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The Burden's Weight

The Burden’s Weight

October 8, 2018 by Alice Nelson 18 Comments

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 6 Comments

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 18 Comments

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 29 Comments

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 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

The Right Hand Man

The Right Hand Man

April 27, 2018 by Alice Nelson 16 Comments

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 8 Comments

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 11 Comments

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 10 Comments

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 18 Comments

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 14 Comments

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 2 Comments

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

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

Hello. This Is Siri

Hello. This is Siri

May 26, 2017 by Alice Nelson 8 Comments

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 10 Comments

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 14 Comments

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 16 Comments

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 12 Comments

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 5 Comments

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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