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Depressed rejected man portrait over gray wall background
September 16, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Flash Fiction

Fiction: Reunion by Reid Smith

A gust of bitter cold air smacked Ken in the face as he stepped off the bus and into the cold December air. It had been years since the last time that he was this far north, he had almost forgotten the way that the wind could cut down to your bones if you weren’t […]

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A young girl chooses food while shopping in a mall in the fruit department holding an ripe persimmon of bright orange color in her hand among a lot of products.
August 18, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Flash Fiction

Fiction: Reminiscence by Rose Marry

Aurelia hopped onto her motorbike, the sky reflecting the same shade of marmalade as her saree. Her thighs ached, but she pushed through the pain; she always pushed past the pain. The bike’s motor roared to life, and she made her way through the small streets of Ayhane. Here, those with paws, fins, hoofs, and […]

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colorful glass cubes and paperweight
July 8, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Flash Fiction

Fiction: The Glass Paperweight by SuEllen Stracke

When I was a little girl, one of my favorite things was to sneak into my father’s study. It was a wonderful place with bookcases from the floor to the ceiling, an old worn carpet, a torn leather armchair and my father’s beat-up desk. It had its own aroma too—a mixture of old paper, leather, […]

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Schloss Dhaun castle Germany. Statue Prometheus of 1888 by Prof. Robert Cauer the Younger. Robert Cauer the Younger was son and pupil of Karl Cauer. In 1889 he was a portraitist in St. Louis.
June 9, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Flash Fiction

Fiction: Lightbringer by Louis Richey

I have gone by many names. They called me Forethought, once. Then they called me Traitor, Creator, Lightbringer. I call myself Prometheus. Even I do not remember just how ancient I am. I lived before the gods, when we Titans ruled the heavens and the earth. One day, the gods emerged from the darkness, an […]

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