Category: Short Stories

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What We Really Are

Short Fiction Being blind isn’t easy. Sure, I have my cane so I don’t bump into walls, and I have a dog that tells me when it’s not safe to cross the road. That...

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Magic Kingdom

Ned Vasey walked into Disneyland with a Yellow-Billed Hornbill in a cardboard box that read tinsel and lights. He imported the bird from Africa and it had arrived just in time, as the man...

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Dog Food – Part One

“I found a dog today,” said Aaron. “He was walking around near where the subway used to be. I tried to call him closer, but he was scared of me. I put a little...

For Tony, For The Men Who Get To Stay 1

For Tony, For The Man Who Gets To Stay

When I finally leave Mallory’s place, the second wave of the bar crowd is just getting home. They bubble up from the yawning mouths of subway stations and lurch indoors with their arms around...

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Lust Painted Walls

Agnes clicked onto user Jim409’s profile. She scrolled through his pictures giving each physical quality peculiar attention. In the first photo he appeared to have just spearheaded a lion while draped in a rugged...

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Mr Lonelyhearts Man

I used to think that being dumped was like being dead, a state of numbness. But then I decided that the analogy wasn’t quite right: Being dumped makes you feel like the entire world...

Comedy Fiction Short Stories 2

The Human Comedy: Street Cleaning

Comedy Fiction Short Stories   Marty McMichaels had two choices — the same two choices he had every time they came — and neither choice was a good one.It was Tuesday morning in Manhattan, and it...

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Raven – Part Two

Raven & the Secret in the Forest – Serial Fiction book 1 in the ‘Raven Kingdom’ series by Lëaf Ednïwinga Dedicated to my son, Raven. Love -Lëaf “A young boy who lives with his...

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My Friend With The Big Foot

Short Fiction   I have a secret; one that no one else on earth knows about. Well, except for you now, I guess. But you have to promise not to tell a single soul,...