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The Burden's Weight

The Burden’s Weight

October 8, 2018 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

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

The Scarlet Letter Re-Imagined

The Scarlet Letter: Re-Imagined

September 10, 2018 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Drama, Mystery Tagged With: Drama, fiction, Flash fiction, Short Fiction, short story, suspense, Thriller

Charm and Insecurity

Charm and Insecurity

August 14, 2018 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

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

Life Lines

Life Lines

July 16, 2018 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Drama Tagged With: Drama, fiction, Flash fiction, Short Fiction, short story, writing

Conference Room Number 3

Conference Room Number 3

June 26, 2018 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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

The Right Hand Man

The Right Hand Man

April 27, 2018 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Thriller/Suspense Tagged With: Drama, fiction, Flash fiction, Humor, Short Fiction, short story, suspense, Thriller, writing

The Last Ride

The Last Ride

March 29, 2018 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Drama Tagged With: Drama, fiction, Flash fiction, Short Fiction, short story, suspense, writing

Henry and Vincent

Henry and Vincent

March 1, 2018 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Hot, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: fiction, Flash fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, short story

Happy Effing New Year

Happy Effing New Year

January 1, 2018 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Drama, Holidays, Humor Tagged With: Drama, Flash fiction, Holiday Theme, New Year's, romance, Short Fiction, short story

Give the Devil His Due

Give the Devil His Due

December 7, 2017 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

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

My Olive

My Olive

November 15, 2017 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Drama Tagged With: Drama, fiction, Flash fiction, life, Short Fiction, short story, Teenage Story

Better Than Therapy

Better Than Therapy

October 14, 2017 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Drama Tagged With: Drama, fiction, Flash fiction, Short Fiction, short story, writing

Invisible

Invisible

September 28, 2017 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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

Hello. This Is Siri

Hello. This is Siri

May 26, 2017 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Magical Realism, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense Tagged With: fiction, Flash fiction, Short Fiction, short story, suspense

Photomic

Photomic

April 27, 2017 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Drama, Mystery Tagged With: Drama, fiction, Flash fiction, Humor, mystery, Short Fiction, short story, Super Natural

The Deplorables

The Deplorables

April 6, 2017 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

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

Roasted Dates

Roasted Dates

March 9, 2017 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

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

Blood Moon

Blood Moon

February 9, 2017 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Drama Tagged With: Drama, fiction, Humor, Short Fiction, short story

The Unmerciful Servant

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

Filed Under: Horror, Uncategorized Tagged With: fiction, short story

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

April 12, 2016 by Jared Hines 1 Comment

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: amwriting, challenges, fiction, Humor, imagination, Inspirational, life, literature, metaphor, micro fiction, motivational, mystery, nature, short story, suspense, thinking, trees, work, writer, writer's block, writing

What’s involved in publishing a book

April 9, 2016 by Ann Stanley Leave a Comment

Filed Under: On Writing Tagged With: fiction, On Writing, self-publishing, short story, the publication process, writing

A Tear and A Smile

December 14, 2015 by Christine Jacobson 3 Comments

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christmas, December Theme Week, short story, Theme Week

Food for the Mindless Masses (Ch. 2)

November 30, 2015 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: challenges, decisions, fiction, galaxy, nature, planets, poetry, science fiction, short story, Space, war, writing

I, Micchone

November 29, 2015 by Alice Nelson 6 Comments

Filed Under: Thriller/Suspense, Uncategorized Tagged With: Flash, Flash fiction, short story, suspense, Thriller

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

Columns, Part II

March 23, 2015 by Ann Stanley 2 Comments

Filed Under: Drama Tagged With: betrayal, career, college, feminism, fiction, parent child conflict, short story

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