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A thrilling short story by Rushmoor Writers’ Jill Lamond. Enjoy Something wakes me. I lie here, still half in my dream, annoyed to be woken up in the middle of the night. Then I hear it again. A bang as if someone has knocked into one of the chairs in the kitchen. I hold my…
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Every few meetings, we throw our members a “prompt” challenge – images, phrases, quotations or sometimes something even more esoteric – designed to trigger short story ideas. The following eerie, sci-fi short story was written by Sharon Black in response to the prompt, “I want my children to know what I’ve done.” I want my…
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This piece was inspired by the prompt: GREATEST FEARS Unlike all her friends, Mallory Magpie wasn’t looking forward to being a teenager. More specifically, she wasn’t looking forward to her first year as a teenager. The ages of 14 to 19 she had no problem with. But that year between 12 and 14 was another…
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Jane’s latest book is a romantic suspense novel. Tash lands a dream job and is propelled into a world of wealth and celebrity in London. When a terrible crime is committed, Tash has to face the possibility that she is the cause. Can she uncover the truth and find the killer before the police? Even…
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Jane’s latest book is a contemporary novella with a supernatural twist. Lucy’s urban life is interrupted by a fox that lures her into her garden before vanishing. In its place is an iron key. The key’s mysterious label leads her to a remote Scottish island, where she meets Farlan, a psychiatrist who’s turned his back…