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Thursday Escapes: Little Five

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Thursday Escapes: Little Five

Kari’s fantasy short story Little Five, a follow-up to Terminalia, is available on this website for one week only!

Barry Evans: An oddball in the oddest land of all.

A gray-suited accountant navigating colorful hair, crazy clothing, and questionable businesses.

After three months in Little Five, nothing surprises Barry anymore.

Until the day he meets a true stranger in town.

What happens when numbers meet magic?

Check back next week for another Atlanta-based tale with Jason’s The Green Knight!

Thursday Escapes: Oppositional

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Thursday Escapes: Oppositional

Jason A. Adams’ gut punch of a horror short story is available free on this site for one week only!

Curiosity – a terrible mistress indeed.

Phillip DeGranz, youngest Proctor of a prestigious university, meets a generous benefactor with an unwholesome secret.

A loving wife, a mysterious patron, and a myriad of dark secrets.

Will DeGranz fall prey to his own desire for knowledge, or will curiosity set him free in the end?

Check back next week for Little Five by Kari Kilgore, and happy reading!

Thursday Escapes: Terminalia

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Thursday Escapes: Terminalia

Kari’s fantasy short story Terminalia is available on this website for one week only!

The perfect house in the city of dreams. A lovely old bungalow on a quiet oak-lined street.

When you live a double life, you never take anything for granted. Kelly Webb finally feels safe.

Until nighttime, when all but Kelly’s name changes.

An enchanting tale of the crossroads between science and magic.

Check back next week for Jason’s short horror tale Oppositional!

Thursday Escapes: Cupids

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Thursday Escapes: Cupids

Jason A. Adams’ pulpy science fiction short story is available free on this site for one week only!

Sometimes you get more than you bargained for.

Castros Bianchi lives for his Menagerie.

His vast fortune now buys the rarest specimens of the galaxy’s diverse life forms.

An old collector. A private moon. A cherub run amok.

Come along for a delightful romp reminiscent of pulp’s Golden Age.

Check back next week for Terminalia by Kari Kilgore, and happy reading!

Thursday Escapes: Angel of Mercy

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Thursday Escapes: Angel of Mercy

Jason A. Adams’ New Orleans historical mystery short story is available free on this site for one week only!

In a time of jazz and bootleg liquor, Death stalks New Orleans.

Captain Ted Mooney of the NOPD loves his city, and hates those who make trouble for its citizens.

In the alleys and flophouses, people keep dying in suspicious ways.

Ted must root out the cause of these mysterious deaths.

And he must face a difficult question: Who decides right and wrong?

Check back next week for The Sound of Murder by Kari Kilgore, and happy reading!

Thursday Escapes: Wicked Bone

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Thursday Escapes: Wicked Bone

Kari Kilgore’s eerie Contemporary Fantasy short story Wicked Bone (starring Spiral Publishing’s own gorgeous black cat) is available free on this site for one week only!

Katie fell in love with Pashmina at first sight.

Luminous green eyes. Silken black fur. A purr like a belly full of bumblebees.

Pashmina, of course, knows which humans to trust. She shows her trust like all cats. With offerings from her hunts.

And like all cats, Pashmina keeps her secrets to herself.

Find out what happens when Katie learns Pashmina’s favorite secret.

Travel to New Orleans next week with Jason’s Historical Mystery Angel of Mercy.