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Monthly Archives: December 2017

Flash Fiction

Black Cat by Michael Chin

December 29, 2017 lonesomeoctoberlit Leave a comment

Every witch needs her black cat, but I’m allergic. Continue reading Black Cat by Michael Chin →

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Poetry

Imaginary by Marie Lightman

December 26, 2017 lonesomeoctoberlit Leave a comment

Wooden planked floor,
soaked in decades-old urine.

Emily new friend soaks in the bath.
I hide behind the mirror. Continue reading Imaginary by Marie Lightman →

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fiction

Baby Blue Eyes by Paul Speller

December 22, 2017 lonesomeoctoberlit Leave a comment

A splash, followed by a giggle and those baby blue eyes lit up. Continue reading Baby Blue Eyes by Paul Speller →

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Poetry

Bleak Row by Laura Potts

December 18, 2017 lonesomeoctoberlit Leave a comment

After the first, my star still north and rising,
they patched his purse of blood-burst skin,
my sleeping bud and starless. Continue reading Bleak Row by Laura Potts →

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fiction

Yellow Prism by Ashley Bullen-Cutting

December 15, 2017 lonesomeoctoberlit Leave a comment

Dearest Harold Greene,

You will note the package that accompanies this correspondence odd and query why it is I have sent such to you, allow me to endeavour to elucidate upon its discovery, circumstance and point. Continue reading Yellow Prism by Ashley Bullen-Cutting →

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Poetry

I Thought We Were Hunting Elk by Brian Jerrold Koester

December 11, 2017 lonesomeoctoberlit Leave a comment

Eric taught me on the spot
to wear brush, but not too much,
to wear greasepaint even on my hands. Continue reading I Thought We Were Hunting Elk by Brian Jerrold Koester →

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fiction

A Demon’s Favor by Karen Thrower

December 8, 2017 lonesomeoctoberlit Leave a comment

Tranur appeared in a ring of fire, large, black and ominous. He immediately saw the one who summoned him, kneeling just outside the circle. Continue reading A Demon’s Favor by Karen Thrower →

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Flash Fiction

Louder than Words by G.E. Smith

December 4, 2017 lonesomeoctoberlit Leave a comment

I’d had enough of my husband’s verbal abuse. I began recording his comments, typing and printing them out, and shredding them. Continue reading Louder than Words by G.E. Smith →

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Juan Ponce de Leon by Bridget Clawson

December 1, 2017 lonesomeoctoberlit Leave a comment

I read to five clients, at the moment. One is an unusually tall, angular woman my own age, forty-two, who believes she is Juan Ponce de Leon. Continue reading Juan Ponce de Leon by Bridget Clawson →

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haunting and horrific poetry and fiction since 2017

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