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Friday flash fiction – Last Year Tomorrow

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Lexifab

“There’s a problem with the New Year,” Penny McAlister told the new director. “Apparently it’s on hold.” Bill Temple had spent the entire night on the phone to the Minister’s office, working his way through a thirty year old bottle … Continue reading →

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Friday flash fiction – All of Us are Haunted

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Lexifab

Everyone has ghosts. All of us are haunted. Everyone has demons. Our secrets wait to strike. Everyone’s a vampire. Our desires destroy the ones we love. Everyone’s a werewolf. We all have that other side. – All of Us are … Continue reading →

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Friday flash fiction – The Regrettable Houseguest

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Lexifab

After an exhausting day of interviewing witnesses and filing reports, Constable Polyhymnia Shore signed off and decided a visit to her Aunt Mavis was in order. Conscious of the unsociable hour, she came bearing gifts: a copy of the latest … Continue reading →

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Friday flash fiction – Seven Devils for Jessica Rose

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Lexifab

Jessie’s first devil looked like her mother’s ceramic cat. It yawned and stretched on its kitchen shelf, its ginger belly stuffed with the batch of chocolate cookie Mama baked fresh just an hour ago. “Don’t you go crushing Mama’s cookies … Continue reading →

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Friday flash fiction – Some Knowledge of Eldritch Matters

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Lexifab

Mavis Grimshaw expected her preoccupations in retirement to include catching up on her reading, visiting with her nieces and the odd spot of gardening, but of what account are zucchini crops, afternoon teas and cosy mysteries when chthonian horrors are … Continue reading →

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