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Sex Education, 1944: A Becoming extract by Mark Lichterman
He looked at Frank again, brought his face forward, closed his eyes and, “What’s the difference between, uh…” suddenly speaking quickly, the words jumbling together: “What’d girls use when they gott’a ‘go’?”
It took a moment for all to understand what he’d asked, then all slouching bodies ..
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Shades of Black by Mark Lichterman
You see I’m named after my great, great grandpa...” looking at Mitchell, “who was a slave holder.”
Stopped in traffic, “A ‘slave holder’ ?” Looking to his right, his eyes locked with Ruby’s.
Knowing only what he had learned of the south in school, to a twentieth century boy from Ch..
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Shadow Dreams by Rachel Nichols
A character sketch of three young ladies; a flash fiction...
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Shadow Echoes by Odin odin@aflx.com
Wounds of the psyche often hit us hard, but new ones seem easier to handle after accumulating and resolving issues...
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Shadows by Mark Lichterman
Run home from school. Go to the store for mom. Take a package of Twinkies and a glass of milk and sit on the floor in front of the radio:
“Jaaack Armstrong, the All American Boy!”
“Captainnn Midniiight!”
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Shadows by Terry Robertson
This is just a teaser of the opening to my novel in progress "Shadows"...
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Shadows Mounting by Odin odin@aflx.com
A short piece of flash-fiction in prosetry form about aging cognitive struggle coming in pieces, gathering momentum day by day, until…..
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 Shaky Departure by Carlos Rubio Albet
Shaky Departure is the first chapter of California Fever, the third in a trilogy of satirical novels. (The Neophyte/Bullwhip/California Fever). This work is still in progress, but it should be finished within a year. Any comments on the opening chapter would be appreciated...
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She Read Too Much by Dennis Domrzalski
Twisted tale of what happens to a showoff wife who provokes her alcoholic husband's ire by reading more than he does. His revenge is vicious and complete. ..
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She Said No by Ger Agrey-Thatcher
Cassandra, the prophetess of Troy, leaps over 33 centuries to find herself taking on the 21st century...
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Sheer Babies by Randall Barfield
"Let's stop by Dunkin' Donuts for a snack. It might just..."..
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Shenanigan Backfire by j.d. daniels
A slice of Iowa farm life...
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Shivering Time by Odin odin@aflx.com
After watching a short editorial comment on TV last night, I was left with a renewed appreciation of both life and death, especially the inherent paradox...thus, a fantasized short piece of posetry flash fiction.
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Side Order of Regret by Odin odin@aflx.com
For any of us learning to appreciate what we have over what we desire, is at the doorstep of knowledge that prepares for wisdom. Some see such a state of mind and hear as the art of Angels--every kind. (Flash fiction prosetry)..
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Silent Talkies by Odin odin@aflx.com
We often forget how loss of a sense can still allow one to manifest wonderment. (Image by pinterest)..
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Silver Lining - Chapter One by Sandy Knauer
Rena Boyles was born with a silver spoon; Clarice McDaniel came into the world searching for a silver lining. Their paths would never have crossed if fate hadn’t plopped them in adjoining customer service windows at the Greensville Water Company, each there for a very different reason.
Ren..
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Sitting With Frederick by Randall Barfield
Normally he liked green a lot, but this shade.....
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Sleeping Clowns We by Odin odin@aflx.com
Creating friendship in an often times friendless city. (Image by Flickr)..
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Sleepwalker by Laurel-Rain Snow
A young woman, seeking to alleviate her depression, begins therapy.....
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Slowly Falling In Love with George W. Bush by Jeanpaul Ferro
A down and out Texas woman learns to love George W. Bush...
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SMRITIMA by D. THAPA
GORKHAS AT THE TIME OF PARTITION..
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SMRITIMA by D. THAPA
GORKHAS AT THE TIME OF PARTITION..
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Snakebit by Chance Montana
One of my earlier works.
"Can I Play With Madness?"..
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Snap Shot by Peggy Duffy
I don’t remember my father. There are no photos of him that my mother kept hidden away. Only pictures of her, in long skirts and halter tops, one edge of the glossy paper jagged, the half where he might have stood, tie-died and bell-bottomed, torn away. The only untorn photo she saved, as a reminder..
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Snapshot by Mark Low
Control the past and you shall control all...
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Snapshot by Mike Bayles
A grandson appreciates a visit from his grandmother...
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Snowflakes on the Pond by J.E. Seanachaí
Not all snowflakes are made of ice crystals...
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Snowstorms and Lawn Chairs by T.R. Braxton
This short story chronicles the struggles of an under employed couple during a harsh stretch of winter...
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Softball by Mark Lichterman
Almost fifteen, Sharon was a pretty Jewish girl with the unlikely last name of Duffy. She and her divorced mother lived in a second floor apartment, in the two-story building on the southwest side of the bisected alley. "Yo, Mitch! You wanna play baseball?"
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Soiled Sheets by Odin odin@aflx.com
A Flash Fiction remembrance of a one-night stay in Hell’s Kitchen of 1956...
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Some like it hot, but not Julius by Jerry Engler
One more father learns that he never understood his daughter, and not as much of the world as he thought either...
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Some of the Reasons you Should Read the Novel The Mango Tree Cafe by Taryn Simpson
What Some of the Reader are saying:
Along With Trailer one for "The Mango Tree Cafe"..
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Something to Hold Onto by Kathy Kubik
Flash fiction about love lost.....
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Sometimes a Great Lotion by Peter Cooper
She works in the steam baths in Istanbul, has never had her own man, but when an odd woman arrives for a massage, it looks like the gods have smiled in her direction at last...
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Sotto Voce by Lisa Adams
whisper..
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Souls Forsaken - Part I by Chantay Leonard
Marielle Ramirez-Evans at 24 has suffered more heartbreak than any young woman should have to experience. Left numb from the deaths of her grandmother and fiance she is left to face yet another unspeakable trial. Here is her story......
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Southern Comfort And Rosa Parks by Mark Lichterman
“You believe in God?”
One third of the quart bottle of Southern Comfort empty, the second side of the second record of The Brave Bulls nearing completion... for the third time. The tone of the evening having turned from drunken jovial to drunken seriousness, still sitting on the floor, the..
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Special Man by Odin odin@aflx.com
Consciousness provides for the lessons of existence. Some of us allow. Some don’t.
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Special Man by Odin odin@aflx.com
Consciousness provides for the lessons of existence. Some of us allow. Some don’t. ..
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Spider World by Odin odin@aflx.com
For most of us, spiders in the attic pose a problem of learned fear, when they only want to live in their insect-style house arrest...
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Spirit-Earth's Relief Map by Odin odin@aflx.com
Recently, having watched several videos of Indigenous people’s respect for land while witnessing modern-day encroachment on that which is sacred to many, I was left thinking long and hard. (Image by Odin AI)..
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Spontaneous Combustion by Rae Spencer
How to achieve spontaneous combustion!..
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Spring Madness by J.E. Seanachaí
You may call this a work of fiction, but for some of us, it's real...
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Stand by for an important news bulletin!” by Richard Huffman
A fictional story of Americans at work...
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Stand Up Now Get On Your Knees by Emerson Miller
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Stand Walk by Odin odin@aflx.com
As the flash fiction time of day approaches I am reminded that there is an indefinable transcendence to existence. Some ignore it. Some know It. Some pursue it. Most know: “use it or lose it.”..
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Sticky Note by Odin odin@aflx.com
For many, be they professionals or the man on the street, guilt doesn’t resolve itself easily. And, as Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living," especially those areas that thwart answers. (image by Pinterest)..
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Still Life by Carol Rzadkiewicz
Beyond its oasis of shade, the lazy drone of the cicadas played on while the South Georgia sun danced and sparkled and flashed...
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Stones in Her Pockets by Carol Rzadkiewicz
What was once love often becomes something far, far less...
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Story Of A Golden Camel by Jaazijaz EL
Mysteries are the histories that may hold more than the eyes can see.....
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