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Little Lambsy Deadsy: A Troll Story

February 23, 2017by SFine Leave a comment

I like the horror genre because it tends to reflect what people are really deep down scared of in that particular place and time. In the 50s, the fear of […]

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Bird's Eye View, but still uncomfortable, Fantasy/SciFi, 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

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

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

Sounds of the Night Watch: A Cry In the Dark

March 27, 2013by SFine 9 Comments

Last night I woke suddenly, as if ejected from sleep.  I couldn’t see the clock over the vague hump of your blanketed shoulder, but it was the deepest ditch of […]

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

Finally, Romantic Justice For Little Women’s Jo

Featuredby SFine 183 Comments

Jo belonged with Laurie – we all know it. The Little Women ending that should have been.

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Bird's Eye View, Essays, love

Lovely, Dark and Deep: A Path Through Childhood

March 18, 2013by SFine 4 Comments

This is me, walking on the path that I used to walk to grade school every day – a small Catholic school in a small town in southern Illinois. The […]

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

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