Tag: short fiction
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The Town Gossip
What do “I” think happened to Yvonne? Well, I’ll tell you what I think. A lot of women around here have been itching to get with Jimmy, and a couple of those ladies are awfully sketchy. Take Delores DeLorean. Yvonne wasn’t even gone two whole days before that woman started taking food to Jimmy. What a…
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The Mystery Unfolds
“Over my dead body!!” That was the very last thing that I heard Yvonne say. And the last time that I saw her before… well… before I didn’t. She was coming out of Leo’s Diner at the time. Her husband Jimmy kind of runs the place there. Those two were always fighting, so it didn’t…
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The Companion
A Short Story. After years of preparation, she was ready. The ‘perfect’ companion that she had always dreamed of would finally come to life. She wheeled the gurney into the laboratory, moving carefully to avoid a tangle of wires that littered the floor. Secluded in the east wing of her abandoned home, she kept the…
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A Storm Brews
-(The Voice in My Head – Part Three)- My alter ego was everything I had hoped for… tall, beautiful, fun, adventurous, brave and uninhibited. Sequoia Storm was able to do the things that I never had the courage to do, and she did them with ease. She came forth immediately when I summoned her that…
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The Summons
-(The Voice in My Head – Part Two)- Several weeks went by and nothing happened. There was no reply or confirmation, nothing was delivered, and I was exactly the same. Coco was pissed. “I’m not saying I don’t love you just as you are Sugar,” she said, “but this ain’t right.” I’m not sure if…
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The Voice in My Head
“You got this girl,” Coco squealed. “Hit the send button!” I was paralyzed. For the first time I could remember, the voice in my head was not whispering, it was screaming… “You’re not ready for this!” Coco had known me long enough to know what I was thinking. She reached across the table and grabbed…
a sprinkle of faith 