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Wild Weeds
by
The dinner invitation was totally unexpected since Josiah Gorgas had not heard from his high school and college buddy Austin Ervin in well over a decade.
- Pages:
8
- Age Rating:
PG

Looking Back
by
The spark of his life was fading, but his mind was still sharp, and his memories cocooned him.
- Pages:
3
- Age Rating:
U

Finding the Right Fit
by
Olly Rice had given his life to literature, but what had literature given him? A wound in the head that oozed something worse than blood or brain matter.
- Pages:
2
- Age Rating:
15

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Basil and Rosemary's Infinite Goodbyes
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Sitting in his armchair, Basil stared at her photo. Something so big - so life-changing and catastrophic - there should’ve been a warning. Some tremor in the earth, or darkening of the sky, to herald her departure from the world. But it was just an ordinary day.
- Pages:
6
- Age Rating:
PG

Siren Call
by
I was moments from shore, from my life. Here, though, was calm and still.
- Pages:
5
- Age Rating:
PG

The Silenced Witness
by
Detective Inspector Dave Box entered the room: an elderly man sat motionless in a wheelchair in a blue dressing gown open at his pale chest, revealing sparse hairs and a plastic tube entering the bottom of his throat.
- Pages:
11
- Age Rating:
PG

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Aaron Trow
by
Adventure story following the circumstances surrounding the escape of a notorious prisoner from his Bermudan jail.
- Pages:
27
- Age Rating:
PG

Time Lost
by
The relationship between a father and his son is explored through their differing pastimes.
- Pages:
7
- Age Rating:
PG

Crimson Pirates
by
An unpleasant encounter with a local drunkard leads a boy's brothers to act to protect their mother. Contains strong language.
- Pages:
9
- Age Rating:
15

Snow
by
New Year's Eve and, for Vanessa, a time for reassessment
- Pages:
16
- Age Rating:
18

The Secret
by
ulissa Ye relished all the comfortable little routines and quietude defining her part-time job at The Bookery, downtown’s last small, locally-owned bookstore.
- Pages:
8
- Age Rating:
U

The Purple Of The Balkan Kings
by
Luitpold Wolkenstein, financier and diplomat, sits in a cafe in Vienna and contemplates news of the rise of the Balkan States.
- Pages:
3
- Age Rating:
PG