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If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Nightmare Creatures

February 8, 2021by SFine Leave a comment

The Growth by Sandra Stephens

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Bird's Eye View, horror, Short Fiction

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

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

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

Peacetime

February 7, 2013by SFine 2 Comments

Since the war, he does not go to the baths.  He cannot bear to be near other men, naked toads squatting in drifting steam.  He does not like to see […]

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Bird's Eye View, horror, Short Fiction

Livestock

January 23, 2013by SFine 1 Comment

This morning I woke up early, like I been doing ever since I started doing the livestock chores. It’s getting to be high summer  now, and by seven it is […]

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Bird's Eye View, horror, Short Fiction

The Happiest Place On Earth

January 4, 2013by SFine 4 Comments

I never suspected anything  – no one did.  I mean, did you?  When you went, did you? See, that’s how I know how good they were – I don’t even […]

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Bird's Eye View, horror, Short Fiction

The Accountant: A Ghost Story

January 1, 2013by SFine Leave a comment

I’ve been a cop for twenty-seven years – a detective for the last twelve. I retired last year – had to.  I’ve had a trick knee since that raid we […]

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Bird's Eye View, horror, Short Fiction

The Last Rush Hour

November 30, 2012by SFine 6 Comments

I woke up like usual. The sound of morning rush hour traffic outside my window. I thought about the report I had to write and send off to a client. […]

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horror, Short Fiction

Cellular Connection

November 26, 2012by SFine 8 Comments

He was going to end it tonight.  This time for sure. This time he really would do it.  He would not let himself feel guilty.  He would be cold.  That […]

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Bird's Eye View, horror, Short Fiction

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