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Rachael CG Cudlitz

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News: Some Souls Stay

Rachael Cudlitz May 17, 2018

I am honored to announce my short story Some Souls Stay will be appearing in the Flame Tree Press short story anthology, Lost Souls. The anthology will be released in September and is “. . . the usual mix of …

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The Perfect Prey

Rachael Cudlitz June 3, 2022

Honored to have my short story The Perfect Prey published by the Tuxedo Literature & Arts Journal from Dominican University of California.

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A Dare is a Dare NYC Midnight Round #2

Rachael Cudlitz September 19, 2019

Here we are. Round #2. Suspense/Cockpit/Rice   A Dare is a Dare Dared by older kids from their village, two young girls head out on what seems to be an easy task in the mysterious and forbidden Moon Valley.   …

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A Tale From the Richmond Underground NYC Midnight 2019 Round #1

Rachael Cudlitz September 12, 2019

First round of this crazy contest from NYC Midnight! We are given a random category, setting and object. Then have 48 hours to write a short story of no more than 1000 words. Stories are then given points on execution. …

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Askance Publishing 2019 Winter Short Story Contest Winner!!!

Rachael Cudlitz March 1, 2019

Saltwater won! I am beyond honored and tickled to be included with these great writers. Take a look see: https://askancepublishing.wordpress.com/competition/winter-short-story-competition/ Saltwater can now be found in in the short story collection Saltwater and Other Stories. Available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Saltwater-Other-Stories-Twelve-Contributors/dp/1909009342

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100 Word Stories

Rachael Cudlitz May 18, 2018

BOOKS & CHILDREN Abigail felt it in her chest – the slow, disappointing collapse of a used up party balloon. She sighed. Her heart – once a robust timpani of motherly pride – wheezed and gasped as she attempted to recount …

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Mother’s Girl (excerpt)

Rachael Cudlitz May 1, 2018

Imagine this: You wake up in a hospital room. The room is cold. It smells of bleach and rosewater. You are a small girl propped on two sturdy pillows, your bony legs and hips wrapped beneath stiff white sheets held …

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What We Left Behind (excerpt)

Rachael Cudlitz April 26, 2018

I am six. My father sits at the fold-away card table in our kitchen smoking an entire pack of menthol cigarettes. He grinds each smoldering cherry into table’s vinyl top, filling the kitchen with a smog of nicotine, menthol and …

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On Earth as it is in Heaven (excerpt)

Rachael Cudlitz April 26, 2018

The first light of dawn stretched across the horizon, cracking the night’s world into two spheres. One, an indigo canopy of fading stars, and the other, a yawning valley flooded with a verdant sea of prairie grass. Warm winds hushed …

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