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Author: Shannon Richards

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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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  • A lantern rests by a branch with orange leaves at the base.
    FictionFantasy

    All Hallows Eve

    By Shannon Richards
    October 9, 2023
    Finvarra settled on the worn rowan bench he’d carved and slipped his arm across his beloved’s shoulders. The shining, silver crescent moon danced through ...
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  • Pile of Metal Tools
    FictionHorrorScience Fiction

    What Comes Down the Chute

    By Shannon Richards
    September 25, 2023
    The rumbling overhead grows louder and the metal chute shakes more and more violently as the clamoring approaches. I fight to choke down my ...
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  • smiling girl wears a crown
    CreativityParenting & FamilyPoetry

    Éowyn, Queen of Earth

    By Shannon Richards
    September 11, 2023
    There are no Govern-mansOnly Éowyn and she is the Queen.Her brother shows her a map,Tells her they live in America,Repeats ‘representative democracy’And other words ...
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