Category: Short Fiction
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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
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The Fairy and the Nymph – Short Story
“There is much cruelty in the world. It’s a shame we must endure so much for so little.” The fairy danced upon the petals of a flower as she mused candidly
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Kill All Cashiers – Short Story
“They’re breaking down the doors!” My coworker Phil shouted from the vestibule where we kept the carts. We had placed the carts against the locked doors but I knew it wouldn’t last. What else were we supposed to do? They were going nuts out there
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Unpresidented – Short Story
Mankind had a thirst for power that disallowed the liberty of its collective peoples. Individual exultation had afflicted those of lesser importance by the upper classes’ belief that the lower should be controlled and legislated. This philosophy on the laws of nature reached a breaking point when the classes became imbalanced. The people of the…
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Cold-blooded Breakup – Short Story
Diane walked up the three flights of stairs to her apartment complex after a twelve-hour shift. The mental exhaustion hit her as she turned the key and opened the door. She was hit in the face with the pungent stench of bad cheese. Her husband probably started dinner early. He did like to experiment with…
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Kingdom of Blame – Short Story
High atop the bough of the tallest viridian tree sat a wise gremlin priestess. She listened to the birds and the wildlife below without the desire to interfere with nature’s splendor. It had been a cold and bitter winter even though the weather should have been warmer, considering that it was springtime. Far to the…
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Super Slug – Short Story
Day 0 of Transformation: I can’t believe no one’s done this before! I’ll be the first person to achieve super human status! I mean sure there are people who have crazy abilities like super binge-watching, super binge-eating, and super screaming but no one has tried to splice animal genes with human genes to archive biochemical…
Karl Kirkpatrick 