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Terri Deno @terrid (24) • United States 6 Nov

Two years ago, I started writing a short story collection that was Christmas themed, but I never finished it. I guess I have to be in a very specific mood to write holiday stuff. Usually, I can get one story written between...

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A New Scary Story

Terri Deno @terrid (24) • United States 19 Oct

I wanted to write some scary short stories this season, but I don't want to write about the same old spooky stuff: vampires, ghosts, monsters, that kind of thing. So let me ask you: what unconventional thing are you scared of?

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I have homework

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 9 Jul 23

This afternoon I Zoomed in on the first in a series of 5 sessions that are part of a short story writing seminar I signed up for. Our first assignment, before the session, was to read 2 short stories by Ron Rash. Both were set in...

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Which title to use?

joseph anthony yap @NatsuYeung (264) 7 Dec 21

Maybe you can help me to decide I made a short story about making stars at first I wanted to use the title “making constellations” but then I though it would reveal too much and just consider using the title...

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Happy Friday Afternoon

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 12 Feb 21

I'm not doing much at the moment, but am going to make burgers for dinner later! I plan on getting some writing done, a little later, but for now I'm just enjoying the relaxation. I'm going to rework a short story, I wrote...

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The Rain is Back, POUT!

Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 23 Jan 20

The rain started again last night and continued with a light drip, drip, drip. It was no surprise that we woke up to rain. It is supposed to be another day of rain here. What fun, NOT! Good morning to you or good evening,...

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The Sculpture (A Short Story)

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3452) • United States 11 Sep 19

This is a short story I wrote featuring several of my favorite themes, art,Love, and sci-fi/fantasy.I once shared a version on a now deleted blog...enjoy. Once upon a time, a struggling sculptor named Alessandro Belan was...

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Mar Di Gras is not French for Mow The Grass

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 24 Jul 19

I wish I could remember the story I read in which one of the characters offered the translation of Mardi Gras as being French for Mow The Grass. The character thought that on the Tuesday of Mardi Gras all the people in France...

short stories

bad translations

trivial bits

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Sleepy, Dopey, and Grumpy

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 9 Jul 19

In keeping with my mind filled with gnomes I found this adorable image on lovethispic a few minutes ago. Since my mind is filled with gnomes and fairies and thing magical and wonderous I thought it was appropriate. I am sitting...

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Short Science Fiction Story Review Adam Roberts Trademark Bugs A Legal History

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 5 Jun 19

In the anthology, A Practical Guide To The Resurrected (edited by Miller & McFarlane). 2017 Shoreline Of Infinity. Spoiler alerts A chilling legal and medical look at the near future. With virtually every disease conquered,...

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Ups and Downs of Life

brendamarie @whiteream (8567) • United States 16 May 19

I was feeling down today. I am not sure why. It could have had something to do with a week of rain and not one nice day to be outside. Or, it could have been that another writing site was not what I thought, it was going to be....

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Back to Broken Beginnings

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 16 May 19

I am getting back to work on Broken Beginnings, it’s actually starting to move in an unexpected way, but it’s going to turn out positive for my M.C at least that is the feeling I get. A friend, whose actually my cover designer...

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Good Wednesday 5/15/19 Morning Mylotters

brendamarie @whiteream (8567) • United States 15 May 19

Good morning my dear friends, I hope everyone is doing well on this Wednesday. I was up all night again. I slept from 10pm until 1:30 am. I was up all night mylotting. I think, being up all night and being a writer go hand in...

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Into the Void

Dawn C @indiandevil (2477) • Canada 11 Apr 19

She's an apparition in the mist with not another soul in sight. She peers around with clouds escaping her mouth, like a dragon's fiery breath. She presses on, up the hill, around the bend, and out of the light. The only sound for...

Book Review Christopher Isherwood Goodbye To Berlin

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Oct 18

1939 Vintage Books. – Spoiler alerts Six overlapping stories set against the backdrop of the declining Weimar republic as The Third Reich rose to power. I have already reviewed companion novel Mr Norris Changes...

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Short stories: John finds an unexpected source of income, in his old age

emptychair @innertalks (23742) • Australia 11 Jul 18

John had a friend and a mentor named Tony Smithers, who he used to ring up over the phone to chew matters over with him, about certain experiences that he had had, and also about certain problems that he was currently experiencing...

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I can feel them (I wrote this on another site)

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 21 Jun 18

I can feel them moving around me. The air barely changes, no sound permeates the silence. I can feel them though, as sure as I can feel my chest rise and fall. They are there, scurrying around me, as if I wasn't there. My lips...

amber scribbledadnauseum wrote this

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Proof copy ordered

Lynn Fowler @lynnief (1203) • Australia 19 Mar 18

I'm very excited to have ordered the proof copy for the latest anthology, the best entries from last year's Short Story Competition. Now I have to format the e-book.

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Book Review – Ambrose Bierce – Civil War Stories

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 28 Nov 17

Dover Thrift Edition 1994 Bierce fought in the American Civil War, for the Union, and saw the full horrors of conflict at Shiloh. The sixteen stories here capture the relentless horror of conflict with terrifying realism....

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Short Stories: John finds hope in the street

emptychair @innertalks (23742) • Australia 16 Aug 17

John had a dream that he was walking along the street in front of his house. He walked down to the roundabout, down the street a bit, where there was some long grass, uncut, and shabby. John saw something that was reflecting...

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