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Laugh Dance—Short Fiction #12

DavidSix January 29, 2017January 15, 2017 Short Fiction 2 Comments
Laugh Dance—Short Fiction #12

When I came in the front door from work, I found my five-year-old daughter hopping and gyrating around the living room like she was covered in fire ants. “What are you doing, sweetheart?” I asked, tossing my briefcase onto the

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I Love Him—Short Fiction #11

DavidSix January 22, 2017January 6, 2017 Short Fiction No Comments
I Love Him—Short Fiction #11

“He doesn’t want to see you,” her father said. “His parents called us,” her mother said. “I love him,” she said. “He wants to be with me.” “You are only fifteen,” her mother said. “He doesn’t want to see you.”

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Moan—Short Fiction #10

DavidSix January 15, 2017January 6, 2017 Short Fiction 4 Comments
Moan—Short Fiction #10

At night, that’s when the moans start. I lay in bed, thinking about the day, no money, worries, how to pay for the new house. Tiny though it may be. At some point I drift off. Then the moans start.

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What You Think You Know—Short Fiction #9

DavidSix January 8, 2017December 26, 2016 Short Fiction No Comments
What You Think You Know—Short Fiction #9

He didn’t see the dog until it was too late. The shaggy beige stray darted across the highway right in front of his car. He felt, rather than heard, a sickening pop, and saw the small body rebound off the

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Everywhere I Go—Short Fiction #8

DavidSix January 1, 2017December 19, 2016 Short Fiction No Comments
Everywhere I Go—Short Fiction #8

Everywhere I go, I see them. I can’t get away from them. Last night when I was bathing Mama in her tub, she said Go close the curtains, son, I’m in my altogether. So I went to the bathroom window

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The Wrong Man—Flash Fiction #7

DavidSix December 25, 2016December 15, 2016 Flash Fiction 2 Comments
The Wrong Man—Flash Fiction #7

Rain sputtered like grease on asphalt still hot from the July Texas day. The black ribbon with the double-yellow line wound out, a miasma of blinks and blurs from the downpour. It was five till midnight. He drove, the wipers

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Elsie-Bellsie—Flash Fiction #6

DavidSix December 18, 2016December 12, 2016 Flash Fiction No Comments
Elsie-Bellsie—Flash Fiction #6

That thump again, in the hall. Like something thudding against the other side of her door. “Elsie?” I call. No answer, of course. Just another drum beat against the wood, like marking time for a dirge I can’t hear. “Elsie-Bellsie?”

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Sell Phone—Flash Fiction #5

DavidSix December 12, 2016December 9, 2016 Flash Fiction 2 Comments
Sell Phone—Flash Fiction #5

It’s fuckin cold out here. I can feel every hair on my arms prickin up like a goddam dog’s ears when he hears the kibble bag. That buzzin fuckin streetlight over there is pissin me off. Stupid orange glow from

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The Best Fall Ever—Flash Fiction #4

DavidSix December 5, 2016December 5, 2016 Flash Fiction 2 Comments
The Best Fall Ever—Flash Fiction #4

After my heart attack last year—the doc called it ventricular fibrillation, a fancy name for a reliable old muscle moving to the bad side of the tracks—Barbara wanted the two of us to get in better shape. I saw it

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The Gift – Flash Fiction #3

DavidSix June 29, 2016 Flash Fiction 2 Comments
The Gift – Flash Fiction #3

He cut the ribbons with the precision of a surgeon. They had to be perfect. They must be perfect. If even one ribbon was out of place, she would be unhappy with him. He cut the wide strip its length,

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In the Time It Takes to Blink: In the Time It Takes to Blink: (A Novel of Suspense and Horror)
reviews: 4
ratings: 12 (avg rating 4.33)

13: A Baker’s Dozen of Suspense and Horror Tales 13: A Baker’s Dozen of Suspense and Horror Tales
reviews: 1
ratings: 6 (avg rating 3.33)

For Weeds Will Grow: For Weeds Will Grow: (A Novel of Horror)
reviews: 2
ratings: 2 (avg rating 5.00)

IN THE TIME IT TAKES TO BLINK IN THE TIME IT TAKES TO BLINK (Bruno Salvanian #1)

Look Fast or Die Slow: A Bruno & Salvanian Novel of Suspense Look Fast or Die Slow: A Bruno & Salvanian Novel of Suspense

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