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Watch With Mother
by John Ravenscroft
While spending time with his aging mother, a man buys a video of an old children's television series.
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Five Whole Fingers
by T.K. Lee
A young boy heads to the pond to go fishing but catches something much bigger along the way.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG

Chinese on the Beach
by Vanessa Fabiano
"He couldn’t understand why I wanted to leave the capital to spend New Year’s Eve in a second-rate resort town. We were looking for the sky, I explained."
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: 18

The Worst Way to Go
by Dan Morgan
...I did something that’s been hanging around in my mind over the years, tucked down inside of me like a lucky charm that I don’t want to lose...
- Length: 12 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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Night Flight
by Simon Collings
Two travellers meet on the night flight from Bangalore.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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The Wrinkles
by Troy Keller
Stephen tells me the wrinkles methodology is a hoax...
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: U
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Ridley's Daughter
by Ailsa Cox
Ridley believed that human beings were beasts driven by appetite; even artistic creation was a bodily function.
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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The Bear Got Me
by Matthew Licht
Top-secret, high-tech rocket science devolves into a primitive situation on a stretch of Alaskan highway. Nature’s still stronger than we are, in a fair fight.
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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The Time-Sweepers
by Ursula Wills-Jones
You may not be familiar with the time-sweepers.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: U
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The New Religion
by Clare Reddaway
It all began the day that Martin Jenkins decided to start a new religion.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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On Sacrifice, Dartboards, and the Night J.D. Salinger Died
by Dante Zúñiga-West
...being the bouncer is a lot like being the designated driver at a raging house party...
- Length: 10 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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The Backward Fall
by Jason Helmandollar
How do you catch someone who is falling into their own mind?
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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The Wicker Husband
by Ursula Wills-Jones
When the ugly girl decides to find herself a husband she has no idea what she’s letting herself in for.
- Length: 14 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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Occupation
by Charlie Taylor
Jimmy's life changes for ever when the soldiers come to the door.
- Length: 26 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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The Card
by James Ross
'The only thing I ever got off my old man was a birthday card when I was ten.'
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Big Hand Print
by T. K. Lee
The last thing he expects to see is a man in front of the third story men’s bathroom window.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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End of the Line
by Alison L. Randall
There's a new gadget in town and Liza has to try it. But will the price be too high?
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: U
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Do You Speak English?
by Simon Collings
A tourist couple stray from the beaten track and find themselves out of their depth.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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Tone
by YZ Chin
A deaf girl tells her boyfriend that she can lip read his tone.
- Length: 8 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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The Star
by Esther Claes
Not even fame can protect you when the world goes wrong.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: 15
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Appearance
by Kate Peterson
"I watched as the man I saw so clearly disappeared into the endless white."
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
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