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To The Nines Award

Stitches and Smoke | Sophie L Macdonald

August 16, 2016 Sophie MacdonaldFree Short Stories

Once upon a time there was a lady who made toys. She lived in the woods, and one day she found nine dead babies in the snow.

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Within | Daniel Norrish

August 16, 2016August 16, 2016 DanielNFree Short Stories

Within: Part 6 of The Bonus Series Daniel Norrish To The Nines Part 6 I’m so ashamed of my eagerness in that moment. I just didn’t think; it was like I was drunk on the idea that I had a purpose, […]

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Searching for Evidence | Daniel Norrish

August 16, 2016August 15, 2016 DanielNFree Short Stories

Shadows cross paths with lethal consequences.

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Picking Up the Slack | Ian Harrison

August 16, 2016August 15, 2016 IanFree Short Stories

Bread and butter stuff. 

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The Nine Greatest Deaths in the History of Marsden Creek: 4 | By Nick Lachmund

August 16, 2016August 15, 2016 nlachmundFree Short Stories

Next on our list is the former town librarian. Nancy Petersen was a woman that died in a spectacular fashion in 1998.

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The Plantation VI | Lydia Trethewey

August 16, 2016August 15, 2016 LydiaFree Short Stories

Damon learns escape is not as easy as he might have hoped. 

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Winner Announcement: Part 5

August 9, 2016 EditorialWinner Announcement

We passed the halfway point of the To The Nines Award with a cracking selection of stories for our serial award, you all know the usual suspects plying their unique stories, we’ve covered just about every major genre, from horror […]

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To The Nines Award Part: 6

August 4, 2016August 4, 2016 EditorialShort Story Contests

Part 6 of our scintillating To The Nines Award.

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Blood | Daniel Norrish

August 2, 2016 DanielNFree Short Stories

Eddie did a bad bad thing… Or did he. 

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Let’s Burn Them | Daniel Norrish

August 2, 2016 DanielNFree Short Stories

Our narrator turns from villain to hero in Part 5 of Daniel Norrish’s second serial. 

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We Keep Our Secrets | Sophie Macdonald

August 2, 2016 Sophie MacdonaldFree Short Stories

Matthew’s mother may be hiding something in part 5 of the Old Ones serial.

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The Plantation V | Lydia Trethewey

August 2, 2016 LydiaFree Short Stories

Damon and the others plan their escape.

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The Nine Greatest Deaths in the History of Marsden Creek: 5 | By Nick Lachmund

August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 nlachmundFree Short Stories

The Marsden Creek City Council had some well-respected and much loved leaders over the years. But few have ever demanded the respect of the people as Mayor Bruce Kingsley. He represented his people enthusiastically and they loved him for it.

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Puppy Love Part 5 | Georgia Willis

August 2, 2016 CosmoFree Short Stories

Our Heroes come to an agreement in part 5 of Georgia Willis’ shape shifting epic.

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The Flying Without a Net Knack | Ian Harrison

August 2, 2016 IanFree Short Stories

Part 5 of Ian Harrison’s tough guy noir. The Flying Without a Net Knack By Ian Harrison For the ‘To the Nines’ Award Part 5 Second time in a week, four familiar thugs approach. Last time, preparedness meant diddly-squat. I […]

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The Two Faced Goddess – Revenant | C.R. Gardner

August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 C.R. GardnerFree Short Stories

Is love reason enough? That’s the question C. R. Gardner asks in Part 5 of The Two Faced Goddess.

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Winner Announcement: To The Nines Award Part 4

July 26, 2016July 26, 2016 EditorialWinner Announcement

Over the past couple of months we’ve had the opportunity to experience story creation in a new way, as it happens. For each part of the serial award, we’re invited to not only read the story, but predict how it […]

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Complications | Daniel Norrish

July 19, 2016July 18, 2016 DanielNFree Short Stories

A secret is revealed in Part 4 of the Accused series by Daniel Norrish.

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Fighting The Mob From Flat On My Back | Ian Harrison

July 19, 2016July 18, 2016 IanFree Short Stories

The cirus is in town and our hero is the one to play the clown.

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Puppy Love Part 4 | Georgia Willis

July 19, 2016July 18, 2016 CosmoFree Short Stories

Our lupine narrator finds himself trapped like a dog.

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The Two Faced Goddess – The Door | C.R. Gardner

July 19, 2016July 18, 2016 C.R. GardnerFree Short Stories

The Two Faced Goddess – The Door C.R. Gardner To The Nines Award Part 4   ‘Leave it!’ said Sofia Erris Eritrayeaux, as the Prince knelt to pick up the pulsating ring. ‘Nobody touches it but me,’ she said, scooping […]

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The Nine Greatest Deaths in the History of Marsden Creek: 6 | By Nick Lachmund

July 19, 2016July 18, 2016 nlachmundFree Short Stories

  It’s likely that no one has ever described Marsden Creek as ‘progressive’. The wives still cook the meals and the men go to work. However, in 1982 a young woman named Cathy Pringle broke free of the shackles of […]

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The Consumption | Daniel Norrish

July 19, 2016July 18, 2016 DanielNFree Short Stories

Antonio reveals the starling truth about what they are really up to beneath the ground.

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Blood on My Hands | Sophie Macdonald

July 19, 2016July 18, 2016 Sophie MacdonaldFree Short Stories

Blood on My Hands By Sophie Macdonald, for the To the Nines Award (pt 4) Sam is working late. I’m curled in the armchair, glass of red wine in one hand, photo album on my lap, and Chopin’s Nocturne playing […]

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The Plantation IV | Lydia Trethewey

July 19, 2016July 18, 2016 LydiaFree Short Stories

Damon encounters the unexpected in part four of The Plantation by Lydia Trethewey.

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To The Nines Award Part 5

July 18, 2016 EditorialShort Story Contests

Part 5 of the To The Nines Serial Fiction Award is due on the 31st July 2016

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Winner Announcement: To The Nines Award Part 3

July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 EditorialWinner Announcement

A compelling third installment for this week’s shortlist, Part 3 of the To The Nines Award. Let’s recap: It kicks off with Lydia Trethewey, who inches us deeper into the rabbit hole in the part 3 of the ‘cult classic’ […]

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The Two Faced Goddess – Rings | C.R. Gardner

July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 C.R. GardnerFree Short Stories

Dark forces play across worlds in part 3 of the Two Faced Goddess.

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Up In Flames | Amy Short

July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 AmyShortFree Short Stories

Richard faces some cold facts about what did (and didn’t) happen the night previous.

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The Nine Greatest Deaths in the History of Marsden Creek: 7 | By Nick Lachmund

July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 nlachmundFree Short Stories

Now, my loyal followers, we travel back to 1975 to a dark day where the population of Marsden Creek dropped by thirteen.

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