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I have 21 stories published in
5 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 16556 times
and 25 of my stories have been cherry picked.
My collections
My stories
The Bomb Shelter (opening chapters)
30-something Aimee is living in an authoritarian dictatorship, but is more concerned that her only real friend is moving on to the next stage of her life and having a baby. She uses the excuse of a newly-elected dictator's command to build personal bomb shelters to trap and enslave a local boy she crushes on. Opening chapter of a comedy-drama.
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Jessa Remembers Everything
A short literary fiction story about a college girl recalling an obsession with an old friend who held immense power of her.
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"Exotic Illnesses" - third chapter (part 2 of 2)
[Continued from previous entry due to character limit] “I just said you and I had been hanging out, ‘cause I knew he came from your school and would...
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"Exotic Illnesses" - third chapter (part 1 of 2)
Had to split the 3rd chapter due character limit. Let me know your thoughts - is this worth contnuing to novel length, is there enough there in terms of hook and plot, character etc?
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"Exotic Illnesses" Second chapter of novel
TWO The economy of Rosella is almost entirely in the sugar cane crop. My family was always removed from this central economy; my mother, an...
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