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Winner Announcement: MARIUS DE ZAYAS Award

July 8, 2014July 20, 2015 EditorialWinner Announcement

In 2012 bestselling author Paulo Coelho made an unprecedented move, actively encouraging fans and would be readers to download his work for free. ‘Pirate Coelho’ has long been an advocate for peer to peer sharing. He’s not the only magical […]

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The MARIUS DE ZAYAS Short List

June 24, 2014July 20, 2015 EditorialUncategorized

This week’s award asked authors to use Marius De Zayas’ portrait of photographer Alfred Stieglitz as the inspiration for a story in the genre of Magical Realism. Seven’s a lucky number, a magical number even. That’s how many stories we […]

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A Turn of the Shoulder

June 23, 2014July 20, 2015 SandraMendesFree Short Stories

The curvature of his back delineated a life of lost love and carefree morals. A slouch designed to confuse the innocent. Shoes made for waltzing over carefully polished surfaces. Hair strands falling awkwardly around his head, like beloved trees caught […]

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Beejap and the Porcupine

June 22, 2014July 20, 2015 n.happeFree Short Stories

Moosa stirred the soup around the pot like she was stirring her soul. Slow, steady, a tumbling hum caught under her lip that soon spilled into a wordless, lilting song. Beejap listened. She heard the rib-ribbets of toads in the […]

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The Leather Man

June 22, 2014July 20, 2015 RowanFree Short Stories

Robert Walters wakes before dawn. He lays there, the lights out, listening to the night noises of the hospital. They come in hushed hurry. Soft footfalls, scattered chatter, the squeak of a stretcher as it rolls past on its way […]

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Freddy Glitter

June 22, 2014July 20, 2015 Mel WattsFree Short Stories

Lauren knew that man, black suit, tall, thin and wild hair that had that drive with the top down look about it. Of course it was impossible, she was likely going mad from the adrenalin surge induced by the huge […]

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A Haunting Story About Music | Music For The Soul by Debb Bouch

June 22, 2014July 16, 2015 Debb BouchFree Short Stories

While the theatregoers are ushered to their seats the new maestro prepares a concert that nobody will ever forget. 

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The Actuary’s Guide to Breadcrumb Trails and Other Assorted Followings

June 22, 2014July 20, 2015 2313Free Short Stories

  When the man went walking in the woods the cat trailed behind him. The man did not look back. This is the way one must walk in such a town, in such a wood. If we hold such things […]

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Portrait of A Father

June 22, 2014July 20, 2015 studentFree Short Stories

I was planning to study, I swear. But instead, I fell asleep on my desk and dreamt about my father. In my dream, my sister and I were standing on a piazza, facing an empty stage. We were not alone. […]

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