Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 21

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Board games … HAUNTED BY GASLIGHT “Hurry up, roll. It’s your move.” “I’m reading the […]

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 20

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Wrapping presents … FUNDRAISER The pressure to volunteer increases yearly.  Now we sit in bookstores

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 19

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Signatures … DEFECTS Penmanship is very important.  Even something as simple as thoughtlessly signing one’s

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 18

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Making people smile … MINIMUM WAGE She had a retail job selling food products at

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 17

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  The smell of sunscreen … THAT WORD FOR WHEN YOU KNOW BUT YOU CAN’T PROVE

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 16

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Bonfires … BONFIRES …A bronze plate etched with patterns, the kind of big metal platter

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 15

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Alone time … EXTROVERT She was out in her driveway again, in the dark, at

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 14

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Cute journals … THE JOURNAL Tanya received a journal for her twelfth birthday from her

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 13

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Gift cards … THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS He had been drifting away from people lately:

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Tales of the Normal: 31 Days of the Horrific & Mundane, Day 12

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Plane tickets … L’APPEL DU VIDE If you had two free one-way plane tickets to

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