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November 6, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Flash Fiction

Fiction FEATURED AUTHOR: Ruth Ticktin’s Returned

At a stuffy banquet honoring soldiers who fought the Great War, a man approached Mollie and whispered in her ear. “Casualties, thousands needing immediate treatment. Transporting them to an old monastery. Working crazy, all hours. Death, over and over.” His head drooped low. “Too many dying. We loaded soldiers on stretchers, train cars to makeshift […]

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June 12, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Novellas

Fiction: Cheri Coke: Section Ten by James C. Stewart

“You would have killed me, Cheri. And we both know it.” I was talking to the dead, and shivering uncontrollably. Genuinely worried for my sanity, I fumbled with the Fiero’s heater. I followed the Monte Carlo’s misty taillights with a resolve born of resignation. We drove through the sleeping town. Terry was headed for a […]

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May 29, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Novellas, Uncategorized

Fiction: Cheri Coke: Section Eight by James C. Stewart

I went over the exchange while driving home. They obviously didn’t have anything, or I would have been arrested. Even if—and it was a considerable if— the witness (‘Snooper’s Society’ caused me to chuckle upon reflection) was able to describe the person in the truck, so what? What did they really have? A dark-haired individual […]

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May 23, 2023  |  By . In Fiction, Novellas

Fiction: Cheri Coke: Section Seven by James C. Stewart

I wasn’t. Without a word, I fled for the washroom. I regurgitated what little was in me into one of Yesterday’s toilets, then dry-heaved for a minute that felt like a lifetime. I splashed cold water on my face for the second time and ran wet hands through my hair. I met my own dark-circled […]

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