Tag: Short Story
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The Ski Trip
Lady Salinger-Wallis squealed with delight as she slipped down the artificial ski-slope. She wasn’t standing; she had fallen at the top of the slope trying to attach one of her skis which had become detached from her left foot as she was about to ski for the very first time. She slid head first, from…
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The Unicorn Challenge: Shipmates
“Miles,” Estelle whispered, “if ‘aft’ is the back of the boat, what’s the stern?” Miles pulled his blanket over him as he slowly sat up on the makeshift bunk. “That’s the back of the boat, too.” “So the boat has two backs?” Estelle pondered a while before continuing, “I only saw one back when we…
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Consequences
I’m back here again… in this out of time place surrounded by modern and futuristic buildings. Should neon signs and 1930s cars look right together, both oddly shrouded in shadow yet clearly visible, when one looks on with intent? What are the consequences when time collides like this? When realities merge, fiction, fact, future, past…
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The Unicorn Challenge: Twiglet
The Unicorn Challenge, from Jenne Gray at Tales From Glasgow and C E Ayr at Sound Bite Fiction The forecast was for wind… strong wind. People ignored the forecast at first, carrying on with their errands and such, but as the winds got stronger, they hurried away. They were all safely home at the time…
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Felteryme’s Viewport
With the Paniom dropped And time’s flow stopped Now ALL could be seen On the Felteryme’s screen. The dressmaker Haryette of Grantala wept Every night since the time she slept And her son was taken (by the serpent Hor) Seen now by Locke deep within P’Tor. Oggress the Gnarl and Mystic K’Sandra Gathered around Locke…
