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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

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

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

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

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

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

The Looking Glass

April 3, 2016 by Alice Nelson 10 Comments

Filed Under: Thriller/Suspense Tagged With: fiction, Flash fiction, revenge, suspense

The Time Traveler's Scheme

The Time Traveler’s Scheme: Chapter 1

March 8, 2016 by Ann Stanley Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Adventure, fiction, science fiction, suspense, technology, Time Traveler's Scheme

I, Micchone

November 29, 2015 by Alice Nelson 6 Comments

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

Just Us

January 26, 2015 by askdelta8 7 Comments

Filed Under: Thriller/Suspense Tagged With: agoraphobia, revenge, suspense

The Question

November 1, 2014 by kayladean Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Drama Tagged With: Christianity, Drama, suspense

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