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Always The Moon, by Amanda Hamilton

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The Moon is beautiful tonight. I wish you could see it. Funny, how even after all that’s happened, it can still seem so gorgeous. I know I should hate it; everyone else does. I just can’t. They say we only

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Posted in 2013, Fantasy, Fiction, Flash Fiction

Department of Repair and Recall for Robotics Industry, by Wes Bishop

“Hello, and thank you for calling Robotics Industry, the experts in robotics, AI, and cyber prosthetics since 2035! This call may be recorded to help improve the quality of customer service. If you know your party’s extension, you may enter

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Posted in 2012, Fantasy, Fiction

Babybox, by Simone Martel

Maddie darted across the bedroom carpet in her babydoll PJs, jumped up onto the chair and threw her stuffed pony into Carlotta’s face. “I won’t, Mommy. I don’t want to get into the box.” “Get in, sweetie, and tomorrow we’ll

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Posted in 2012, Fantasy, Fiction

Cheating the Shroud, by J.C. Hemphill

All I do is stare. All day, every day, I stare at another face. The face never changes, it simply stares back. Our fate is the same. We remain pitted in a never-ending staring contest. The real kicker is neither

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Posted in 2011, Fantasy, Fiction

Wolves Come Knockin’, by Charlie Bookout

“Poverty is an animal— a beast, really.” The baby’s parents were certain to mistake her warning for mere babbling, but she continued, “And if it ever gets its teeth in you, it will devour you, bones and all.” # “Come

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Posted in 2011, Fantasy, Fiction

The Man Without, by Terence Kuch

It was July when I saw the first wolf, a gray male, lapping water from the creek. He saw me and made to dart away, but then stopped and just stared. It was about time they’d lost their fear of

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Posted in 2011, Fantasy, Fiction

In the Remaining Light, by Rodney J. Smith

Hailstones pinged off the car like bullets. Thick rain blurred the outside night. In the windshield reflection, Jarrod could see his nephew trembling in the front passenger seat. “Hey, Travis!” he yelled from the back, trying to distract the boy.

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Posted in 2011, Fantasy, Fiction
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