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. …
Category: Short Stories
A Tale From the Richmond Underground NYC Midnight 2019 Round #1
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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What We Left Behind (excerpt)
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 …
On Earth as it is in Heaven (excerpt)
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 …
Rachael CG Cudlitz 