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Short Story: Why The Bear Will Never Dance by Kneel Downe

An Owls Tale

“We must gather wood soon.” Said Owl. “For the night draws in….but first. Another Tale…” Amelia moved Frog from his …

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Short Story: NEVER THE YOUNG: A KURT LOBO CASEFILE by Kneel Downe *Mature Content*

Kneel Downe

The room stinks of deodorant, body spray, acrylic paint and that dirty fucking copper of spilt blood… Oh and Death…. …

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Short Story: Rumplestiltskin III Tries to Help a Dame by Kevin Kauffmann

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Rumplestiltskin III was never the kind for seriousness, but he did dabble in it from time to time. He loved …

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Short Story: Rumplestiltskin III And The Man With Two Shadows by Kevin Kauffmann

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Rumplestiltskin III awoke one night to see the stars above him just like every night in recent memory, which wasn’t …

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Short Story: Rumplestiltskin III and the Disheveled Knight by Kevin Kauffmann

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Old Rumplestiltskin III had found himself to be quite the gambler at one point in his sordid, prolonged life and …

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Open Blog Weekend: Sex and Dinner by Nicholas Rossis

Open Blog Weekend

“How about sex and dinner?” she asked, her throaty voice sending tingles to play on the fine hairs on his …

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Open Blog Weekend: Ambition by Sue Millard

Open Blog Weekend

March 1838 It was a cheerless wet morning down at Woodside Ferry. The drifting drizzle was so thick it was …

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Open Blog Weekend: The Man Who Cures by Brian Guthrie

Open Blog Weekend

A young man’s face appears on the screen.  Soft gray eyes surrounded by sharp features stare out.  A sweeping nose …

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Short Story: Rumplestiltskin III And The Dance of The Fireflies by Kevin Kauffmann

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Rumplestiltskin III grinned as he smoked on his new pipe. It was an ornate mahogany piece which held a rich …

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The Great Big Showcase Open Blog Weekend… With Prizes!

Open Blog

It’s been a little over 14 months since we launched. Yes, we know you’ve all been counting! We are trying …

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Short Story: The Old Man by Marshall Armstrong

Marshall

The old man held up a finger, looked at it curiously, licked it and held it up higher into the …

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Short Story: The Swallow Places by Kyle Brown

Kyle Brown New

Active interests include: economics, and she’s pretty great in that class, but she’s quiet and doesn’t tell anybody. She’s transferred …

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Short Story: The Birth of Rumplestiltskin III by Kevin Kauffmann

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Rumplestiltskin III didn’t come into being like the Spectres of the Wretched Keep, coalescing into existence from the silken fog, …

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Short Story: Rumplestiltskin III and the Serrated Sunset by Kevin Kauffmann

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Rumplestiltskin III once found himself on a little dirt road in the middle of a country that looked remarkably like …

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Short Story: Fetish Garden by Marc Nash

Marc Nash I

I am ‘a force’ you say? ‘A force for good’, well my, that is good. Follow the trails. Happy trails, …

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Short Story: Is It Love You’re After Or Just A Good Time? by Mark Binmore

Mark Binmore E1401137206311

San Francisco 1978: a golden city of freedom, adventure, possibility and disco. There is also the search for love and …

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Short Story: I Feel Love by Mark Binmore

Mark Binmore E1401137206311

San Francisco 1978: a golden city of freedom, adventure, possibility and disco. There is also the search for love and …

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Short Story: A New Start from T.O. Munro

TO Munro

A NEW START Features Kaylan and is an immediate sequel to “The Battle of Bledrag Field“ “I don’t want any …

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Short Story: Do Ya Wanna Funk? by Mark Binmore

Mark Binmore E1401137206311

San Francisco 1978: a golden city of freedom, adventure, possibility and disco. There is also the search for love and …

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Short Story: Desperation by T.O. Munro

TO Munro

Set about 450 years before the Lady of the Helm, (The first book of Munro’s Bloodline Trilogy), at the time …

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