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Kelly’s Christmas–Short Story

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?…

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Holiday Movie–A Christmas Short Story

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 was 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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A Worm Tale, Published by Longshot Island

Posted on July 19, 2017 by cathleentownsend — 22 Comments

Hey, I’ve got some good news. Longshot Island has published my flash memoir “A Worm Tale” in their latest issue. Apparently, I need to write more of these things because they seem to do very well in terms of blog…

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Seeking a Haven

Posted on February 7, 2017 by cathleentownsend — 9 Comments

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…

Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, faerie tale, fantasy, griffin, serial, short story
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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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Tool Thief

Posted on July 19, 2016 by cathleentownsend — 22 Comments

“Therese, we’ve got to keep better track of our tools today,” Tom said as we pulled up to our jobsite. It was a beautiful brick addition to the community college in Santa Rosa, about an hour north of San Francisco,…

Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, fantasy, short story, Tool Thief
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The Taste of Fear

Posted on July 4, 2016 by cathleentownsend — 21 Comments

Fear comes in many flavors. There’s the adrenaline rush, so addictive for some that they seek safe forms so they can experience it on demand. There’s the sick dread of seeing something coming and knowing there’s no way to stop…

Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, flying, plane crash, short story
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Quest for a Hero

Posted on June 20, 2016 by cathleentownsend — 18 Comments

London, 1985 It was lunchtime, and the line for the sandwich shop wound out the door. Terrence hated when it got busy like this. By the time customers made it to the counter, they were all holding onto their tempers…

Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, hero sandwich, short story
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