Found 32 works tagged 'Family'.
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Picture Day
Published Oct 13, 2019 · 2,517 words (10 minutes)
Literary Fiction Family siblings death coping twins
Clumsy, messy Nick and his twin Annie owe their mother one last act: a professional, studio portrait of themselves in clean clothes that fit, so they have a record of looking nice "for once". But can doing something that comes unnaturally ever be an authentic act of love?
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Where Gods Dance
Published Oct 11, 2019 · 1,244 words (5 minutes) · 67 views
Fantasy Horror Sorrow Monsters father and son Grief magic fatherhood Family loss parenting tragedy memory obsession death
Originally published in the March 2019 issue of Apex Magazine (issue 118), it's a flash piece about a father's obsessive and insatiable grief over the loss of his son, and where his grief takes him as he's unable to move beyond it.
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The Perfect Find
Published Jul 5, 2019 · 324 words (2 minutes) · 77 views
Literary Fiction Family flash fiction hoarding
With every yard sale, thrift store, and abandoned cluster of junk at the roadside, James' mother is on the hunt, and James and his father can't tell for what. When James' father disappears, James' mother finally locates the perfect find--and it's the greatest tragedy James can imagine.
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A Wingless Wedding
Published Jun 20, 2019 · 1,023 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 161 views
Science Fiction Love asexuality Family marriage lgbt pride prizewinning
Every bride is nervous on her wedding day. But this is the first ever wedding of two Wingless in the history of the planet. In front of intergalactic press. Runner-up in the Mother's Milk Prize 2018.
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The Color of Sand
Published Jun 20, 2019 · 6,973 words (26 minutes) · 1 view
Fantasy happy ending fairy tale cats Family the ocean The Sea secondary world fantasy
Exiled from town, Fairday is forced to raise her son, Catch, among the talking sand cats in the dunes and survive by selling the beautiful but mysterious stones that sometimes wash up on the beach. When Catch accidentally swallows one--and magically quadruples in size--Fairday must face her past to restore her son and rebuild her family in a way she never anticipated.
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Paying for Death
Published Jun 18, 2019 · 881 words (4 minutes) · 106 views
Fantasy flash revenge Family flash fiction
Mirri wants revenge on her sister, but the price may be more than she thinks.
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The Yorkshire Defiance
Published Jun 17, 2019 · 1,488 words (6 minutes) · 2 likes · 173 views
Historical Family short story Shibden Hall 18th century historic house prizewinning
A desperate mother seeks her child in the house she thought she had escaped forever. Inspired by Shibden Hall, home of Anne Lister (Gentleman Jack). It is based on a true story of the Lister family in the 18th century. Shortlisted in the Historic House Short Story Competition 2014.
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