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“There, you will make your stand”

March 26, 2021by SFine Leave a comment

Truth is stranger than fiction, they say, and they are right, at least sometimes. I know someone struck by lightning three times. Two of America’s Founding Fathers died on July […]

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Bird's Eye View, but still uncomfortable, Essays, The Daily Write

Here There Be Wytches

April 8, 2020by SFine 5 Comments

She walked until she came to a clearing. It was small, maybe fifteen  feet in diameter, more like a pause in the undergrowth than a true clearing. But it was […]

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Bird's Eye View, horror, Short Fiction

The Last Whale

April 10, 2017by SFine 5 Comments

When the last whale passed by there was so much excitement you almost forgot it was supposed to be a sad thing that was happening. Everyone was out on the […]

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Bird's Eye View, Fantasy/SciFi, not horror, but still uncomfortable, 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

No Life Guard On Duty

April 4, 2013by SFine 4 Comments

The summer of the yellow swimsuit  she was ten and tall for her age.  Skinny as a beanpole, her mother would say, in a way that always made her feel […]

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

Watch your brother

February 5, 2013by SFine 2 Comments

Watch your brother, watch your brother, the girl thought to herself. Wondering why they always said to watch him when he never did anything worth looking at. He just sat […]

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flash, love, Short Fiction
Gameboard

Gameboard

January 20, 2013by SFine 12 Comments

I met my husband in a dog food factory.  I know that sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it’s true.  We both had summer jobs at ProVets Pet […]

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

An Unexpected Exodus

January 5, 2013by SFine 9 Comments

Something has been on my mind, something I read somewhere not long ago – I don’t remember where, maybe Nova, or one of the airline in-flight magazines.  The article was […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern, not horror, but still uncomfortable

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

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