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The Immoral Consequence

by G.L. Cullen: I am lost to the moonlight beyond; The circumference of the eternal waves, Leave behind a tumor of distraught and disparity; Yet no one told us. I am beyond Lovecraft’s wall of sleep, And I am beyond [...]

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Initiation

by Lily Luchesi: The knife Glittering with Red rubies The same color as The blood in her veins Black onyx Like her soul Now that it has become What it is And pewter hilt Cold as her heart Covered in [...]

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Swingin’ To Live

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Jeffrey Hollar: Legal Disclaimer: As the attorney of record and chief executor of the estate of one, Zigismund Abraham Zapperstein, herein after referred to by his stage name of Ziggy Zapp [...]

Arts and Literature, Friday Frights, Short Fiction and Poetry

Let Them Eat Cake

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Rob Smales: Becca tried to stay as still as possible as the box shook and swayed slightly. She braced her hands on the floor to either side, crouching on one [...]

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Invitation

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Timothy C. Hobbs: The emaciated black man sat huddled against the cold in a dilapidated wheelchair. He wore a dark cowboy hat that was faded in a patchwork quilt pattern [...]

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Withered Bouquet

Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Blaze McRob: The mirror tells her that all is well for the big day. Her hair is gorgeous, the long, naturally curly, dark black tresses sitting perfectly on the back [...]

Arts and Literature, Friday Frights, Short Fiction and Poetry

Character Driven

by Gerardo Delgadillo: Eric Lom hated writing. That’s a bad thing if you write for a living. He ran a hand through his hair, focusing on the computer, hovering the mouse over the “Documents” folder. He clicked it and drummed the [...]

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Acid Death

by David Frazier:   Drank it down. The horrible drink, Burned all the way From my mouth,   To my stomach. Acid hydrochloric I think. Poison liquid in glass bottles Drops can eat steel plate.   Eating, burning, Chews a [...]

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The Post Modern Prometheus

by Phillip Donnelly: First Officer’s Log Oil Platform ARCTIC 5 November 04 Crew increasingly restless. Fight broke out at Dusk +1 between Flynn and Singh. Had to use stun guns used to incapacitate them. Were threatening each other with Swiss army [...]

Arts and Literature, Short Fiction and Poetry