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Mirrorshards: Very Short Stories
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A new 100-word story every day, without fail. Single-serving alternate realities, where stones can talk and ghost doctors make house calls. Sometimes funny, sometimes eerie, always fresh daily.
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Tilt
The battle raged for a night and a day. Five men were killed. The phoenix, glorious and deadly, spread its flames with abandon. The dragon, though twisted and loathsome, moved with cunning dexterity.Then the Debate Floor doors slammed open. An ag...
On the Debate Floor
“The Senator from Arizona is out of line!” said Chairman Gordon. “I demand the right to speak,” growled Senator Krantz.“I invoke Rule 714-point-3,” said Gordon. He rose, his hand rising to the shimmering talisman at his neck.“So be it...
Translation
Captain Jennings gave the alien a level stare. "Tell him my government objects most strongly." He glanced at the interpreter.The interpreter sighed. "Most strongly?"Jennings nodded.The interpreter flung his hands up, then snaked down in a sinuous ...
New Wave
“What are you guys doing?”Zini was lying on the floor with a book across her face. Syd rested her chin on the coffee table, staring fixedly at an immobile snowglobe. Kev had his face pressed into the corner and his hands cupped at his ears.“O...
Infinite Possibilities
Dodd stumbled. The portal hissed closed behind him, water on a hot skillet. He clenched his fingers, felt smooth sand. He stood.“Where am I?” he said. An indigo sky filled with arcing lights shimmered overhead. An old fisherman sat on the be...
Shifter
“The question, of course, then becomes ‘How do we capture his exact likeness?’” said the shifter, smiling genially at the bustling technicians. “After all, someone once had to have done it, and with prehistorical technology, too, or the st...

