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Month: September 2020

Saying Goodbye by Diane Hess

September 30, 2020 admin 1 Comment

Because of the pandemic, saying goodbye means an uncertain reunion.

Diane Hess is a New Jersey resident employed by the Jefferson Township Public Library. She hosts Wordsmiths, a writing group that meets once a month at the library. Besides reading, …

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Posted in: 10-Word Stories Filed under: Diane Hess

Saving Grace by Dan French

September 29, 2020 admin Leave a comment

A slight breeze blew out toward the grandstands. I stared in toward home plate and picked up the catcher’s sign. I raised my right arm, hardball in my hand, and eyed the batter. The count was three balls, two strikes, …

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Posted in: Nonfiction, Essay, Memoir Filed under: Dan French

Broken by William Cass

September 28, 2020 admin Leave a comment

My dad surprised me with two gifts towards the end of his life.  Both came with expectations I ignored at the time.  I regret that now.

In those days, he and my mother made an annual trip from the Connecticut home where …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: William Cass

Everyone Dies Alone by Jack King

September 27, 2020 admin Leave a comment

There was a miniature battlefield of ruined buildings and poorly painted models that sat in the basement of a tidy house in the Maryland countryside. With the coughing pestilence scouring the land, the governor had ordered a statewide quarantine. Zeke …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Jack King

Bad Cat by Diane Hess

September 26, 2020 admin Leave a comment

One jump plus three broken vases equals one bad cat.

Diane Hess is a New Jersey resident employed by the Jefferson Township Public Library. She hosts Wordsmiths, a writing group that meets once a month at the library. Besides reading, …

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Posted in: 10-Word Stories Filed under: Diane Hess

Senescence by Marc Tweed

September 25, 2020 admin 3 Comments

What if I waved my arms around in circles and kicked my feet like I was treading water? The sky resembled a receding ocean in oil-blue. It made my eyes swim. 

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I sat in the La-Z-Boy®, smoking cigarettes like …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Marc Tweed

Trending on Twitter by Jayne Martin

September 24, 2020 admin Leave a comment

I tossed your clothes out the window, let them rain down on you along with my rage, while you stood looking up, begging for yet another chance. I’d hoped that would be the end of it. Every last trace of …

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Posted in: Flash Fiction Filed under: Jayne Martin

Test Results by Jessica Spelman

September 23, 2020 admin 1 Comment

The porch light was on, and the brown, two-story craftsman house looked welcoming. A rubber ball lay on the lawn, and someone had scribbled on the walkway with colorful chalk. Pink and yellow flowers flanked the porch steps, and a …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Jessica Spelman

Buried Treasures by Eddie Fogler

September 22, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Suzie Morgan was the first kid to disappear. It was hot out, and the fields were full of grasshoppers. The big ones that didn’t just jump, but they also flew away from you when you tried to catch them. And …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Eddie Fogler

The Shield of Achilles by L.L. Friedman

September 21, 2020 admin Leave a comment

The automaton’s ivory fingers danced across the harpsichord keys with a precision that would’ve made Vivaldi weep. A delicate trill here, a diabolical chromatic scale there, major and minor notes clamoring over each other like rioting primadonnas. Musically, it was …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: L.L. Friedman

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