Category: flash fiction
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A Sign of Life
By Paige Wyatt The most important rule in the Hermès V handbook is this: answer every alarm. Check every receiver. The Signal is the most vital mission on the space station, and everything else, even life support, is secondary. I live and die by the alarm. I jog the same corridor as my ancestors. Men…
Paige Wyatt
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The Reflection
By Tiffany Shull Peterson Emla was sweating and shaking as she sat at her mother’s dressing table. Instinctively, Emla’s eyes darted away from the smooth mirrored glass to the open window. Clammy night air kissed goosebumps on her skin and the familiar glow of starlight comforted her. With a roll of her shoulders she straightened,…
Tiffany S.
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The Misery
By Kaitlynn McShea A September wind sighed through the city. Beatrice closed her eyes and leaned into its cool embrace. Simultaneously, bells from the cathedral reverberated through her skin, marking the hour. It was time. Within her loose fist, wings tickled against her palm. A wasp battled against her fingers, searching for a way out. …
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