Tag: short fiction
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Help Wanted
I’ve always loved Halloween! So when I saw the black and red advertisement on social media asking for haunted house people, I applied without a second thought. “Sign-ups for haunters—50 bucks a night, free pizza, and scare the shit out of people.” I left a note on the chalkboard: Mom, gone out. Might not be ... -
The Boozy Book Club – Part 4
Ellie The Search Begins The glow from my laptop illuminated my office as I sipped from a glass of elderberry mead and scrolled through my newsfeed in the dark. With my hand on the mouse and stemware cradled to my chest, I hovered over Facebook’s search field and clicked. The cursor blinked at me and ... -
The Finding: Part One
“You found it on the beach? You know, when most people take a walk on the beach, they pick up seashells.” “True, but does anything I do ever make sense anymore?” “Ha. Well, that’s what I love the most about you, Babe.” The sunrise welcomed me with its friendly warmth as I headed back from ... -
The Necklace: Part Six
Read this story from the beginning here. “Pathetic.” Kierra glared at her own reflection in the bathroom once she dried her face with a hand towel. The rocking and nausea have settled, but she could still taste the bitterness of her regrets. She allowed her mind to drift as she brushed her teeth. Kierra giggled ... -
South Dakota’s Sica Hollow
Every state has a cryptid; well, most states do. South Dakota, like Oregon and Nevada’s cryptid, is haunted land. Oregon has Crater lake, and Nevada has Pyramid lake. South Dakota has Sico Hollow. Sica Hollow state park, on the eastern slope of the Prairie Coteau Hills, is haunted. The state park has deep ravines and ... -
The Boozy Book Club – Part 3
Tuesday, April 15thEmail from Mom From: Ellie KavanaughTo: Greer KavanaughSubject: Plotting husbands and daughters should beware! Dearest Daughter, I have a bone to pick with you. Imagine me tapping my foot with crossed arms because that is what I’m doing in my head right now. It seems you and your father have been talking, discussing… ... -
The Necklace: Part Five
Check out Part One, Part Two, Part Three, and Part Four here. Tilly, Nora’s cinnamon-colored bobtailed cat, abruptly woke Nora up by tipping her half-empty wineglass off the coffee table. “Damn cat,” Nora fussed as she got up from her recliner. She checked her cellphone before she cleaned up the mess. She groaned when she ... -
The Boozy Book Club – Part 2
Greer December – A Week before Christmas My flight arrives at the Atlanta International Airport on a Monday and true to form, my mother makes it in time to greet me at the gate. As I approach, I can see a huge neon green sign through the partition. She always makes sure her signs have ... -
The Necklace: Part Four
Read Part One, Part Two, and Part Three here. “I won’t let your power destroy the innocence of another Bryne woman,” Alayne’s eighteen-year-old granddaughter Nora snarled as she held up the necklace before locking it away in a dark brown wooden jewelry box under the floorboards by her dresser. Twenty-five years passed before the necklace ... -
The Boozy Book Club – Part 1
What do you get when you mix my mother with booze, books, and a new city? Well, I wasn’t too sure of the combination when she first told me about it, but I had my reservations. My mother, Ellie Kavanaugh, is a force to be reckoned with! I’m Greer, her only daughter. I’ve been adulting ...