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Gone

April 7, 2021 by Spring Writing Contest 2021 2 Comments

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Welcome to Short Fiction Break

June 21, 2019 by Alice Sudlow Leave a Comment

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Mud and Her Eyes

Mud and Her Eyes

October 29, 2018 by Phil Town 12 Comments

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Vote for Your Favorite Story in the Fall Writing Contest

September 6, 2017 by Alice Sudlow 2 Comments

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Between Sees

Between Sees

February 17, 2017 by Guest Author 2 Comments

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Reading and Fighting

June 17, 2016 by David Cook Leave a Comment

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The Time Traveler’s Scheme: Chapter 10 – Fracture

June 7, 2016 by Bishop Garrison Leave a Comment

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The Hiding of Michael

May 21, 2016 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

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The Time Traveler’s Scheme: Chapter 7

May 17, 2016 by Ann Stanley Leave a Comment

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Down the Rabbit Hole

May 16, 2016 by Emily Summers Leave a Comment

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The Yard Sale Bandit

May 15, 2016 by Guest Author 5 Comments

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The Unmerciful Servant

May 13, 2016 by Frances Howard-Snyder Leave a Comment

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The Time Traveler’s Scheme: Chapter 6

May 10, 2016 by Ann Stanley Leave a Comment

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Tough like Armour

May 8, 2016 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

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A Prince Among Men

May 6, 2016 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

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Break Time! Flash Fiction Challenge

May 5, 2016 by Jeff Elkins Leave a Comment

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Short Fiction Break News!

May 4, 2016 by Jeff Elkins Leave a Comment

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A killer sales tactic

April 29, 2016 by David Cook Leave a Comment

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The Time Traveler’s Scheme: Chapter 5

April 26, 2016 by Ann Stanley Leave a Comment

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Persephone

April 25, 2016 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

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Creative Writing: The Great Slump of 2016

April 23, 2016 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

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May Theme Week

April 23, 2016 by Jeff Elkins Leave a Comment

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Eve

April 20, 2016 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

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The Time Traveler’s Scheme, Chapter 4

April 19, 2016 by Bishop Garrison Leave a Comment

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What’s in the Box? (a very short story)

April 12, 2016 by Jared Hines 5 Comments

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The Rarity of Love

April 10, 2016 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

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The Plank in My Eye

April 8, 2016 by Frances Howard-Snyder 10 Comments

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Sunday Morning

March 30, 2016 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

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Goodnight Neverland

March 28, 2016 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

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April Theme Week (Call for Submissions)

March 25, 2016 by Christine Jacobson Leave a Comment

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