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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Two – The Death Reaper (P-1)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part One Just as the sky began

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Nine – The Hints of Burning Memories (P-4)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Four “Now that we’ve

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#Halloween
Robin Honigsberg

The Island

Their second honeymoon was going as well as Aidan hoped it would. He and Nicole needed to repair the rift in their relationship caused by

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Chloe Longstreet

Is It Too Late?

Eli glanced around the empty helicopter before dropping his head into his hands. He hoped more of his friends would attend the Society meeting this

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frivolous
Tim McDaniel

Victims

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 “Thought of someone to sue yet?” Bill’s dad called from the living room. “Not yet, dad.” Bill opened the refrigerator door. “Did you find the

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animal liberation
Tim McDaniel

Appendices

Appendix A # The appendix twisted in Dr. Chamberlin’s tongs, hissing and spitting. “Careful, nurse,” he said from behind his mask. “This is a mean

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-5)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit – Myself) Part Five Nya watched Commander Egress’s face.

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Four – The Punishment (P-2)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part Two “Ah, Commander Egress.” Nehemiah White turned

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politics
Donald J. Bingle

Future Futures

“You’ve caused untold damage to the economy. You understand that, don’t you?” Senator Lantis scowled at her like the crotchety old grandfather he surely was,

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Nine – The Hints of Burning Memories (P-1)

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*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part One Torren looked at

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ghost
Tim McDaniel

Koehl’s Quality Impressions

 Early Wednesday morning, not much past 10:30, I wheezed my way through downtown in my old ’31 Ford. Down to White Center, where the city

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Activism
Tim McDaniel

Executive Requirements

Mate? Bear young? Out of the question for such as those who obstinately follow the Doctrine of the Rounded Home! There. It had been said,

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-5)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Five Nya staggered to

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alien
Tim McDaniel

Welcome to SFCO

 Welcome, new employee, to the Superior Firms family of companies! We are gratified that you have joined us. However, as we are sure you (singular,

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Nine – The Hints of Burning Memories (P-6)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Six Nya’s foot did

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Seven – The First Decisions (P-4)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Four Once Lilleth had

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1940s soldier
Melissa Powers

Part 5: Cursed Time Lovers

The next morning, Miranda discharges from the hospital, given a clean bill of health. She walks with her parents down the hall to the waiting

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Body Horror
KC Roca

Self-portrait

“Monster,” says Malik, and points to a spot in the metal pole. “That’s a snail,” I say. “It’s an insect, I guess. Their shell protects

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Matthew Goldberg

Gone Like the Bison

Sam’s fingers went double-time on the keyboard. Lines of multicolored sentences popped into existence—bits of code—arranged in just the right way to build wonders. On

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flash fiction compilation
Amanda England

The Gyre Turns Again (Part 1)

A Mother’s Worry The house wasn’t the same to her anymore. After a couple years living in a residential dome, the modest home her parents

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acting
Tim McDaniel

Method Acting

 Derrick LaBlanc, member of the Screen Actor’s Guild Secret Action Group, locked eyes with the sweaty thug and waited for him to blink. All he

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broken hearts
Melissa Powers

Transcendent Love

One day your heart is thump…thump…thumping and the next, the musical rhythm is gone. The warmth in your veins has now turned to ice. Life

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contemporary fiction
Devyn Beal

The Bartender

“Where am I?” I caressed my sore wrist. “The Locomotion, gal,” the bartender sang. “What is that awful smell?” “Oh, that? Ahhh. That’s the smell

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alien
Tim McDaniel

Transplant Horror from Beyond Space

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( 1 Reviews )

 “Human, are you there?” The voice rasped out from the darkness under the stairs. The aliens preferred the dark, and they were given what they

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conor
Conor Matthews

Necronauts

Dawn; blinds up and sun blazing, It’s time to die, just another workday. Dress up before the suit up, Walk out with the others and

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Ten – The First of Many (P-5)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Five “Time! All programs

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Alternative History
Charles Bastille

The Day the World Got Woke

Fiction for a Broken Country When I went to sleep last night, everything was normal. When I woke up, everything was different. Everything was Black.

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cliche
Tim McDaniel

The Known World

 Tom’s smug appreciation of the great shrouded form squatting in the middle of the lab was interrupted by the ding of the elevator. The doors

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aliens
Casey Lawrence

Contact

Writing Spark: What would happen if aliens finally made contact? “Report?” I buzzed nervously before the Commander. “No contact recommended. Species was deemed unsuitable.” The

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#clover
Ankita K.

Heart wrapped in clovers

Interviewer (Walks in): Hello, hope you’re having a graceful day. Patree is happy to welcome you to its glorious establishment. The boy (Shaking hands): Hello

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justice
Charles Bastille

Quantum Blues

1. My prison cell isn’t the loud, dirty iron cage our ancestors knew. It is pristine, with a perpetual blue tint reflecting the metamaterials of

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Art
Tim McDaniel

Signatures

“It was a goddamn oddball thing to do,” said Paden, his voice tinny over the cheap standard suit radios we’d been issued. I turned my

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evolution
Tim McDaniel

Subsidiary Class 2 Museum Report

So there is a hall devoted to Precambrian life, with its Cnidarians and the Ediacarans, and here’s one all about the Ordovician Biodiversification Event. That

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-3)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part Three Rin was still in the Lab

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Four – The Punishment (P-3)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit – Myself) Part Three The senior medic quickly stepped

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S Chapter Eight – The Cryo-Dreams Begin (P-1)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part One It was the

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flashfiction
Payton White

Marshland

There is a planet at the edge of a star system several galaxies away from Earth and all of it covered in stagnant water. The

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Oathbreaker

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( 1 Reviews )

The Neon Garden. The city where neon lights and neo-reality billboards drowned out the stars. The city where bright lights and sleek penthouses were so

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time travel
TzeLin Sam

A Second Chance

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( 1 Reviews )

They say we should not mess with time travel but I bet that they would change their minds if they had seen their disabled twin

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AI
William Mangieri

Purr Mission

Purr Mission Tale #1 in the Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series Copyright 2011 by William Mangieri I stroked Kat’s fur and pressed my

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Three – The First Steps (P-3)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part Three ———- Nya suddenly awoke, still

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Birth

My name is Oliver James, and I was born on a beautiful warm summer day. I suppose I cried a lot as many others would.

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Seven – The First Decisions (P-2)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Two As soon as

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alien
Tim McDaniel

Teachers’ Lounge

 “It’s an invasion, I keep telling you,” Mark said from his desk. He pulled another essay off the stack and sighed. Cathy, sitting at the

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Seven – The First Decisions (P-3)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue:  http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Three Nya stood next

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Pokemon
Tim McDaniel

Discards

 His mother had lain dead in the house for days, until a neighbor had become concerned. But the body had been taken away. The living

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action
Donald J. Bingle

Options

“This was a mistake,” yelled Dave as he stared out the window at the dark, lurching shapes gathering even faster than the gloomy clouds on

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Nine – The Hints of Burning Memories (P-7)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Seven Torren set the

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dark
Dennis Mombauer

The Dust Bathynaut

The rift divides the land in two halves, but neither of them is interesting. It is the rift itself that calls to people, entices them

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George Washington
Tim McDaniel

A Little-Known Historical Fact

“You know, Billy,” said George Washington, “When I was a young boy my mother used to say something to me, by way of encouraging me

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time travel
Paul Levinson

Slipping Time

I slipped on the wet pavement. I got to my feet and soon discovered it was five hours earlier. This was not the first time

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-4)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit – Myself) Part Four —– The alarm clock next

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alternate realities
Donald J. Bingle

For Every Time, A Season

The first sign was the tall grass receding into the soil. A few weeks later, the grass was entirely gone and a rich layer of

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serial
Benny Neylon

Aishana—Chapter 1: Skyborn

“The wise man pulls not at loose thread, unless he has learned to fly.”—Proverbs of the Skyborn Gas flares whooshed, keeping the silk balloons plump,

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consequence
Melissa Powers

Love In Limbo: Part 4

Mary runs to the old chipped white bench in front of Pvt. Greene’s grave and plops down. She feels the tears streaming down her cheeks

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epistolary
Alex Shvartsman

The Epistolary History

#1 1/9/12 Hey Cat, We finally did it! The time machine works. The blokes are talking about trying to sell it to some big technology

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alternate reality
Paul Levinson

It’s Real Life

“That’s ‘Real Life,’ from the Beatles’ 1985 Come and Go LP, and I’m Pete Fornatale on WFUV’s July 4, 1996 weeklong celebration.” Pete sighed with

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-1)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part One Commander Torren Egress paused outside the

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40s soldier
Melissa Powers

Cursed Time Lovers: Chapter 4

Miranda opens her eyes to a blur of shapes surrounding her. She feels damp all over and the cool temperature in the room causes her

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Three – The First Steps (P-4)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part Four ———- After the Headmaster’s presentation

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action
Donald J. Bingle

Dark Energy

Energy surged through his sinews as he ran effortlessly through the shadow-splashed night, metal-banded legs stretching and springing as they churned the decaying detritus of

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S Chapter Three – The First Steps (P-1)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part One Nya felt dizzy, as though

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Academia
Tim McDaniel

Personal Histories

 Lawrence Hogben, Ph.D., sat at his desk and fumed. Before him lay that month’s Archeological Extracts, open to Beaglehole’s article on the use of toilet

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#futuristic
Wendy Nikel

Canary’s Refuge

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( 1 Reviews )

“Feels good to finally be off that blasted ship.” Ben breathes in so deeply that his shoulder rubs against my bare one, a touch so

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alternate realities
Paul Levinson

The P&A

The road was beyond slippery. The anti-skids on the car went in and out of activating. The duel between chaos and control continued for a

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S – Saving One Soul (Prologue)

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( 1 Reviews )

(Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Prologue “Aaron Claviss White,” read the familiar writing across the inner cover of the small journal Nya White clutched in her

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Contamination

A story of the repair workers When the nice grey-haired physician – she looked like a secondary-school counsellor – finished, Jannike’s gaze slid out the

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steampunk
Caitlin McColl

Heart of Steel – Part 1

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( 1 Reviews )

Disclaimer: The quote in this story: A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us is from philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. **** Dragons didn’t exist.

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-7)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Seven Torren stared down

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Dystopian
Caitlin McColl

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

“What’s love got to do with it?” Shara said, as she slashed through the thick underbrush of the jungle with her machete that was almost

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fantasy
Michael Robert

The Potion Maker (Story Cubes #2)

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The potion bubbled furiously, releasing fumes of fortune into the air. The scent of lavender, the ocean, and an unplaceable aroma that was as comforting

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Reawakening

Nature had even reclaimed Canada Square; the tower now a symbol of man’s striving skyward, choking and decaying. It was almost unrecognisable here. The streets

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AI
Tim McDaniel

Blinking Noon and Midnight

 Len put down the book. He’d been kidding himself for an hour at least; the sweater wasn’t enough. The place was just too darn cold.

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Brother Sleep

My phone beeped, and I paused the game. “Yeah?” “Hi,” said Victory, calling from way down in Bangkok. Good thing the picture wasn’t on; I

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A Final Insult

“Every media outlet, every channel, every neurofeed; heck, we even got every linkstream hooked up for this, boss. This’ll be the fight of the century!”

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter One – The Secret (P-4)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Author’s Note: Because this segment is so

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Fiction
Charles Bastille

The Cutting

This short story is a part of the MagicLand Chronicles. It is set during a time long before that of the events in my debut

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-2)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part Two The man felt as though he

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time travel
Tim McDaniel

Everyone’s a Critic

 Melton Welch rubbed his eyes. After an all night session at the computer, his eyes itched and his hands were cramping. He thought there might

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