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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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The Return of Spring-Heeled Jack

by Michele Pearson: You open the back door one night to let your dogs into your yard.  You notice a shadow near the fence and your curiosity causes you to hesitate one second too late.  You have fallen victim to [...]

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Revelation: Creatures Rule the Night

by John Stambersky: When you look at the cover of Revelation: Creatures Rule the Night, a painting of a creepy forest lit by a full moon, you’re immediately thinking Twilight. You can almost feel the vampires and werewolves slinking through the [...]

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Merkabah Rider: Tales of a High Planes Drifter

by Michele Pearson: I would never have thought to combine the Old West and Kabbalah into a single novel but Edward M. Erdeiac has done so beautifully with an intriguing story that grabs the reader from the first page.  The [...]

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Shady Palms

by J Malcolm Stewart: At Shady Palms Motel, those who are unlucky enough to become guests are treated to the worst that San Diego has to offer. Dirty deeds, shifty characters and murderous intentions abound. And that’s just the hotel’s staff… [...]

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The Spooky Chronicles: The Terminal People

by Joshua Skye: Spooky, the living dead boy, is back. We find our hero is a little more comfortable in his own undead skin, utilizing his unique state of being to toy with a group of bullies in the book’s [...]

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