friends in a retirement home. What is truth and what is imagination?

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Romantique

December 20, 2022December 19, 2022Jonathan Ferrini 0
Romantique

A “slice of life” pirouettes upon the palate reminiscent of a sweet and tart wedge of Lemon Meringue pie served with afternoon tea.

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Her Red Dress Matches Her Eyes

September 20, 2022December 20, 2022Don Louis Robishaw 1
Her Red Dress Matches Her Eyes

A former librarian is hired as a secret agent with her government, and all hell breaks out.

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Nature Doesn’t Bend

September 20, 2022December 20, 2022Jonathan Ferrini 0
Nature Doesn’t Bend

Gender identity, politics, and the criminal justice system collide like a car crash.

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The Contract Broken

September 20, 2022December 20, 2022Marco Etheridge 0
The Contract Broken

Voltaire and Rousseau discuss where modern society is going wrong.

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Brilliant Blue

September 20, 2022December 20, 2022Michael Gray 0
Brilliant Blue

A story of 3900 words that might remind readers of a specific story by Hemingway and one by O’Connor.

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Fifteen Minutes to Cavendish

June 20, 2022September 20, 2022Sonia Nicholson 0
Fifteen Minutes to Cavendish

A relationship viewed through a discussion on real estate. We get so caught up in “What-Ifs,” we lose sight of what’s right in front of us.

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Lenses

June 20, 2022September 20, 2022Mehreen Ahmed 0
Lenses

This was written from the perspective of lenses. It doesn’t provide a solution; it only records what it sees. The consequences are unknown.

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Dreams and Secrets of the Sea

June 20, 2022September 20, 2022Aqsa Mustafa 0
Dreams and Secrets of the Sea

A tale of a little orphan girl stealing dreams from a green, bib-wearing Sea Serpent, in a world where fairies take children’s dreams.

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The Flower Lady

June 20, 2022September 20, 2022Jonathan Ferrini 0
The Flower Lady

Love and compassion bloom during a pandemic.

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The Exiled Shore

March 20, 2022June 21, 2022Mike Lee 0
The Exiled Shore

A high functionary in a dictatorship is sent into exile, facing an uncertain, yet strangely comfortable future.

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The Days After

March 20, 2022June 21, 2022Sewell Thompson 0
The Days After

Eddie has left prison, but the prison hasn’t left him.

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