Fiction

Fiction Friday #17

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Excerpt From Othella Chapter 1 ~ Quentin ( 5 Years Ago ) I call it the “last supper.” I’m morbid that way. But it’s an accurate enough description. – After greeting the recruits as a group, I lead them to… Read More ›

Fiction Friday #16

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Tick Tock A Short by M.J. Moores Feet hurried by: booted heels, galoshes, loafers, runners, and work boots.  They beat the ground according to their own time.  The small package wrapped in metallic blue paper, surrounded by a simple off-white… Read More ›

Fiction Friday #15

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Infinite Pathways 1st place finalist for Short Fiction up to 500 words: Talking to Teddy Under the Covers by Cheryl MacLean Mommy smelled like powder. No, not the white powder she rubs on me after my bath, the pink powder… Read More ›

Fiction Friday #14

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Infinite Pathways 2nd place finalist for Short Fiction up to 500 words: The Open Heart By Elizabeth Girard             His face looked awful, yellowish and swollen, pulled out of shape by the breathing tube taped to one side of his… Read More ›

Fiction Friday #13

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Infinite Pathways 3rd place finalist for Short Fiction up to 500 words: Absence by Erika Willaert             For a moment, a stillness hung in the air, heavy yet hollow. Rose watched the balloon drift higher and farther than her eyes… Read More ›

Fiction Friday #12

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Excerpt From the debut novel The First by Lisa M. Green        Something strikes me out of the corner of my eye. Looking over, I see nothing, hear nothing, but still the feeling is there. I can’t shake the thought… Read More ›

Fiction Friday #10

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The Retirement Party ~ A Communal Exercise in Character ~ The hallway was silent.  Normally that wouldn’t be out of the ordinary, being after hours and all, but Maggie’s retirement brought everyone out of the woodwork – who could pass… Read More ›

Fiction Friday #8

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The Candy Man – A Memoir. A Short by M.J. Moores, OCT. Author. Editor. Business Owner. Working with cotton candy is an art form.   Most guests to the part don’t realize that the static electricity that converts the crystal pellets… Read More ›