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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 Search

June 16, 2013by SFine 1 Comment

We were up early in the cold.  No one talked much.  There was only the sound of crying, which you might expect. I wish she’d stop carrying on so, someone […]

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

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 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

Ribbons

November 19, 2012by SFine Leave a comment

Keeer ki ki shurrrr She dreamed of food.  She always did, these days. Pork chops and creamed corn. Hamburgers with concentric rings of onion, thick rounds of tomato.  Long skinny […]

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Bird's Eye View, horror, Short Fiction

Daddy’s Pet

November 19, 2012by SFine Leave a comment

She smelled him the moment she walked in the door.  It wasn’t as bad as yesterday, though. Maybe I should leave, go out tonight. The thought streaked through her mind, […]

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Bird's Eye View, horror, Short Fiction

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