Year: 2020
▸ Short Stories – Artwork – Horror – Sci-Fi – Fantasy – Satire – Books ◂
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Coloring for Karen – Short Story
Purples and oranges swept across the alien ridge with the vibrant foliage curving in odd directions, casting unique shadows in the virtual landscape. With a wave of his hand the boy produced magnificent shapes and formed islands out of the empty ocean while standing on the cliff. His eyes were closed but he knew he…
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Legend of the Floating Woman – Short Story
Dimly lit faces had gathered in the great hall of lords in the village of Dunbar. They were eating haunches of meat and engulfing flagons of mead when Colborn entered, ignored the rabble, and sat at a private table at the back the room. When they weren’t stuffing their faces, the men were going on…
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Stained – Short Story
My friends and I went to a local pub to watch a rubbish band play some rubbish music. We only came to the south end when we wanted to get majorly pissed. The private booth was okay though, if you could stand the smell. It was my best mate’s birthday and we endured with the…
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A Quest of Pestilence – Short Story
“Acid rain, the covonic plague, the exodus of wildlife, the goblin hordes; there must be a common cause.” The apprentice held out his hand and cast an illumination spell for Rangvald, probing the darkness of the cavern for dangers. “If that were true, my brother, the Magistrate wouldn’t send us on these missions. The Lord…
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The Body In The Street – Short Story
May 17th, 1862 At home today. Mommy wants me to keep writing in my diary because she says it promotes creativity. She says it helps to get thoughts out of my head that have been bothering me. Daddy went off to Virginia to fight for our country. With mommy going to see Mr. Daye I’ll…
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Honking Goobers – Short Story
There once was a race of Goobers that lived inside their computers. They drank lots of wine and complained all the time, even though their morals declined
Karl Kirkpatrick 