TRAPPED AND IMAGING (?) A TALKING SEA TURTLE by Janet Mason

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At first, I pretend that I’m not trapped. How could I be? Afterall, I named myself Dick Moby—after that thick book I found floating in the sea which I promptly absorbed into my massive...

DYE by Cassandra Booth

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Margaret had not slept for three nights. That familiar ache behind the eyes gnawed away at her the same way a beetle gnaws a leaf. This would be the fourth sleepless night, what with...

THE THRALLS OF THE BLISTERING COLD Jensen Goudeau

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There was was nothing but a frenzied swirl of snow out side of the mouth of the cavern and darkness up ahead from what Cian could tell. The air smelled of mold and rust....

THE BEGINNING OF THE END by Melissa Welch

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Throwing my clothes into the washer, I slam the door with all the irritation I feel building up and insert the coins.  The whirring lulls me into a false sense of safety and routine....

THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE by Mary Casey Sturk

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Lisa never liked that picture of herself. She looked so happy in it, with a big semi-toothless smile and her long light brown hair with bangs. There was the dress. The burgundy and cream...

GONE by Alexandria Lahense

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I was never picked first during recess. The girls never put my name on their kiss list. My siblings were all older than me, so we never had a real connection. Hell, my parents...

MARY’S HUSBAND by Nadia Lopez

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It’s been years since I had been at a police station. When you are 60 years old nothing surprises you anymore. I was called to be here as a suspect. It surprises me how...