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  • 5 Golden Rings

    It started with a partridge in a pear tree. Not a real breathing bird of course but a ceramic one in blue and gold. Cindy found the package on the way to work after Clare had left for school. She drove the package kelly green paper with a satin red ribbon to work and opened

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  • 33

    “He’s a hot dog water salesman,” Luna said in a conspiracial whisper.“Look again mariposa that’s his cover. He travels the country collecting data on nuclear secrets,” Cyrus whispered back. They stole looks at the sleeping man resting near the front. Cyrus’ young handsome face was dead serious. Luna hid her smile behind her hands.“No you’re

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  • Do Right

    “Uncle Mikey, explain it to me again. Explain it to me like I was five,” Bridget said. She got up from the rocking chair and began pacing around her old bedroom.Michael scrubbed his face and sat on the pink and purple polka dotted bedspread. “Listen, honey, you made an investment in a special kind of

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  • Ding

    Ding.Kimmy ran from the elevator and down the hotel’s hallways. Her mind raced for answers. Just a few hours ago Kimmy and Angela eating eight dollar mini bar Twizzlers and bored af. Angela found something cool on YouTube.Subdued abstract paintings zipped past as Kimmy stumble ran to room 931. Why did I do this stupid

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  • Never Let Go

    I wish I never let goUnder the flicker of fluorescentsHalf-drunk coffee, stillborn dreams tucked into my desktop blotter On another deskBright ink-filled journalsCircular stories traipse into the etherJust out of reach Always a hands breadth awayOr a lifetime behindWhat would I beIf I never let go

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  • Happily Ever After

    There has to be a word for it, Leo thought.Draped in linen damask, the sumptuous table was laden with heady red roses and platters of food. Guests, the wealthiest and most influential noble folk of Evermore, gathered round Leo’s table. Talk and laughter filled the air. Leo tried to catch the eye of Arabelle, his

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  • Bloody Mary

    Crack. Tiny twigs crunched under Connor’s sneakers. Miller HiLite burned in his throat. Connor’s eyes adjusted to the forest darkness. This was all Zeke’s idea. Every town has its legends. Jannertown had Bloody Mary, a witch who was hanged and burnt and buried in these woods. To hang with Zeke and his crew I had

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  • Freelance WitchFinder General

    “It’s weird, talking about this stuff to a stranger.” Frida fidgeted in the oxblood leather chair. Playing with her necklace, she looked out of the big picture window at the marshmallow world. Her eyes flickered around the warm wood interior and down at her mug of tea.“I guess I’ll start at the beginning. The first

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  • My Boy

    How can I explain it. I’ve been alone so long. Sitting on the shelf so long, I watched my girlfriends go. I kept a smile on my face but inside at night in the dark I was hollow. I knew I was different not the typical pretty face but I wanted to be loved. I

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  • Days are a blinkthe weeks Tilt A Whirl faster and fasterand with a thundering of hooves the months dash by Frentic years click awayeach accelerant decade races uicker than the one beforemy life burns in a comet’s tail Time thickens whenfaced with a handful of sandy loamlaced between thick glossy leaves pulling warm taffy breathsstillness

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