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Magic Doesn’t Fix Everything
March 2021’s short story of the month (super-duper late) “Maybe the doctor was wrong,” Annie said, though her voice cracked revealing her disappointment. I ran my hands through my hair, trying to calm myself. “He wasn’t wrong.” I didn’t want to have this argument again. I tried to steady my nerves, but it wasn’t working. Continue reading
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April’s Short Story Prompt
How is it the last day of April already? I swear yesterday was the first! I am super behind with just about everything this month, so tomorrow I’ll work on getting myself back on track. That being said, I am now two short stories behind for the year!! EEEKKK! I don’t like that. So next Continue reading
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Numerology
(February 2021’s short story of the month) He wasn’t sure how he was able to do the math problems in his head like that. He just closed his eyes, and the numbers found their places, like trained dancers, or like magic. It didn’t matter what type of problem or how challenging. He could solve them Continue reading
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Magical Lineage
January 2021’s short story of the month (sorry it’s late) I sat down next to her on the couch. It was time to start telling the truth. But I couldn’t just dive into the heart of the matter, so I started with the little things. I told her that her father and I had loved Continue reading
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Real Life
December 2020’s short story of the month As a kid I’d spend almost all of my allowance money on going to the movies. I’d go see a double feature on a Saturday afternoon and emerge from the dark theater into the blinding sunlight, and it seemed like it was the “real” world that was made Continue reading
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Double Double
November 2020’s short story of the month In German it’s called a doppelganger, a look-alike. Literally, a “double-goer.” I stared at the boy in the newspaper article. Was it possible that he wasn’t aware that he had a double out there, just like I didn’t know until today when my cousin showed me the paper? Continue reading
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New Friend
October 2020’s short story of the month She was the new girl. The one who sat in the cafeteria at lunch alone. Maybe she was from the next state over. Maybe she was from another country. I wanted to know everything about her: her mother’s name, her favorite movie, if she had brothers, sisters, what Continue reading
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Trouble, Trouble, Trouble
September 2020’s short story of the month She kept pacing the living room, back and forth, back and forth, not saying a word. It would have been easier if she had just come out and told us how disappointed she was, announced our punishment, and sent us to our rooms. But she wanted us to Continue reading
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September 2020 Prompt
I have been working on my novel again, and it’s on track to release later this year! I’m still working on my short story of the month though, and I managed to get caught back up to where I should be at this point in the year. (It’s all coming together). Here is the prompt Continue reading
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Time Magic
August 2020’s short story of the month Always the same old lines whenever she came home for the holidays, like her parents were rehearsing a play over and over and never could get it right. Yet they didn’t seem to notice how much they repeated themselves. Her father would sit down to dinner and say Continue reading
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