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CARRION
Flash the Court (forthcoming)

It's the second time this week. On the curb by the driveway.
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MEDUSA ON THE BEACH
Blood+Honey (forthcoming)​

You never know when you’ll encounter bandits or evil guys like that.
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GROCERY LIST
​​Heavy Feather Review

You forgot to lock the front door. How could you be so careless?
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JOE
BULL Magazine

The first and only time I met the owner of Goodman's Auto Paint and Repair was Friday after school.
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RAISING DOG-DOG
​Expat Press

When on that Sunday morning Dog-Dog fell straight from heaven, my younger brother Henry and I celebrated with our secret sister-brother dance.
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IT HAPPENED TUESDAY AFTERNOON
​​Paragraph Planet

Folks up here say the ceiling will break and we'll see clouds again.
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SHIRLEY IS MY NAME
Bright Flash Literary Review

Today starts just as it always does, except when it doesn't.
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ADAM IS DEAD
​​JAKE

One headline on the last page surprised her.
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ON ICE
​​50-Word Stories

Hot breath and runny noses. That inchoate storm and no care for tomorrow.
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A DREADNOUGHT SINGS FOR A YOUNG BAR JACK
​Free Flash Fiction

The first lesson I will teach you is how to swim against the current.
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A TROPICAL STAYCATION AT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY LAGOON MOTEL​
​50-Word Stories

Mama’s rubbing sunscreen all over my face.
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FOR MULEYS​
50-Word Stories

When I shot the mule deer dead, it fell straight into the snow like it was taking a nap.
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