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Conference Room Number 3

Conference Room Number 3

June 26, 2018 by Alice Nelson 22 Comments

Filed Under: Drama, Magical Realism Tagged With: death, Drama, fantasy, fiction, Flash fiction, Humor, Short Fiction, short story, writing

The Collection Agency

The Collection Agency

May 21, 2018 by Alice Nelson 12 Comments

Filed Under: Existential Tagged With: courage, death, Drama, fantasy, fiction, Flash fiction, Short Fiction, short story

Invisible

Invisible

September 28, 2017 by Alice Nelson 16 Comments

Filed Under: Drama, Magical Realism Tagged With: Drama, fantasy, fiction, Flash fiction, Short Fiction, short story, suspense

The Rise Part 2: The Outlier

The Rise Part 2: The Outlier

August 18, 2017 by Alice Nelson 4 Comments

Filed Under: Fantasy, Magical Realism, Thriller/Suspense Tagged With: fantasy, fiction, Flash fiction, science fiction, Short Fiction, short story, suspense, writing

The Rise

The Rise

July 20, 2017 by Alice Nelson 9 Comments

Filed Under: Fantasy, Flash Fiction, Thriller/Suspense Tagged With: fantasy, fiction, Flash fiction, Short Fiction, short story, suspense, Thriller

The Fly

The Fly

December 30, 2015 by Guest Author 4 Comments

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: fantasy, fiction

Demon of the Mount

December 8, 2015 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: fantasy, fiction

The Monster Awaits

December 1, 2015 by Guest Author 6 Comments

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: fantasy, fiction

Artifacts, Part II

August 19, 2015 by Ann Stanley Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Fantasy, Thriller/Suspense Tagged With: courage, fantasy, fiction, Paranormal, short story

Artifacts, Part I

July 29, 2015 by Ann Stanley 4 Comments

Filed Under: Fantasy, Thriller/Suspense Tagged With: courage, fantasy, fiction, short story

Mental Disturbance

April 16, 2015 by coryalanbarnett Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: fantasy, fiction, the defense of reality, war

Writer's Block

February 19, 2015 by katiehamer 1 Comment

Filed Under: Drama, Fantasy Tagged With: Chinese New Year, fantasy, writer's block

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