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    • 2019
      • With the Beast
      • The Heart of Something Wild
      • Glimmer
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      • The Sweet Bay Tree
      • Three Variations on a Theme
      • Network Down
      • Washed Ashore
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      • I Hated You, Jimmy
      • Does What He Must
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    • 2020
      • It’s Tough to Be a God
      • The Soldier’s Last Sleep
      • The Cruelty of King Bal’Tath
      • Washed Down the River
      • Slow and Easy, Then Sudden
      • Raise the Black Sun
      • Boat of Three
      • The Changed Dog
      • The Favored Son
    • 2021
      • The Favored Son: Alternate
      • The Time Travel Situation
      • The Punctured Football
      • Covalent
      • Secrets in the Mountain
      • The Salt Worms
    • 2022
      • The Long Walk to Alquoran
      • A Talk in a Car
      • Hunt of the Others
      • The Late Letter
      • The Tangible Dark

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Short Stories

The Last Duty

24 Oct 201920 Nov 2021
"I am surprised that anyone would come to look for me in my little abode, I'm a man of little consequence." The old hermit bumbled through his cupboards, looking for…
Short Stories

Does What He Must

11 Jul 201918 Nov 2021
"A man doesn't do what he can. He does what he must." Those were the last words my father said to me before he left to fight in the great…
Short Stories

A Minute at a Time

13 Dec 201812 Nov 2021
Christopher slowly cracked the door open, taking a peek into his son's bedroom. Heavy curtains shaded the room in a perpetual dusk, and it took his eyes a moment to…
Lessons

Following Footsteps

10 Dec 201812 Nov 2021
Children tend to look like their parents. You've probably noticed this. Not only that, but they tend to act like them, too. For most of my life I merely attributed…
Short Stories

Cursed

6 Dec 201812 Nov 2021
Talce had gray, reflective eyes, devoid of any perceivable irises. Indeed they appeared less like eyes than polished, metal balls that had been inserted into his sockets. Those eyes had…
Short Stories

Revenger of Blood

8 Nov 201812 Nov 2021
In ancient Jewish society there existed a unique law to deal with the accidental killing of another. The man that was guilty of the manslaughter was permitted to flee to…
Short Stories

The Basketball in the Water

1 Nov 201812 Nov 2021
Fidgety Frank. Denise always came up with nicknames to help her remember new patients, and alliteration was one of her favorite methods. Of course, "fidgety" would be a fitting description…
Lessons

For the Children

23 Jul 201810 Nov 2021
I am both the father of a toddler and an animation enthusiast. Combined together, these mean that I read and watch a lot of children's content and, as a result, have…
Short Stories

Caterpillars

3 May 20188 Nov 2021
WHAM! The door to the living room slams open and the master of the house enters, a good deal more quickly than he’d intended. It couldn’t be helped, though. One…

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