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Astronaut’s Soliloquy

A poem on the overview effect — An umbilical of steel and rubber connects me to the mothership, our eyrie in this velvet void. On my horizon, the sapphire marble of home hangs fragile within her ozone shell, mantled by nebulous cloud. Once, below, in the emerald fields of my childhood, I sought out cloud shapes — a…

Poetry

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Astronaut’s Soliloquy
Astronaut’s Soliloquy
Poetry

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ILLUMINATION

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From Flesh and Bone are Monsters Grown

A story-poem for Share the Love May 2020 — Doctor Jones returns day after day, locks the solid damp-proof door. She scours the archives seeking truths about the artefact. But the truth is shrouded in prophecy. And prophecy, as gods and men both know, is a tetchy thing, bound to change on a whim. As slippery as the silverfish eating through the ink and…

Poetry

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From Flesh and Bone are Monsters Grown
From Flesh and Bone are Monsters Grown
Poetry

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How to Write Flash Fiction

5 steps to creating a satisfying short story — I enjoy reading flash fiction. I love writing it even more. Flash fiction is generally any story that comes in under a thousand words — some definitions or marketplaces will allow you up to fifteen hundred. Anything over that and you’re into short story territory. There’s no lower limit to…

Writing

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How to Write Flash Fiction
How to Write Flash Fiction
Writing

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Fantasy Shorts

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Sacrifice

A priestess always pays her dues — Sunrise at the High Altar, I’m up to my elbows in goat entrails. There’s no arguing with the bloodied mess of intestines. Esset approaches, apron stained with the blood of seven goats, face stained with tears as if I’m already dead. ‘Nembe.’ He speaks my name in sorrow. At noon…

Flash Fiction

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Sacrifice
Sacrifice
Flash Fiction

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Fantasy Shorts

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Blade of Souls

A wizard’s apprentice seeks power — Elvish steel gleamed, muting the flames from Reki’s torch. The bluish light dispelled the cavern’s shadows as he stared at the sword buried tip first in the rock floor. He glanced back the way they’d come. ‘That was easy.’ Nachal grinned. ‘Don’t knock it, boy,’ she said. ‘I’ve hired out…

Flash Fiction

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Blade of Souls
Blade of Souls
Flash Fiction

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Centina Pentina

·Apr 5, 2021

A Kingdom Lost

And a king in waiting —

Centina

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A Kingdom Lost
A Kingdom Lost
Centina

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TheLiving

·Apr 2, 2021

The Child: Episode 3

Drive to the Hospital — Relieved to get a response from the boy, I glanced back over at the wolf. There was no wolf. I eased myself up slowly, looking around. No sudden movements, I told myself. Wolves had been native here a couple of hundred years ago, but I was pretty sure they were…

Fiction

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The Child: Episode 3
The Child: Episode 3
Fiction

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TheLiving

·Apr 2, 2021

The Child: Episode 7

Run screaming from the car — “What the…” I shoved myself backwards, coming up short against the car door. I pressed myself against it, my heart hammering in my chest as I tried to figure out what had just happened. There was no broken glass, not even a crack in the windshield. …

Fiction

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The Child: Episode 7
The Child: Episode 7
Fiction

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TheLiving

·Apr 2, 2021

The Child: Episode 8

Harlan is not himself — We need you to make the other half of the map. What in the hell was going on here? A few hours earlier I had found a boy by the side of the road and tried to do right by him. Tried to help him. I was more than regretting…

Fiction

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The Child: Episode 8
The Child: Episode 8
Fiction

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TheLiving

·Apr 2, 2021

The Child: Episode 17

A bid for freedom — I glanced down at the child I’d tried to save. He scooted backwards, away from me. If he won't come with me, I must leave him here. I had no choice. I’d go alone and fetch help back with me. A sharp ache pierced my chest at the thought of…

Fiction

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The Child: Episode 17
The Child: Episode 17
Fiction

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Alex Kilcannon

Alex Kilcannon

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Writer, poet, outdoors instructor and Mother of Teenagers. I rewild kids for a living.

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