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Kelly’s Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2017 by cathleentownsend — 38 Comments

Kelly rested her head on her paws and groaned. Her hips hurt, and she missed her pack mate. She hadn’t seen Toby for over a week. Her people wept and spoke of Toby in hushed tones. Why was he gone?…

Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, christmas story, fantasy, flash fiction, short story, Twelve Tales of Christmas
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Holiday Movie

Posted on December 18, 2017 by cathleentownsend — 34 Comments

* 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…

Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, christmas story, flash fiction, romance, short story, Twelve Tales of Christmas
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Race Day

Posted on July 22, 2017 by cathleentownsend — 24 Comments

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…

Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, flash fiction, memoir, sailing catamaran racing
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Picture Perfect

Posted on March 6, 2017 by cathleentownsend — 19 Comments

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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Oak

Posted on February 21, 2017 by cathleentownsend — 36 Comments

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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Griffin Egg

Posted on February 1, 2017 by cathleentownsend — 15 Comments

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…

Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, Faerie, flash fiction, griffin, serial, short story
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Resolved

Posted on January 10, 2017 by cathleentownsend — 14 Comments

The woman hovered near the edge of a cliff overlooking the sea. It had taken the selkie considerable work to get her there. “What do you see?” the selkie asked her softly, and her sea-green eyes met his. They were…

Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, fantasy, flash fiction, Resolved, short story
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Publish or Perish

Posted on August 9, 2016 by cathleentownsend — 26 Comments

Diana rubbed her eyes and squinted at the monitor. Almost six million hits when she Googled grimoire! How would she ever find the right one? Still, she checked them every moment she didn’t have to wait tables or sleep. She’d…

Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, flash fiction, short story
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Two Publications in August!

Posted on August 4, 2016 by cathleentownsend — 18 Comments

My story this week is good news–a worthy topic by itself. And I do have a story for you to read. You just have to go to Fantasia Divinity to check it out. August is shaping up to be an…

Cappuccino and the Great Heist

Posted on May 23, 2016 by cathleentownsend — 18 Comments

Edwina was standing in line at the bank when it hit her. The men who’d made the money for all this expensive marble décor hadn’t let anything like scruples hold them back. And they didn’t have a resident brownie. It…

Tagged with: Cappuccino and the Great Heist, Cathleen Townsend, flash fiction, short story
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