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Primitive Appalachian Doll Story – Historical Fiction

October 29, 2016October 29, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3368 Views 6 Comments American Revolution, Appalachian, historical fiction, primitive doll, war

A Story as Told by a Primitive Appalachian Doll My name is Amy Lynn. I am a primitive Appalachian doll

Fiction Halloween Short Story

The Shortcut – A Halloween Story

October 28, 2016August 30, 2017 Will Starr 3254 Views 12 Comments cemetery, downpour, grave, rainy, RV park, short story

The Cemetery It’s getting close to Halloween again, and as always, the horrible memory of that long ago night

Fiction Short Story

For the Love of a Friend

October 28, 2016October 28, 2016 Will Starr 2704 Views 12 Comments detective, drug dealer, fiction, friend, funeral, Percocet

For the Love of a Friend The dusting of hard, cold sleet found its way down his collar, but

Fiction Short Story

Her Name Is Nicole

October 27, 2016October 27, 2016 Ronnie Sowell 2565 Views 10 Comments child abuse, child protection, cops, Police, police work, seventies, short story

Child Protective Services … “How old?” Detective Carl Hardin thought he heard the woman from Child Protective Services correctly,

Fiction Flash Fiction

Relationship Squabbles

October 27, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2323 Views 8 Comments criticism, flash fiction, relationship, sarcasm, squabbles, stressed

Relationship Squabbles Molly just stared at him, not believing what he had just said to her. “Look, Molly, you need

Fiction Novel Excerpt

The Curious Ways of Hatter’s Glen

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2082 Views 2 Comments Business, family, milliner, Novel excerpt, relationships, village

Three score years ago Rafe and Inge Ratchet had three fine daughters. The first was Else, a sturdy lass with

Fiction Short Story

The Curse of the Brunswick Springs

October 24, 2016October 24, 2016 EdF 4921 Views 7 Comments Abenaki Indians, Briunswick springs, Curse, healing, legends, short story

Brunswick Springs

Fiction Short Story

The Call

October 23, 2016October 23, 2016 Will Starr 3058 Views 5 Comments Christmas, faint ringing, farm, short story, snowing, telephone

The faint ringing began … The front window’s pane was rimmed in feathery ice as she gazed out

Fiction Short Story

Rye Whitaker

October 22, 2016October 22, 2016 Will Starr 3309 Views 10 Comments fiction, gold nuggets, railroad, railroad crew, short story

The Railroad He heard the thumping and whimpering again, and buried his head in his arms, in a vain

Fiction Flash Fiction

Narrow Passage

October 15, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2570 Views 2 Comments cave, escape, flash fiction, narrow passage, pack

Narrow Passage … Deep in the cave Emmet found a narrow passage he had not seen before. It was too

Fiction Short Story

The Seer

October 10, 2016October 13, 2016 Will Starr 3215 Views 2 Comments bungalow, jay, nature, seer, visions

She had always been terrified of ghosts. … There. She saw it again! The small table overlooking the

Fiction Short Story

Big Noble

October 8, 2016October 9, 2016 Will Starr 3179 Views 9 Comments Big Noble, carving, old shack, short story, Will Starr, wooden toys

Big Noble … Ma never much cottoned to me hanging around with Big Noble but I done it anyway

Fiction Short Story

Cletus Rawlins

October 7, 2016October 7, 2016 Will Starr 4397 Views 23 Comments cabin, Cletus Rawlins, Daughter, horse, short story, wildlife, Will Starr

It was a small figure slowly leading a horse … He hadn’t shaved in a month because he saw no

Flash Fiction

Intent with Malice

September 27, 2016September 27, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2852 Views 4 Comments beater, death, drunk, flash fiction, guilt, investigation

The note fell through the grate and down into the depths of dark refuse, it’s intent fallen to obscurity, as

Fiction Novel Excerpt

The Summer Fear Was Born

September 26, 2016September 26, 2016 William D. Holland 3157 Views 25 Comments fear, fiction, Novel excerpt, summer, Tacoma

Tacoma, Washington … Author’s Note: This will eventually be a novel. It’s the opening chapter, or what will be the

Fiction Short Story

Hope

September 22, 2016September 22, 2016 Will Starr 3204 Views 6 Comments abandoned, abuse, dog, hope, restored hope, surviving

Hope Dog “Damn!” Maude Silvers looked up at her husband anxiously. In their twenty seven years of marriage, she

Fiction

I Heard a Song

September 19, 2016October 19, 2016 William D. Holland 4208 Views 24 Comments chords, dance, life song, lyrics, notes, song

ORIGIN UNKNOWN; BLAME MY MUSE Actually, that’s a lie. The initial inspiration for this piece of creative writing came a

Fiction Short Story

In The Year 3016

September 19, 2016September 19, 2016 Shalini Kagal 4577 Views 18 Comments 1000 years later, in the year 3016, the future

What will human beings be like in the year 3016, a thousand years from now? Will our DNA have

Fiction Poetry Short Story

Autumn Lane

September 17, 2016September 18, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3504 Views 14 Comments autumn lane, empty house, fiction, memories, poem, you left

Autumn Lane … In early morning I walk down the lane As sun kisses golden leaves on the trees. Crisp

Fiction Short Story

The Scent of Evil

September 17, 2016September 18, 2016 Will Starr 3294 Views 12 Comments desire, evil, scent, seductive

We met for lunch. While not yet spoken, we both knew where we were inextricably bound. There was

Fiction Short Story

Angus McCoy

September 16, 2016September 17, 2016 Will Starr 3934 Views 9 Comments Angus McCoy, banker, customer, lawmen, robbers

Bank Robbery in the Old West Dave Greer mounted the steps to the boardwalk and glanced around. It was twelve

Fiction Short Story

A Child Named Hope

September 5, 2016September 5, 2016 William D. Holland 4130 Views 18 Comments fiction, hope, love, peace, short story

A Child Named Hope And the child was born, and as she grew it became apparent that this was

Fiction Short Story

The Wolf

September 3, 2016September 4, 2016 Will Starr 4322 Views 17 Comments Alaska, gold mine, pack leader, short story, the wolf, trapping season

The Wolf Jonas Woodward was in desperate trouble and he knew it. Like his brother before him, he had