Fiction

Gargoyles

by Matthew Jeffrey
Gargoyles
When Brooklyn Holy Trinity put out a call for donations to repair their damaged church roof, nobody expected the Doccione crime family to put up the...
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Apoptosis

by Matthew Gall
Apoptosis
Apoptosis is programmed cell death. It’s a regulated mechanism in multicellular life that allows for new cells to grow, when the old cells wear themselves out…
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Knock

by D.C. Marcus
Knock
They were already in bed, ready to shut the light and drift toward sleep, when someone knocked on the front door. It was near midnight, a Friday…
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Enhanced Interrogation

by Steven Boswell
Enhanced Interrogation
The nurse finished bathing the comatose patient. Brushing his long gray hair and full beard, she smiled sympathetically as she beheld his closed eyes. She gently...
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The Cup

by Mikhail Strannik
The Cup
Once on the table, that porcelain cup fell into thinking. After being affected by a neural network field, she got some features that were completely uncharacteristic...
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To Desire Heat

by Dan J. Kirk
To Desire Heat
The wind sliced across the parking lot of a Gizard’s Southern Fried. The snow froze to a slippery sheen, the kind that resembles reflective glass when...
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The certain type of silence

by Shainur Ullah
The certain type of silence
I use to look after a guy called Barry, but he is very difficult. Barry can only enjoy a certain type of silence, or otherwise he...
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Phoenix

by Kierstyn Budz
Phoenix
The leaves rustle slowly in the wind, a woman sits in a clearing within the dark woods. A dying fire and lumps of clothing lay nearby....
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The Rope

by Matthew Gall
The Rope
The rope crashed into Earth on a Monday afternoon, catching our entire planet off guard. The government swopped in, trying to assume control and make sense...
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The duck hunting

by Mikhail Strannik
The duck hunting
Three young people walked up the grassy sandy slope near the river until they came across several duck nests. One of the guys collected all the...
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