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Shadows Forming in the Fog
Smashing Stories Contest “Do you kill a mosquito before or after it bites you?”“Right after I guess.” He hadn’t thought of hunting mosquito’s before as something anyone would want to do.“I try to kill...
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Talking to a Dead Guy's Finger
Smashing Stories Contest Entry“You know that Blue Hair is completely bonkers, right?” Al could arrange his long frame into an impressive slouch that protected his skin. “I don’t think we can trust what...
View ArticleThe Landlord's Fence
Our former landlord was supposed to fix the fence. He promised me. And then we moved. I will skip the details of why, how and when. Except we moved the month before he was supposed to fix the fence....
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(Don't) Forget Me
Smashing Stories Contest Nominee:His hands were all over me, checking for wounds. When I could finally stop him, I tried to tell him with my eyes what I’d done. Whether he read my thoughts or not, he...
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He Was Real
Smashing Stories Contest Nominee:The Lord does not give glimpses of the future. To speak of such things is blasphemy. No one knew of the man who visited my dreams. No one ever would. Except a short...
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War Walls
Smashing Stories Contest Nominee:Visiting the war walls in D.C. was one of the most spiritual experiences I’ve had in my life. The World War II Memorial was my favorite. Reverence is the only word I...
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Caffeine--What Keeps Teachers Going
Smashing Stories Contest EntryMiss Haskell hustled her back to the deserted faculty room where they would be comfortable. They both got cheap cokes from the teacher’s machine. Kat guessed that the...
View ArticleBooks Guarded against Neighbors and Sunlight
Dee lives in the land of the cursed. Everyone has a curse that was forced on them by the magicians. Knowledge if forbidden leaving everyone despairing with no hope of escaping their curse, and books...
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Reversing Curses can be Dangerous
Dee reversed the curse but she couldn’t shut the woman up. Overnight her small town had become inundated with strangers who wanted to find her so she could reverse their curses too. Never mind the one...
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BETH'S WIDE EYED CONFIDENCE
Smashing Stories Contest EntryBeth’s wide eyed confidence that she could solve any problem when she applied her creative mind to it, lasted for several more years. Her sixth grade solution to the mean...
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Ghosts of Fat Past
Around a month and a half later, I was down thirty-five lbs to one hundred eighty/ eight-five, the same weight I was when I got married. You’d think I’d be happy when somebody gave me a...
View ArticleTelling Winston
“Winston, I’m leaving.”He closed the door. “Say that again.”“I mean I have to get out of here. I am leaving.” Polly pushed her bangs out of her eyes. “I need a time out.”She watched him absorb the...
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Adrenaline For the Kill
The alley I chose was dark and quiet, away from passersby who would interrupt. I walked halfway to the dead end and turned around.“Oops. I think I took a wrong turn.” “You know what I think?” The...
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My Nightmare
In my dreams, he'd made me dance in a cage while he stabbed Tyrone over and over. Or he'd been high in a tree and sent his bird out over the Mountain. His bird would bring back swatches of...
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Tiff prevention
This summer, we had two family reunions in one week. We spent the first part of the week at a lovely little ranch in Ashton, Idaho. Then we spent a day in Grand Teton National Park (oh that...
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Natural Yeast: The Heartburn Cure
My interest in the health benefits of natural yeast started when my heartburn ended. I was introduced to natural yeast when my co-author, Melissa Richardson, brought a warm loaf of natural yeast, whole...
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Half-Magicians Forbidden
When a baby makes stars fly around her head, you know it’s not a normal child. Deedledrex was that child. Her talent of magic guaranteed her death. However, her Aunt Pru...
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The Watching Game
The battle raged inside of him. He was losing control. He couldn"t keep the agitation squashed down. It kept percolating up in other parts of his life. Hisskin was sizzling. His face was as red as...
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My X-MEN Addiction
the unexpected creativecultivating creativity by Melody Jean JohnsonYesterday, I took a giant leap into the abyss and started going through and moving the comics my ex-husband and I collected. There...
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