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Stella’s Magick

April 19, 2020by SFine Leave a comment

be nice to the person you’re sheltering in place with

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Bird's Eye View, Fantasy/SciFi, flash, horror, Short Fiction

Obituary

October 18, 2019by SFine Leave a comment

I read your obituary and it was awful, basically just a long list of names, some of people that you hardly ever saw, much less knew you liked strawberry ice […]

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Bird's Eye View, but still uncomfortable, flash, not horror, but still uncomfortable, Short Fiction, The Daily Write

Mother

April 16, 2017by SFine Leave a comment

Giraffes quietly placed on the endangered species list in 2016.

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Bird's Eye View, but still uncomfortable, Essays, flash

Never Trust an Avocado; They’ll Turn on You

March 22, 2017by SFine Leave a comment

Watch out for the fruit. They are emotionally unstable, their appearance of sturdiness, reliability and robustness is only skin deep. The grapes of wrath aren’t such a problem – they’re […]

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Bird's Eye View, flash, Short Fiction, The Daily Write

Home

September 21, 2014by SFine 10 Comments

I had a dream, the kind that happens just before you wake up.  In the dream the phone rings, and I answer and it is you. You speak my name, […]

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Bird's Eye View, but still uncomfortable, flash, not horror

The Visitation of Mike Brady

October 3, 2013by SFine 1 Comment

The doorbell  buzzed, and it wasn’t an especially long buzz or short buzz.  It was just a regular buzz.  There was nothing of the harbinger about it. I figured it […]

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Bird's Eye View, Fantasy/SciFi, flash, horror, Short Fiction

A Typology of Silence

April 29, 2013by SFine 4 Comments

There are many types of silence, and they all sound different. There is the silence that follows the snick of the door closing on the last guest. There is the […]

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Bird's Eye View, flash

Stop Haunting Me Already: A Modern Ghost Story

April 16, 2013by SFine 10 Comments

Before you died,  you made me promise that if you died I would never ever forget you.   Funny how it’s only now that I’m remembering you said “if” and not […]

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Bird's Eye View, Fantasy/SciFi, flash, horror, Short Fiction

The Heart Is An Organ Of Fire

April 12, 2013by SFine 3 Comments

 She is traveling, something she will probably be doing more of now,  after the breakup.  She has begun noticing the distraction of other people again. At the airport, a couple […]

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Bird's Eye View, flash, love, Short Fiction

Divorce: A Dog’s Eye View

April 10, 2013by SFine 10 Comments

The house is dark, everyone asleep but the Woman, who is sitting at her open bedroom window crying and sneaking a smoke, a secret she will keep from everyone but […]

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Bird's Eye View, flash, Short Fiction

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