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Short Stories

Hunt of the Others: Part Five

16 Mar 202223 Mar 2022
"Get back!" Myers shouted. All the hunters stared in horror as the claws kept stretching further and further out of the silver window, becoming impossibly warped and long, just as…
Lessons

The Trojan Surprise

14 Mar 202221 Mar 2022
That's One Big Horse) The story of the Trojan Horse is referenced most thoroughly in the epic poem The Aeneid. Here we learn of the Greek army, besieging Troy, and…
Short Stories

Hunt of the Others: Part Four

9 Mar 202216 Mar 2022
Perry flexed his hands nervously as the beast's snout writhed back and forth through the narrow slit of the window. Its face slammed sideways against his pinned fingers, but with…
Short Stories

Hunt of the Others: Part Two

23 Feb 20222 Mar 2022
"Good," Perry approved. "Bring it right here between my hands." O'Reilly pressed the nozzle through the rectangle of light. "Here?" "Little to the left. Little more. There." She started pulling…
Short Stories

The Salt Worms: Part Eleven

10 Nov 202124 Nov 2021
The bullet streaked through the night. Its aim was true, but somehow it impacted on stone, not flesh, then ricocheted harmlessly into the night. Everett couldn't understand it. How had…
Short Stories

Covalent: Part Five

2 Jun 202130 Dec 2021
Cace could not hide his hurt the next day. Even after a particularly deep sleep his face was gaunt and pale, with deep lines etched beneath his eyes. When he…
Short Stories

The Favored Son: Alternate- Part Fourteen

18 Feb 202127 Dec 2021
Tharol tried vainly to communicate to the other boys. "Stop," he mumbled, still half-dazed. "It's a trap-- it's all a trap.... You have to stop Reis--I don't know what he's…
Short Stories

The Favored Son: Alternate- Part Thirteen

11 Feb 202127 Dec 2021
After finishing he finished the preparations for dinner, Tharol returned the poisoned bottle of wine, seal firmly reattached, back to the cellar. Then he carried the pots and pans out…
Short Stories

The Favored Son: Alternate- Part Twelve

4 Feb 202127 Dec 2021
Tharol barely slept that night. He lay motionless in bed, turning matters over in his mind, silently wondering if Reis was laying awake as well. He had intentionally laid down…

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