As a child I witnessed salt poured on a slug. Salt is often used in gardens to exterminate the pests. The small creature did the only thing it could do under such conditions, it melted. All that remained was a grisly puddle of sludge. The imagery came to mind this weekend as I considered theContinue reading “Slugs”
Category Archives: Short Fiction
FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time for Peace
by Liz Deppner Liz Deppner weaves a beautiful story of confrontation, conviction, and genuine repentance as our hardened hired killers give little thought beyond the lucrative contract on offer. But as boxes are ticked off their task list, the destruction of several space colonies takes its toll, poisoning their souls. Will the treasure of friendshipContinue reading “FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time for Peace”
FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time for War
by J.J. Johnson J.J. Johnson’s written a fast-paced futuristic thriller where AI and surveillance has secured dominion over mankind. Elara and Finn have prepared for this moment, planning, spying. When shackles fall away chaos ensues and Elara is the target, with her cover blown will she elude her enemies? Only time will tell. You mayContinue reading “FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time for War”
FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time to Hate
by Ben Avery Ben Avery’s tightly woven time travel leads us on a fast-paced and carefully crafted story following the discovery of “misplaced” Iridium aboard the Tabitha. When it turns up in the cargo bay Taur and the rest of the flight crew must figure out how it was done in the hope they mayContinue reading “FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time to Hate”
FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time to Love
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FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time to Give Up
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From The Swing Fiction Feature Friday: A Time to Refrain from Embracing
by Michael S. Poteet Michael Poteet has written a well-crafted story with a fluid rhythm. His characters, intrigue, historical details, and book-shop setting quickly drew me in. Lexi has long since dug her way out of her beloved, though deceased, dad’s book collection — a quaint and adored neighborhood shop. In its place, she’s reachedContinue reading “From The Swing Fiction Feature Friday: A Time to Refrain from Embracing”
FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time to Gather Stones Together
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FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time To Cast Away Stones
by Stephen MacDonald Kah-eel quests to know… understand… With no desire to quell his adventurous thirst for knowledge he enters a portal to the past? Or is it the future? This story stirred my own questions, which may be totally unrelated to where Stephen was heading… does man always seek re-unification in a desire toContinue reading “FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time To Cast Away Stones”
FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time to Build
by Dana Bell Come read about Dana’s other work here, here, here… and here! Author Dana Bell has written an intriguing short story… I love the animal’s communications with our protagonist, Jehna. I don’t want to give anything else away, so it stops here! I do have the author’s permission to share these characters areContinue reading “FROM THE SWING FICTION FEATURE FRIDAY: A Time to Build”