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December Theme Week (Call for Submissions)

by Christine Jacobson

Ghosting Love

by Emily Summers

Creative Writing – Fringe: Second Time's a Charm

by Alice Nelson

Baba Yaga: Part I

by kstuart00

First and Last

by Guest Author

Break Time – Flash Fiction #2

by Bishop Garrison

On the Cheshire Plains

On the Cheshire Plains

by Guest Author

A man of few words

by David Cook

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

by Alice Nelson

Hill of Beans

by Frances Howard-Snyder

Don't Text and Drive

by Guest Author

The Launch of the Break Time – Flash Fiction

by Bishop Garrison

Walking Away

by Guest Author

Hands

by Phil Town

On Writing – What to Do When You Fall Behind the NaNoWriMo Count

by Jeff Elkins

Family Ties

by Alice Nelson

The Other Woman

by Christine Jacobson

Watershed

by Victoria Norton

Short Fiction Break News!

by Jeff Elkins

Catfurnado: Oh Meow No! Part 2

by derekailes2003

Catfurnado: Oh Meow No! Part One

by derekailes2003

Alone in the Dark

by derekailes2003

Second Chances

by derekailes2003

Mittens

by derekailes2003

An Empty Nest

An Empty Nest

by Guest Author

Write a Story They Won't Soon Forget

by kstuart00

Calamity Call Center

by Guest Author

The Wall of Hymns

by Guest Author

Dead Wrong

by Guest Author

White Lies

by Guest Author

Tuck Sees a Lawyer

by Jeff Elkins

The End or The Beginning

by Christine Jacobson

The Event

The Event

by Guest Author

Wren’s Song

by Guest Author

Three Rules

by Guest Author

Announcing Theme Weeks & November Prompt

by Christine Jacobson

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