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Kat Otis

Whistles and Trills

Published Jan 13, 2020 · 4,044 words (15 minutes) · 25 views

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Of all the fates Morgaine had feared – frozen to death, shot by Nazis, crushed by giants – being taken prisoner by a chough hadn't even been on her radar.

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Tara Calaby

Born To It

Published Jan 7, 2020 · 2,008 words (8 minutes) · 2 likes · 63 views

Fantasy Historical Second Sight

A school girl is ostracised by her peers for possessing the devil's sight.

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James Van Pelt

The Sound of One Foot Dancing

Published Dec 11, 2019 · 2,741 words (10 minutes) · 124 views

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Christmas, Fred Astaire, the filming of HOLIDAY INN, and a dancer who will not die.

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Tara Calaby

Breath

Published Dec 6, 2019 · 2,418 words (9 minutes) · 2 likes · 90 views

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A campfire tale proves all too real for a group of Girl Guides and their leader in 1930s Queensland.

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James Van Pelt

The Miracle at Ramah

Published Dec 4, 2019 · 1,576 words (6 minutes) · 147 views

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This story came to me on the Sunday before Christmas several years ago. While in church, I realized that a part of the traditional Christmas celebration contains a profound horror story. The kind of story I wrote while I thought about that is called a “secret history.” The writer takes an event from history and, while staying true to the history, makes up a story. It might have happened this way!

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Matthew Hughes

What the Wind Brings

Published Dec 1, 2019 · 7,938 words (29 minutes) · 1 like · 436 views

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This is an excerpt from a historical/magical realism novel, released in paperback and ebook editions December 17. It tells the story of African slaves, shipwrecked on the jungle coast of 16th-century Ecuador, who allied with local indigenous people. Together, they outfought and out-thought Spanish conquistadors to preserve their freedom.

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Deborah L. Davitt

Last Week I Was Esther

Published Nov 30, 2019 · 4,093 words (15 minutes) · 55 views

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Hell isn't just other people. You are them, and they are you.

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R. K. Duncan

Farewell Concert at the World's End

Published Nov 4, 2019 · 3,474 words (13 minutes) · 143 views

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Luther is going to be a real Enthusiast someday, no matter how many people he has to kill and add to his guitar.

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R. K. Duncan

A Circle of Steel and Bone

Published Nov 4, 2019 · 7,621 words (28 minutes) · 80 views

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In 1230s Prussia, Knight Commander Meinrad of the Teutonic Order must keep the uneasy peace between his knights and the recently-converted townsfolk while investigating a string of bloody and inexplicable murders.

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Jaymee Goh

A Name to Ashes

Published Nov 3, 2019 · 6,476 words (24 minutes) · 4 likes · 989 views

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Lim Jia is the youngest clerk on an expedition to Cuba to investigate the indentured laborer trade. But he has a secret motive: to discover the fate of his long-missing older brother... which might require speaking with a ghost or two.

Jaymee Goh is a Clarion graduate with a PhD in comparative literature, and has contributed to Tor.com, Racialicious.com, Beyond Victoriana, and more. She lives in Berkeley, California, where she also works as an editor at Tachyon Publications.