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Vincent L. Scarsella

After It's A Wonderful Life

Published Nov 22, 2019 · 6,089 words (23 minutes) · 1 like · 580 views

Classic Fantasy Literary Fiction christmas

Didn't you ever wonder what happened to George Bailey after the night Clarence got his wings?

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Michael McCormick

DNA Tetragrammaton

Published Nov 19, 2019 · 112 words (1 minute) · 84 views

Literary Fiction weird fiction prose poetry poetry cryptofiction recipe

A cryptic piece I published almost twenty years ago that still has readers stumped (including me!) but it's weirdly compelling. Is it a poem? A story? A koan? A sinister recipe for disaster??

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Wendy Nikel

#blessed

Published Nov 10, 2019 · 811 words (3 minutes) · 92 views

Literary Fiction Science Fiction Social Media technology flash fiction Parents hashtags

A new mom gets caught up in the world of social media.

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KJ Kabza

Clean Shot

Published Nov 7, 2019 · 3,254 words (12 minutes)

Literary Fiction archery

The kind of bow I have is a compound PSE Thunderbolt Stinger. My PSE Thunderbolt Stinger's name is Max, and Max is my best friend because I don't like people.

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Garrett Croker

Light Breaking on Glass

Published Nov 3, 2019 · 6,861 words (25 minutes) · 1 like · 140 views

Fantasy Literary Fiction angst feels Family cancer short story Grief body horror

Gideon spent years watching the disease take his grandfather's body one piece of glass at a time. Now, struggling to come to terms with his grandfather's death, Gideon must deal with the fact that his own body is slowly succumbing to the same fate. Content warning for self-harm.

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That was meant to be new wide angle lens and not new LCD screen.

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James Van Pelt

Witch in the Woods

Published Oct 30, 2019 · 1,819 words (7 minutes) · 123 views

Fantasy Literary Fiction Romance witch

A young pot smith yearns for more than the world of his village can give him after a witch tells him, "You are a song."

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KJ Kabza

Picture Day

Published Oct 13, 2019 · 2,517 words (10 minutes)

Literary Fiction Family siblings death coping twins

Clumsy, messy Nick and his twin Annie owe their mother one last act: a professional, studio portrait of themselves in clean clothes that fit, so they have a record of looking nice "for once". But can doing something that comes unnaturally ever be an authentic act of love?

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