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I wrote this in response to the prompt for the July Flash Fiction Contest for Silence and Starsong. To be fair to these characters, however, I decided…
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Allegiance Owed
In Soviet Russia, the Party expects conformity and the state demands obedience, but one man must decide where his true allegiance lies--no matter what…
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What project should I work on next?
I haven’t had any new writing to post here in quite some time. However, I have been writing. Way back in August I posted a short, 1,000-word piece I’d…
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Fit for Freedom (Prologue)
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Midnight in Pungo
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Beneath the Hill (part 2)
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Sheriff Moultrie and the Sulfur Springs Bandits
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We Shall Reclaim Literature with Horror
“The last I saw of Count Dracula was his kissing his hand to me, with a red light of triumph in his eyes, and with a smile Judas in hell might be proud…
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Midnight in Pungo
A flash fiction story
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Beneath the Hill (part 4)
In the third part of the story, our hero began to uncover a dark secret that lurks beneath the surface in Jackson Hollow. Will he discover the true…
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Beneath the Hill (part 3)
In the previous installment, Abishai’s unease about Jackson Hollow began to grow, as he parried questions from the local lawman and fought off an…
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Beneath the Hill (part 2)
Last time, Abishai Godfrey happened upon the small town of Jackson Hollow. The timing of his arrival in the mountains overlooking the town was…
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Beneath the Hill (part 1)
Shadows crept over the valley, darkening the motley canvas of deep greens and flaming reds that forested the area around the little town. It was getting…
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