Stories tagged flash

Smooth and Crunchy

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No freebies. You want to read it, you have to read all of it.

Pinwheel Hill

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Daftsville is a strange little place, found on the back of some treasure maps.

sur•veil•lance

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maintained by as many pocket-protectors as Big Brother Big Sister requires

sur•veil•lance

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maintained by as many pocket-protectors as Big Brother Big Sister requires

Slipstream

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Moments before they had been holding hands, but when they turned the corner and she told him she did not want to go down the dark path he had turned also, into someone she did not recognize and could not understand.

A Letter Opener

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Inside that envelope was a letter, I'm happy to report. It was from my foster child in Monte Carlo, a boy named Monty or Carlo, I can never remember which since he always signs his letters Sonny.

Spun

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Passers by continued to walk past this strange capsule placed by the Moscow municipality just at the gate of the Bolshoi. Some said it was a new kind of cloud seeding invented by the Chinese.

Billing Notice

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Due to recent enhancements to our billing system, the rate per unit for your basic service can no longer be determined.

Somnambulist

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Although still uncertain of whether she was a she fish or a he fish (she definitely hated being an it fish), the fish liked what she saw of Nags Head. Finally, a world that gave her a choice. And felt no need to verify whether she was a real she fish, or just a he fish…

The Opposite of Fear

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The rocks were pillows around her shorn head, the crimson stream running from her ears the only sign she had not chosen to lay down on them. Behind us, the rockface stood stoic; below us, the water lapped our feet.She held my hand in hers, giving me succor as I…

B.U.N.N.I.

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Then I see her walking down the grass aisle: my assignment. She looks nothing like the image I have been trained with, but her identifier is strong.

Carmen Rental

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But in 1991 Carmen developed a heroin habit and was forced to sell her powder blue, convertible Mercedes 500SL...

Rupees

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Days like this I operate this city on muscle memory.

The Ill-Tempered Caviller

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The Ill-Tempered Caviller decides to run for office. He runs as an independent. On the campaign trail the Caviller eats hot dogs and kisses babies. One of the babies drools on him. The Ill-Tempered Caviller spits back.

Falling Horse, Stack of Demons

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No one has ever hurt a woman who is swinging a hammer and singing.