Dark Moments
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alt="Slaybells Ring by Dawn DeBraal"
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Slaybells Ring by Dawn DeBraal
The blackened finger of evil rolled down the elf's face, leaving a trail of blood behind it. "Where's the fat man?" "My loyalty is to Kris Kringle." "You stupid imp,...
Slaybells Ring by Dawn DeBraal
The blackened finger of evil rolled down the elf's face, leaving a trail of blood behind it. "Where's the fat man?" "My loyalty is to Kris Kringle." "You stupid imp,...
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alt="Pony for Christmas by Pauline Yates"
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Pony for Christmas by Pauline Yates
My “ho’s” change to groans as I play the shopping mall Santa—my wife arrives with our granddaughter, Ester, and home-baked cookies for my tea break. I love Ester, but the...
Pony for Christmas by Pauline Yates
My “ho’s” change to groans as I play the shopping mall Santa—my wife arrives with our granddaughter, Ester, and home-baked cookies for my tea break. I love Ester, but the...
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alt="You Better Watch Out by Matt Krizan"
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You Better Watch Out by Matt Krizan
This year, when Santa crept down the chimney, Caroline was waiting. She hid behind the tree, delighted to see Santa go straight for the milk and cookies she'd left. As...
You Better Watch Out by Matt Krizan
This year, when Santa crept down the chimney, Caroline was waiting. She hid behind the tree, delighted to see Santa go straight for the milk and cookies she'd left. As...
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alt="Christmas Cards by Sheri White"
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Christmas Cards by Sheri White
My parents own a business, so we get a lot of Christmas cards with family photos on the front. You know, everyone in matching pyjamas, even the dog (okay, the...
Christmas Cards by Sheri White
My parents own a business, so we get a lot of Christmas cards with family photos on the front. You know, everyone in matching pyjamas, even the dog (okay, the...
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alt="Resembling a Mother by Angela Zimmerman"
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Resembling a Mother by Angela Zimmerman
The change happened quickly. Monday, Mother started screaming the last word of her sentences. By Wednesday, Caleb found Mother standing in the kitchen with a knife pressed against the puppy's...
Resembling a Mother by Angela Zimmerman
The change happened quickly. Monday, Mother started screaming the last word of her sentences. By Wednesday, Caleb found Mother standing in the kitchen with a knife pressed against the puppy's...
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alt="Incognito by Kimberly Rei"
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Incognito by Kimberly Rei
The light, lithe figure moved through the crime scene quietly, without disturbing evidence. Her team watched her. She didn't fit in. She looked too human. Or not human enough. She...
Incognito by Kimberly Rei
The light, lithe figure moved through the crime scene quietly, without disturbing evidence. Her team watched her. She didn't fit in. She looked too human. Or not human enough. She...
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alt="Hotboi752 by Jessica Brook Johnson"
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Hotboi752 by Jessica Brook Johnson
Penny was checking her phone’s texts as her smart car cruised along the highway. There was a high-pitched ding followed by a message from HotBoi752. “I’m tired of being ignored....
Hotboi752 by Jessica Brook Johnson
Penny was checking her phone’s texts as her smart car cruised along the highway. There was a high-pitched ding followed by a message from HotBoi752. “I’m tired of being ignored....
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alt="Flying Lessons by Andrew Kurtz"
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Flying Lessons by Andrew Kurtz
"I wish people were born with wings, so they could soar in the sky," Sid told his android butler as they stood on the two-hundred-foot mountain peak after a rigorous...
Flying Lessons by Andrew Kurtz
"I wish people were born with wings, so they could soar in the sky," Sid told his android butler as they stood on the two-hundred-foot mountain peak after a rigorous...
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alt="First Person, Present Tense by Pauline Yates"
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First Person, Present Tense by Pauline Yates
Eager to try the new AI Book Writer app, I download the program and enable the wireless imagination transfer function. “Welcome to Book Writer,” a computer simulated voice says. “Please...
First Person, Present Tense by Pauline Yates
Eager to try the new AI Book Writer app, I download the program and enable the wireless imagination transfer function. “Welcome to Book Writer,” a computer simulated voice says. “Please...
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alt="Expert System by Scott O’Neill"
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Expert System by Scott O’Neill
I get the others to stop whimpering so I can hear my smartwatch. “sAIveME free expert system downloaded. Please summarise your crisis.” “Class-Nine shuttlecraft. Drive damaged by hostile lifeforms. Pilot...
Expert System by Scott O’Neill
I get the others to stop whimpering so I can hear my smartwatch. “sAIveME free expert system downloaded. Please summarise your crisis.” “Class-Nine shuttlecraft. Drive damaged by hostile lifeforms. Pilot...
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alt="Doors to Manual by Liam Hogan"
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Doors to Manual by Liam Hogan
“Ship! Seal doors against the zombies!” A relaxed, artificial voice queried: zombies?> As far as our ship's mega-intelligent AI was concerned, there wasn't any difference between us and them. Whenever...
Doors to Manual by Liam Hogan
“Ship! Seal doors against the zombies!” A relaxed, artificial voice queried: zombies?> As far as our ship's mega-intelligent AI was concerned, there wasn't any difference between us and them. Whenever...
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alt="Captive by Samantha Arthurs"
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Captive by Samantha Arthurs
They told me that smart cars were the way of the future. I wish now that I had never listened. I’m trapped inside; my own coffin on wheels. The automatic...
Captive by Samantha Arthurs
They told me that smart cars were the way of the future. I wish now that I had never listened. I’m trapped inside; my own coffin on wheels. The automatic...