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Category: 10-Word Stories

Abuse by Sandy Ferrell

February 23, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Abusive pain. His father dead and gone. Why no closure?…

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Wedding Dress by Dawn DeBraal

February 20, 2021 admin Leave a comment

For Sale: Little worn wedding dress. I showed, he didn’t.

Dawn DeBraal lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband, Red, two rescue dogs, and a stray cat. You will find many of her stores, poems, and drabbles in online magazines and published …

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Non-Committal Author by Ron. Lavalette

February 16, 2021 admin Leave a comment

“Are these stories fact or fiction?” 

“Some are, some aren’t.”

Ron. Lavalette is a widely published writer living on Vermont’s Canadian border.  His first chapbook, Fallen Away (Finishing Line Press), is now available at all standard outlets. More than 200 …

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Attempting a Balance by Elizabeth Boquet

February 12, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Home is that copper bowl Justice dangles as a counterweight. 

Elizabeth Boquet feels lucky to live in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she gets to live in French and  thrive on English by teaching, doing French to English translations, …

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Invitation! by John Young

February 10, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Vampire Study Group: New members welcome. Dying to meet you!

Author is an old chap living in St Andrews, Scotland currently locked-down but not staked! Jab promised shortly!…

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Modern Suburbia by Sally Simon

February 8, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Behind closed doors, dad beats mom. Kid shoots up. Silence.

Sally Simon is a retired teacher living in the Catskills of New York State. When not writing, she may be found stabbing people with her epee. Read more at www.sallysimonwriter.com.  …

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Mental Illness by Sally Simon

February 2, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Melissa talks all night. I listen. She’s not real. Repeat.

Sally Simon is a retired teacher living in the Catskills of New York State. When not writing, she may be found stabbing people with her epee. Read more at www.sallysimonwriter.com.  …

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Last Dinner Conversation by David Derey

January 27, 2021 admin Leave a comment

She: Honey, I’m pregnant. 

Him: Honey, that’s peculiar; I’m sterile.…

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Remembering the Last Time by Jennifer Rood

January 23, 2021 admin Leave a comment

I knew we would not speak again.

You did not.

Jennifer Rood enjoys micro fiction and blackout poetry and writes (almost) every day. She is currently President of the Oregon Poetry Association.…

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Happy Ice Skaters by James Bates

January 17, 2021 admin 6 Comments

Neighborhood pond.

Ice skaters joyfully gliding,

Laughing at frozen winter.

Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in over two-hundred online and print publications. His short story “Aliens” has …

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