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The Pool

November 18, 2012by SFine Leave a comment

The new house had a pool.  On sunny days it sparkled like an uncut blue diamond, meeting the blazing eye of the sun glare for glare.  On overcast days it […]

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Bird's Eye View, not horror, but still uncomfortable, Short Fiction

The Creek

November 18, 2012by SFine Leave a comment

Daddy made me show him the place.  You couldn’t tell nothing about what happened but for that stick. It had some of my blood on it but Daddy didn’t notice. […]

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Bird's Eye View, not horror, but still uncomfortable, Short Fiction

Bag Lunch

November 18, 2012by SFine Leave a comment

He stares down the brown throat and into the paper stomach of his lunch bag.  There is a stale marshmallow with powdery old-lady skin.  Half a green pepper cut on […]

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Bird's Eye View, not horror, but still uncomfortable, Short Fiction

High Rise

November 17, 2012by SFine 2 Comments

He is back in the city,  back home.  He shivers in his inadequate jacket.  He lives in a place where coats are not necessary;  he has forgotten how cold and […]

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horror, Short Fiction

Vampire Girl

November 17, 2012by SFine Leave a comment

It was a slow night at Casey’s. Less than a dozen people. He noticed her because of her drink – she was drinking something white. It  glowed palely in the […]

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Bird's Eye View, horror, Short Fiction

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