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Category: 10-Word Stories

Enough by Nerisha Kemraj

November 21, 2020 admin Leave a comment

He gave her everything he had – it was never enough. 

Nerisha Kemraj resides in Durban, South Africa with her husband and two mischievous daughters. While poetry has been a love since high school, she began writing short stories in …

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Lame Campaign Promise by John H. Dromey

November 7, 2020 admin 1 Comment

If elected, I’ll introduce a bill to repeal Murphy’s Law.

John H. Dromey writes in a variety of genres. He’s had short fiction published in Mystery Weekly Magazine and many other places.…

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Soul(less) Mates by Nicholas Schroeder

October 31, 2020 admin Leave a comment

People find someone, perfectly suited to imprison them: psychological demons.…

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Cosmopolitan by Ele Pawelski

October 26, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Expectedly thrown. I lick syrupy droplets. Only the ice hurts.

Ele Pawelski published her debut novella, The Finest Supermarket in Kabul, with Quattro Books at the end of 2017. Her short stories have appeared in the Nashwaak Review, The …

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Covid Time of Joy by James Bates

October 23, 2020 admin Leave a comment

On her first birthday

Her mask

Couldn’t hide

Her smile.

Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories have appeared in many online and print publications. His collection of short stories Resilience is scheduled …

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Double Bogey by Jason Love

October 19, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Daydreaming of golf at work, she remembers she’s never golfed.  

Jason Love lives in New Jersey. 

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Stop Reading That Made Up Nonsense by Hannah Retallick

October 14, 2020 admin 2 Comments

Torch under my duvet, I enter a forbidden world: Imagination. 

Hannah Retallick is a twenty-six-year-old from Anglesey, North Wales. She was home educated and then studied with the Open University, graduating with a First-class honours degree, BA in Humanities with …

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Moonlight by Lydia Chapman

October 7, 2020 admin Leave a comment

Moonlight tranquilized weary workpeople, now a venture to dream land.…

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Pretty Cover by Ann Christine Tabaka

October 2, 2020 admin Leave a comment

I am not just a title; I am the book. 

Ann Christine Tabaka was nominated for the 2017 Pushcart Prize in Poetry. Winner of Spillwords Press 2020 Publication of the Year, has been internationally published, and won poetry awards from …

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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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