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Dewritten, Part 2: The Doctor’s Story

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by  K.L. Coones: “And then the man said, ‘I wish to change my plea to guilty by way of ignorance’,” finished Mr. John Utterson with a wry smile.  Dr. Jekyll burst [...]

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Dewritten, Part 1: Peter’s Story

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by  K.L. Coones: “Has anyone seen Tink?”  Peter rummaged around the hollowed out tree that served as the home of the Lost Boys of Neverland.  Maybe she was under the pile [...]

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“The Monkey’s Paw” Twist Part 4: Forever and Always (Wish Three)

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Lisa McCourt Hollar: Sunlight streamed through the room, waking Jane from her nightmare. Tears spilled out her eyes, streaking wet lines down her face.  It had seemed so vivid, so [...]

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“The Monkey’s Paw” Twist Part 3: Re-Writing the Past (Wish Two)

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Lisa McCourt Hollar: Jane sat staring at the paw. The trick was to get the wish just right. She could wish the little girl back to life, but everyone that [...]

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“The Monkey’s Paw” Twist Part 2: The Twisted Paw (Wish One)

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Lisa McCourt Hollar: Walking back to her house, Jane thought about what she would wish for. She knew that the Monkey’s Paw could be deceptive, if the stories about it [...]

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“The Monkey’s Paw” Twist Part 1: Broken Dreams

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Lisa McCourt Hollar: Jane stared at the object in the mysterious shop.  It was a monkey’s paw, preserved for whatever morbid reason the creator of the object had in mind. [...]

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Castle Frankenstein

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Lisa McCourt Hollar: High above Monstropolis, on the mountainside, Is where our tale begins tonight, at Castle Frankenstein. The moon silhouettes the castle, as it looms above the town And [...]

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Head in the Clouds

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Lisa Lane: Paul and Frank—the Paul and Son on the logo that stretched across both sides of their company moving van—listened to classic rock on the radio while the van inched its [...]

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Hell’s Nails [Classic Adaptation]

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Jeffrey Hollar: I don’t care what them court-ordered psychiatric evaluations wanna say, I ain’t crazy man. If I was as bug-shit loony as these bastards think I am, do ya [...]

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