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A Royal Secret by Kate Rigby

I’ve been unfaithful to my partner, her best friend says. Amber thinks, so have I. Amber can guess […]

Short StoriesStyle Posted on February 25, 2023February 25, 2023
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Before Cordless Telephones by Kate Sullivan

No, Fiona, I’ll get it! Look in the dirty laundry…Hello?…William, that poor dog is not a pony!…  Judy! […]

Style Posted on February 21, 2023February 21, 2023
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Forsythia Finds a Way by Kate Sullivan

Mrs. O’Reilly sat at the kitchen table polishing the spoons, wondering where she had gone wrong. Pregnancy had […]

Short Stories Posted on January 25, 2023January 25, 2023
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Breaking Ground by Loarn

The Covid-19 pandemic sent shock waves through the community centre, but eventually we returned to what passes for […]

Short StoriesUp the Community Centre Posted on January 23, 2023February 8, 2023
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Not Exactly a Shoo-in by Jackie West

‘You’ll have another will ya, Jan?’ Siobhan asks over her shoulder on the way up to the bar, […]

Short StoriesWork Posted on January 18, 2023January 8, 2026
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Christmas Shopping by Carol Cole

I made a mistake. I should never have agreed to go shopping on Christmas Eve with my heavily […]

Short Stories Posted on December 11, 2022December 11, 2022
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Werewolf in Queen’s Park by Lærke Olsvig

Chloe is the one. She’s the woman I’ve been waiting for all my life. There’s just one minor […]

Short Stories Posted on November 21, 2022November 21, 2022
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Too Many Shoes by Karen Beatty

I have too many shoes, but that wasn’t always so. As a child reared in a poor family […]

Short Stories Posted on November 3, 2022November 3, 2022
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The News Junkie by Joan Halperin

Irma proclaims herself to be a news junkie. Unlike myself, she reads the daily newspapers, paragraph by paragraph. […]

The Party Is Always Right Posted on October 4, 2022October 8, 2022
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Political Reality by Kat Caldwell

Adam grabbed a tiny bottle of water from the table at the entrance as he walked into the […]

The Party Is Always Right Posted on October 4, 2022October 8, 2022
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Walking the Plank by Phyllis Melhado

I don’t know why I chose to dress as a nun. More than one blessed Sister had been […]

Love at Second Sight Posted on September 25, 2022September 25, 2022
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The Longest One Night Stand by Jyl Barlow

The first time my now-husband told me he loved me, we were standing next to his car in […]

Love at Second Sight Posted on September 25, 2022September 25, 2022
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French Beans & Inner Peace by Elinora Westfall

I was in the Co-Op the other day, the big one in town. I was talking to my […]

Style Posted on September 5, 2022September 5, 2022
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Use It Wisely by Louise L. Pace

‘Hello Sarah, I’m calling because…well, I have something big to tell you, but you’re going to think I’m […]

Short Stories Posted on September 1, 2022September 1, 2022

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