Stories & Poems - page 20

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• eerie 37
• grounded 133
• intimacy 65
• kith-kin 66
• melancholy 67
• poetry 43
• solitude 123
• speculative 98
• tension 69
• wit 81

I gave some old stories a little love and polish. Find them here. They are my personal favourites.

Newsworthy

4 minute read

David Pemberton leaned into the mirror and fussed over the crow’s feet starting to creep into his face.

Broken

6 minute read

It was a slow night, even for a Tuesday.

On the Crest of the Storm

less than 1 minute read

thunderous dark skies

A Hole in the Plan

3 minute read

The blade of the shovel rang loudly as it hit rock again.

The Gift

3 minute read

It took a lot of effort to get the fingerprints just right.

Grace Under Fire

3 minute read

Grace raced to the emergency pull station on the other side of the room.

The Gypsy Tent

2 minute read

I wandered through the county fair

Falling Star

3 minute read

Martha woke from her terrible dream with the chills.

Confession

3 minute read

Murderer! Murderer! I thought I would ne’er hear that word.

Herb’s Bad Week

4 minute read

Herb was delusional.

Tommy Collects

3 minute read

Tommy Andolini was a brute.

Artemis Nightrise

6 minute read

Evie had a problem.