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  • Who I Am

  • The Codfish Carbuncle Case: Chapter 6

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Author: Shannon Richards

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  • Long serpentine tails covered in metallic rainbow scales curve around and end in triangular flanges.
    PoetryFantasy

    Dragons Have Arrived

    By Shannon Richards
    March 4, 2024
    I think you’re a dreamer like me, And dragons fly thick through the air. Come inside; I’ve prepared safety Or they’ll drag you off ...
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  • A selection of Tarot cards fading from the Tower, Hierophant, and Six of Swords on the left, the Wheel of Fortune in the center, and the Ten of Cups, Lovers, and the World on the right.
    SestinaPoetry

    Ten of Cups

    By Shannon Richards
    February 19, 2024
    I thought I had the Ten of Cups And wouldn’t be alone, I read a family in my cards Together we’d build a world ...
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  • A red heart, drawn by a sparkler, briefly crackles against the dark
    Poetry

    Saw That One Coming

    By Shannon Richards
    February 5, 2024
    I saw the heartbreak coming from a mile away. Starting with the breathless Wow Of that long-desired first kiss Our time was ticking down, ...
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  • A pair of red leather high-heeled pumps
    Parenting & FamilyPoetryMemoir & Autobiographies

    My Mother’s Strength

    By Shannon Richards
    January 22, 2024
    My mother taught me strength. The way she sauntered into university boardrooms Wearing spiked heels she carried to the car Because it was still ...
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  • The constellation Orion hangs in the darkening sky over snow-covered pine trees.
    CreativityParenting & FamilyPoetry

    Yule Celebration

    By Shannon Richards
    December 25, 2023
    The hunter, Orion, crosses the sky On this, the deepest, dark night of the year, The sharp winds blow and the snow’s first flakes ...
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  • An arm of the Milky Way stretches across a field of stars, creating cloudy stripes of purple
    FictionSpeculative Fiction

    Kalie’s Bus

    By Shannon Richards
    December 11, 2023
    With a sputter, the converted bus springs to life. Grinning, Kalie guides it to the glittering starway leading up along the horizon’s green twilight ...
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  • A road sign shows an alien crossing in front of a rock wall
    CreativityFictionScience Fiction

    The Other Exciting Conclusion

    By Shannon Richards
    November 27, 2023
    After everyone had blinked a couple times, Rilke imagined a mountain stream, fixated on the way the cold water splashed through the fine, sparkly ...
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  • A road sign shows an alien crossing in front of a rock wall
    CreativityFictionScience Fiction

    The Other California Incident

    By Shannon Richards
    November 13, 2023
    Signaling to nobody, Rilke turned onto the state route from the gravel access road he and Kyle had taken to reach their hiking trails ...
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  • A man with dark grey hair and a mustache looks at the camera and
    Poetry

    My Daddy Was a Gardener

    By Shannon Richards
    November 6, 2023
    My daddy was a gardener His basil got taller than me. Everything smelled like pizza as shaggy bunches dried. I grew up on the ...
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  • An eerie light glows through autumn woods
    FictionFantasy

    The Uninvited Guest

    By Shannon Richards
    October 23, 2023
    The corners of my mouth twitched as Josh leaned into the trunk of the thick oak and blew a smoke ring at the moon. ...
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