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Put the Cue in the Rack | Ian Harrison

November 8, 2016 IanFree Short Stories

The gritty noir finale for Ian Harrison’s serial story. Put The Cue In The Rack Ian Harrison To The Nines Award Part 9 Propping up a quiet table in a raucous speakeasy. Off-duty. Bleary and blind eyes turned, all-round. Coupla […]

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The Boy With No Name | Sophie L Macdonald

November 8, 2016 Sophie MacdonaldFree Short Stories

The Boy With No Name Sophie L Macdonald To The Nines: Part 9 The sun is making a trickle of sweat run down my shirt, and the casts on my legs feel hot against the padded seat of the wheelchair. […]

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The End of Everything | Daniel Norrish

November 8, 2016November 8, 2016 DanielNFree Short Stories

The terrible conclusion to this gripping series. The End of Everything Daniel Norrish To the Nines Award: Part 9    The raging fire was all around me and I could feel the clothes on my back disintegrating in the heat. […]

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Committed | Daniel Norrish

November 8, 2016November 8, 2016 DanielNFree Short Stories

The chilling and violent conclusion to the Accused series by Daniel Norrish.

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The Nine Greatest Deaths in the History of Marsden Creek: 1 | By Nick Lachmund

November 8, 2016 nlachmundFree Short Stories

Here I am, ladies and gentlemen, at the end of my journey and the end of our list. Five people have lost their lives since I left Stonewell, but none have died in vain. Now I stand with a smorgasbord of dead […]

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The Forest: Part 3 | Daryn Govender

November 1, 2016 Daryn GovenderFree Short Stories

The truth hurts. The Forest: Part 3 Daryn Govender Wolves Award Part III: Love Amelia was always the more adventurous child. For one thing, she’s three years older, and left home straight after school. She ended up becoming an event […]

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The Long Winter – Pt 3 | C.R. Gardner

November 1, 2016 C.R. GardnerFree Short Stories

The Long Winter – Pt 3 C.R. Gardner Wolves Award Part III: Love   Three days earlier Myst had stood at the snow covered pass with her new companions waiting as the Ancions and Human leaders gave long and boring […]

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Two Hearts | Madeline Pettet

November 1, 2016 BostonMoonFree Short Stories

Two Hearts Madeline Pettet For the Wolves III Award Madam Pierce barked for Sadie to change again. She could barely hear her over both of her hearts. Ever since she spoken with the strange wolf, who she now knew was […]

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White Rose | Tobias Madden

November 1, 2016 TobiasFree Short Stories

Some have greatness thrust upon them Wolf Pack III – White Rose Tobias Madden For the Wolves Part 3 Award The air was bitterly cold. The moon sat at it’s apex in the sky, casting a ghoulish glow over Penny, […]

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Hunted: Part 3 | Jeanette Stampone

November 1, 2016 jeanetteFree Short Stories

Hidden in plain sight, they aren’t hiding anymore. Hunted: Part 3 Jeanette Stampone For Wolves Part III Award “Who is out there?” I ask, clutching my brother.  His arms curl around my back and his bony fingers press into my spine. […]

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Bleed | Cam Dang

November 1, 2016 camdangFree Short Stories

In Part 3 of Cam’s series a mother must pay the ultimate sacrifice for her cub. Bleed Cam Dang WOLVES Award Part III We found Victor two days after Toby released him from his cage. By then my eight year-old […]

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The Argonauta’s Prey: Reclaimed | Jessica Seymour

October 25, 2016October 30, 2016 seymourjessieFree Short Stories

The Argonauta’s Prey: Reclaimed Jessica Seymour Flintlocks & Folly Award: Act 3 “Jacksy, you stay put.” “Why? Cuz I’m a livin’?” “No, cuz you’re thirteen!” Jacksy followed at Assy’s skirts anyway, like a babe after his nanny. It wasn’t until Pike put […]

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At Long Last Love (Suit of Swords) | Ryan D Mills

October 25, 2016 Ryan MillsFree Short Stories

The girls’ smuggling run is on the edge of disaster, with a side of skewers, in the Suit of Swords. Snowing in Capricorn Act 3: At Long Last Love (Suit of Swords) Ryan D Mills Flintlocks & Folly Award: Act […]

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A Ship | Daniel Norrish

October 25, 2016 DanielNFree Short Stories

A Ship ‘Blood & Discovery’ Part 3 Daniel Norrish Flintlocks and Folly Act 3 Taibald and Banda sprinted towards the horizon, still moving up the hill with the cloud of murderous, flying creatures drawing closer. Taibald clutched the purple melon […]

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A Change of Heart – Part 3 | Ian Harrison

October 20, 2016November 1, 2016 IanFree Short Stories

  A Change of Heart – Part 3 Ian Harrison For the WOLVES Award Part III Sunday, November 26, 2000. Thrown to the wolves? Plot twist : I am a wolf. Uncle Pete always said I’m too independent for my […]

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Puppy Love Part 8 | Georgia Willis

October 11, 2016 CosmoFree Short Stories

Puppy Love Part 8 Georgia Willis To the Nines Award Part 8 I snuck carefully into the princess’s room, it was no different from the last time I had been here. Though then I had been naked, bloody and bound. […]

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The Mutiny | Daniel Norrish

October 4, 2016October 3, 2016 DanielNFree Short Stories

The Mutiny Daniel Norrish Flintlocks and Folly, Act 2 Taibald follows the wild man through the dense, dark jungle and before long they step from the heavily wooded area onto a strange desert. The ring of trees stops dead and […]

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Say For Me Those Old-Fashioned Words (Suit of Batons) | Ryan D Mills

October 4, 2016October 4, 2016 Ryan MillsFree Short Stories

Bennie Taylor’s learning about past loves who won’t stay submerged. But she finds it can heat up here, in the Suit of Batons. Snowing in Capricorn, Act 2: Say For Me Those Old-Fashioned Words (Suit of Batons) Ryan D Mills […]

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The Long Winter Pt 2 | C.R. Gardner

September 27, 2016September 27, 2016 C.R. GardnerFree Short Stories

Myst enters a world of dreams, and we learn more of the nature of the Guqula. The Long Winter Pt 2 C.R. Gardner Wolves II: Vows ‘I trusted you, Fallon!’ she said, watching him bleed out on the snow. ‘Trust […]

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The Forest: Part 2 | Daryn Govender

September 27, 2016 Daryn GovenderFree Short Stories

A medical condition. A question. A return. The Forest: Part 2 Daryn Govender Wolves II: Vows I awoke with my head thumping. My eyes focused and glanced around a bland, sterile room. Apart from the bed I slept in, and […]

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To Know One’s Self | Madeline Pettet

September 27, 2016 BostonMoonFree Short Stories

Is it the best of both worlds or a curse to be a Changeling? To Know One’s Self Madeline Pettet For the Wolves II: Vows Award Sadie lay in bed, unable and unwilling to fall asleep. She could hear Madam […]

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Wolf Pack II – Little Lamb | Tobias Madden

September 27, 2016September 30, 2016 TobiasFree Short Stories

Penny and Chloe worry over the Wolf Pack’s next target. Wolf Pack II – Little Lamb Tobias Madden For the Wolves Serial Award, Part 2: Vows   Penny and Chloe sat silently on the linoleum floor, their backs against the […]

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A Change of Heart: Part 2 | Ian Harrison

September 27, 2016 IanFree Short Stories

  A Change of Heart – Part 2 Ian Harrison WOLVES Award Part 2 Wednesday, January 1, 2003. Left boob hurts, but not a heart attack. What did Drunk Kelly do last night, diary? Ah-ha. She got herself tattooed. A […]

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Flee | Cam Dang

September 27, 2016 camdangFree Short Stories

Old family wounds won’t paper over new ones as Lily deals with the return of her brother. Flee Cam Dang Wolves II Award   The night Toby came back, I was burying the bones of yet another child, the remains […]

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Hunted: Part 2 | Jeanette Stampone

September 27, 2016 jeanetteFree Short Stories

Against his will, Toby must aide his father in the capture of his brother. Hunted: Part 2 Jeanette Stampone FOR WOLVES II AWARD Bursting through the front door, tears blur my vision as I rush to find my mother. Finally reaching […]

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The Long Winter: Pt 1 | C R Gardner

September 27, 2016 C.R. GardnerFree Short Stories

A lone Hunter fights for survival in times of great change. The Long Winter Pt 1 C.R. Gardner Wolves 1: Who Lives? She sat on the ridge watching the fort in the valley below. In a few days she could […]

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The Two Faced Goddess Part 7: Rings & Guns | C.R. Gardner

September 20, 2016September 24, 2016 C.R. GardnerFree Short Stories

Powers clash and are claimed in Part 7 of The Two Faced Goddess.

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The Things They Know | Sophie L Macdonald

September 20, 2016 Sophie MacdonaldFree Short Stories

The Things They Know Sophie L Macdonald For the To The Nines Award Part 7    “Lisa? Are you okay?” I feel a cool hand on my shoulder. I stay on all fours for a moment, hands in the earth, […]

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Where Humpty Dumpty Has a Crack | Ian Harrison

September 20, 2016 IanFree Short Stories

Sorry about another portrait image, it has to be this way up 🙂

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The Battle | Daniel Norrish

September 20, 2016 DanielNFree Short Stories

The Battle For the Bonus Series Daniel Norrish To The Nines Award: Part 7  Warning, this story is very violent 🙂 “They must be killed!” I screamed as the underground chamber was divided by patches of golden lamplight. Small circles […]

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