Found 7 works tagged 'childhood'.
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Published Aug 30, 2020 · 2,319 words (9 minutes) · 1 like · 459 views
Science Fiction Romance father marriage childhood Mars junkyard space flight
As a child, Lorenzo’s father took him and his siblings on a fantastic trip to Mars—or so the story goes. But what if none of it happened at all? In this creative sequel to Ray Bradbury’s “The Rocket,” James Van Pelt imagines what happens when credulous children grow into skeptical adults.
Van Pelt has been nominated for the Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Pushcart Prize, and more. His limited-edition hardcover short story collection, THE BEST OF JAMES VAN PELT, is now available for preorder from Fairwood Press.
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Fiction
Published May 17, 2020 · 751 words (3 minutes) · 462 views
Literary Fiction childhood childhood story slice of life Appalachia neighbors
Two children in East Tennessee come up against their fears, and find out more about themselves.
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Fiction
Published May 29, 2019 · 1,030 words (4 minutes) · 670 views
Horror losing a child childhood Bugs insects coming of age metamorphosis cartilage
Markella’s earliest memories are of the sounds outside her window. At hours when no men moved, rustling branches and shuffling grass woke her. A beating pulse like slower, fleshier helicopter blades banished sleep: thlush-a-lum thlush-a-lum.
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Fiction
Published Apr 20, 2019 · 468 words (2 minutes) · 1 like · 522 views
Classic Horror Literary Fiction Mystery Historical death abuse neglect child child neglect childhood Murder
Written for the Women of Horror prompt challenge in February 2019. Read the original at Nina D’Arcangela’s Spreading the Writer’s Word blog here: https://spreadingthewritersword.com/2019/02/27/ladies-of-horror-flash-project-horror-author-angela-yuriko-smith-angelaysmith-sotet_angyal-loh-9/
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Fiction
Published Jan 16, 2019 · 746 words (3 minutes) · 1 like · 668 views
Literary Fiction Magical Realism childhood
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Published Sep 19, 2017 · 1,226 words (5 minutes) · 776 views
Fantasy magic animals bittersweet mother parenting childhood
A woman struggles to raise her child who’s never quite the same two days in a row.