* Max picked up one of his two Christmas cards and shook his head. One was from his dentist, and the other from his tax guy. The mantel used to be covered with these things. Why had everybody stopped sending…
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Holiday Movie
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The Great American Eclipse
The Great American Eclipse–it promised to be a once-in-a-lifetime event. Originally, I’d planned on driving to Oregon to see it, since from there the entire sun would be covered. We live in northern California, so it wasn’t that far. It…
Race Day
I have always felt that real sailing belongs on the ocean blue. The tang of the salt air, the gulls wheeling overhead, the playful barks of the sea lions as they swam to investigate our nineteen foot Prindle racing catamaran—they…
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Picture Perfect
The cell phone buzzed and Amanda picked it up eagerly. She read the text and clutched the phone to her chest, ecstatic over a date with the guy she’d met at the pool party last weekend. “What would I do…
Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, cell phone, fantasy, flash fiction, free short story, science fiction, speculative fiction
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So You Want to Write
If you want to write meaningful fiction, You’ll need a setting that forces your characters to grow. Shall it be modern, Edwardian, or antebellum? Which conflict will nurture the plot elements you sow? You need a hero to carry…
Oak
A shudder of pleasure ran through the oak as the girl settled herself at its base. She pulled out her notebook of sheet music and unpacked her guitar. As she tuned the strings, the oak basked in the warm sun…
Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, fairy tale, flash fiction, free short story, nature, oak tree
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Windrider
This is the final episode of a serial. Part one is Air Attack, and part two is Griffin Egg. Seeking a Haven is part three. *spoiler alert* In part one a teen girl, Amy, and her brownie companion, Morin, help…
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Seeking a Haven
This is part three of a serial. Part one is Air Attack, and part two is Griffin Egg. *spoiler alert* In part one, a teen girl, Amy, and her brownie companion, Morin, help drive off a flock of harpies, saving…
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Griffin Egg
This is part two of a four-part series. The first episode is available here. *Spoiler alert* In episode one, Gondar and his squad of fae soldiers are nearly wiped out by marauding harpies. They are saved by unlikely allies–a human…
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Air Attack
“Harpies at three o’clock!” Gondar groaned. He’d already lost three of his squad to enemy scouts, including their only archer. Evasion was their best chance at survival. “Tree cover is better to the right,” he yelled. The five fae sprinted…
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