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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

For the Love of Money, I’m Sorry Sam Polk!

August 25, 2016by SFine 6 Comments

For the Love of Money just arrived at my door, thanks to a chain of people that stretches from the UPS delivery man, to the Amazon warehouses,  the Simon & […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays

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

Kitchen Confidential

October 2, 2013by SFine 2 Comments

How do you like the kitchen, they ask. It’s a great kitchen, they tell her.  A really great kitchen.  Great lighting, don’t you think.  And all of the work surfaces. […]

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

Forcing Branches

April 20, 2013by SFine 3 Comments

It all started when he gave her the book. That is what Carol would tell Shandy, if she could. That is what she tells herself. But then, in typical bossy […]

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

I Have My Mother’s Eyes

April 3, 2013by SFine 11 Comments

I always think about you on father’s day, how you didn’t get a chance to know your daddy.  He died when you were just eight.   Your few memories of him […]

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, growing up midwestern, reflections

Cristobel of Tragicstan

April 1, 2013by SFine 6 Comments

She sits at the kitchen table drinking coffee and wishing for a cigarette.  It was a stupid wish, because she gave up smoking for the last time a month ago.  […]

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Bird's Eye View, flash, growing up midwestern, Short Fiction

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