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Fiction - Year II - Number 5 - December 2016

    AUNT RACHEL GOT MARRIED, By Laura DiCarlo Short

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    AUNT RACHEL GOT MARRIEDBy Laura DiCarlo Short Aunt Rachel Got Married, I Got Spooked, and New-Uncle Tom Got Slapped by Nonna Who Came to Sop Up the Blood What can I tell you about her? Aunt...

    I TAKE FLIGHT, by C. E. Petrichor

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    I TAKE FLIGHTBy C.E. Petrichor When I think of my family, I think of vines. I think of monumental emerald green ropes embellished with thick, needle pointed thorns that wrap themselves around my dainty neck...

    DAMNED OLE HOLLER, A short story by Shania Blair

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    DAMNED OLE HOLLERBy Shania Blair Every year for two to three weeks in the spring, Citico Creek is swarmed with fish, referred to as Buffalo, swimming upstream to mate. This is a time that makes...

    DOUBLE DODGING, A short story by Edith Gallagher Boyd

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    DOUBLE DODGINGBy Edith Gallagher Boyd The ball swished through the basket. Not only was it a buzzer beater, it was against one of our biggest rivals. My shot gave us the win against Whitaker High....

    EDDIE AND LARRY AND PHIL, A short story by Richard Dokey

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    EDDIE AND LARRY AND PHILBy Richard Dokey      Eddie Montgomery had two rats he named Larry and Phil. Larry and Phil were not domestic rats. They were wild rats, the kind that nose about garbage...

    WATER MOON, A short story by Toni Fuhrman

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    WATER MOONBy Toni Fuhrman Mose, Chairman Judd’s most trusted aide, stood before Chairman Judd’s enormous desk in the long windowless Council Room and told him it had taken another Ablution to get rid of Kublenski’s...

    THE HOUSE ON THE BAY by Jillian Diblasio

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    THE HOUSE ON THE BAYBy Jillian Diblasio There is a house that sits in the middle of the bay. It is old and decrypt, having stood there for as long as I can remember. For...

    HYPERSPACE, A short story by Haley Quinton

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    HYPERSPACEBy Haley Quinton Cole closed his eyes and dreamed of space travel. The old car’s engine thunked and whined, sounding just like a spaceship. He was wrapped in his mama’s raincoat, but he was still...

    IGNORANCE IN DETAIL by Michael J. Coene

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    IGNORANCE IN DETAILBy Michael J. Coene I didn't know Jan very well. We worked together at a restaurant. Organic, gluten-free, farm-fresh, overpriced sandwiches and salads. Jan was a server there. I was a cook, working...

    THE LIST, A short story by Ross Goldstein

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    THE LISTBy Ross Goldstein The Palace was anything but; a sputtering neon sign dangled over the half-hinged front door, suspended by the remains of a frayed power cord. The ACE of Palace had died a...