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Chapter 18 - Why?

Lumen’s scream took Aurora by surprise. Stunned, she looked at the body at her feet. It stopped moving. It was now screaming its pain. His eyes...

Present, Fifteen (3)

The call came to Terry Ledwell at four minutes past ten, on the county road out past the Millers Creek turn, where he had been sitting with the...
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So Long, Farewell, Goodbye

Dear Eamon, I’ve been haunting the mailbox every day, waiting for the surprise you promised. Don’t get me wrong, I love your letters, but you’ve been...
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On the Wrong Side

‘On the wrong side of the tracks ‘ was what came to his mind when Martin looked upwards at the huge granite building looming darkly. The melting snow...
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Renata ♥ Mark: chapters 3 and 4

Trophies My sister, Paige (she was pregnant by that point, though neither of us knew yet) had demanded to see photos of Mark soon after our first...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of Wittering Crags. Chapter 7.

Chapter Seven. A Crowded Bar. By the time Amanderella returned to the Stoat & Compass, the wind had picked up, the clouds had thickened, and the...
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Sophrayni's Quiet Hunt Chapter 6.

Chapter 6 Follow that cart. On the road outside, Sophrayni caught up with the cart carrying the sleep potions. She didn’t follow straight away. She...
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The Bungalow-15

Continued from Chapter 14: The Bungalow-14 | ABCtales “There’s no need to tell me that you’re going out for a pint of milk,” said Detective Rees,...
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Renata ♥ Mark: first two chapters

Working on a literary novel vaguely inspired by Diane Schuler, who was a seemingly normal suburban Mom who drunk-drove with her kids the wrong way down the highway and killed them all; she had hidden longstanding alcoholism from her family for years. I was inspired by that kind of self delusion to write a similar long form story.

The Cosmic Horror

So , I write a bit. I have never had anything published, but it’s not for want of trying , poetry, horror stories , short stories about my childhood...
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