Tag: one-shot
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Dead Stars Still Burn – Post-Apocalyptic One Shot
As a weird comet descends upon the People of the Rail-Caves, they get ready to find either doom or treasure inside. Meanwhile, the comet’s own occupant gets ready to complete her mission… They came out from every hole to watch the dead star fall. The Elders had deemed it a bad omen and they had…
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The Rite – Post-Apocalyptic Short Story 2/2
In a world darkened by the Faepocalypse, a young woman has to betray her kin for one final act of love. Sara held her rifle close to her chest – at any moment something could jump put of the shadows. The blade of her flashlight cast the straight shapes of the trees out of the…
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The Forever Ache – Horror Short Story
A young man goes hiking in Southern Europe. He sees something he feels he wasn’t supposed to, and the experience stings. I remember reading all those scary hiking stories on the internet, and never giving them any credit. Besides, we were going to hike in Sicily, and that’s the farthest place away from anything supernatural…
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Gold after the Flood – Patina Short Story
Three girls on a fishing boat find something unexpected. In a world that has collapsed to the power of the Fae, is there a thing such as a gift with no strings attached? The ancient church’s bell-tower still stuck out of the water line. It stood straight, if much worse for wear with its bricks…
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Cage of Glass Pilot – Fantasy One-Shot
This comes from a short novel I completed a few years ago. From time to time I like to go back to these characters and their story. It’s the tale of a girl who accepts to become a slave in her older sister’s place, and that leaves her as a servant to the land’s immortal…
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The Slow Stars And Quick – Post-Apocalypse One Shot
Hope is the most dangerous thing. Dangerous enough, for young Verna, to risk her life and limb (and more importantly, position) to jump on a boat to the mainland. But she couldn’t miss this chance, not once she had perceived it raw and burning at the edge of her Foresight. As for escaping unseen from…
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Stranders – Oneshot
A trio of robotic dolls reach a deserted island. Usil was the first to open her eyes. She blinked and sputtered, seawater still choking her breathing pipes. Standing up on her elbows, she checked her body to see if everything was yet in order. On the white sand of the farthest shore, the lingering murmur…
A. Montresor 