Found 8 works tagged 'Monsters'.
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Where Gods Dance
Published Oct 11, 2019 · 1,244 words (5 minutes) · 140 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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This Lexicon of Bone and Feathers
Published Aug 22, 2019 · 4,880 words (18 minutes) · 186 views
Science Fiction Alien Culture aliens Linguistics nonbinary battles Women poetry Monsters Art
Four different alien species, recently at war, meet at a culture conference in an effort to find unity through art. When monsters attack, a small group of female and non-binary artist-warriors must band together to prove they can peacefully coexist and defeat said monsters.
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Reunion
Published Jun 24, 2019 · 807 words (3 minutes) · 273 views
The ocean promises a long-awaited reunion for a father and his young daughter.
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Our God is a Jealous God
Published Jun 17, 2019 · 3,347 words (13 minutes) · 184 views
Fantasy Horror Monsters Native American
Ray Morningstar wanted nothing to do with the old ways of his ancestors... until his sister's life was on the line.
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Bite Me
Published May 5, 2019 · 5,052 words (19 minutes) · 149 views
Fantasy Humor Satire zombies sword and sorcery walking dead magic Monsters zombie funny
We all know zombies bite. Maybe the way to fight them is to bite back. When I was invited to submit to CHICKS AND BALANCES, the final CHICKS IN CHAINMAIL anthology, I realized I had no ideas for a story. Nothing. Bupkis. So I combed back through my files and thought it might be nice to find out what Dagmar and Ramdane have been up to. The deadline was only a few days away, so I wrote in a great hurry. Later I discovered the publisher had chosen "Bite Me" for the cover!
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The Cicadas of Okinawa
Published Mar 6, 2019 · 1,189 words (5 minutes) · 1 like · 2 views
Fantasy Horror Historical survival Bugs Monsters Metamorphasis
Originally published at Penumbra magazine, a Tangent online recommended read of 2013, later reprinted in Niteblade Magazine and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. *TRIGGER WARNING* During the Battle of Okinawa and the following occupation, 76 cases of rape were reported. Historians estimate hundreds more went unreported. This is a story about one woman's survival through metamorphosis.
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These depths
Published Jan 2, 2019 · 2,138 words (8 minutes) · 21 views
Fantasy Monsters sea monster curse
A sailor finds himself lost - marooned in between worlds. Not anchored to land or sea, life nor death. His captor is a beautiful and terrible monster. This story was written to a prompt, where the first sentence and final sentence had to be exactly the same. It's influenced by the sea, whose ebb and flow leads everything back to one place.
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The One Thing I Can Never Tell Julie
Published Oct 24, 2018 · 3,972 words (15 minutes) · 3 likes · 25 views
Fantasy Horror Strange friendship Monsters hidden in plain sight yarn
Nicole and Julie have been friends for years, and they seem inseparable...but when a strange presence invades their knitting group, everything starts to change.
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