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The Platform [NOW PUBLISHED] by FinnyH
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[Published/Award-Winning Short Story] This is a published piece that remains free to read on Wattpad courtesy of Henshaw Press. "I've been trapped on this ghostly platform with five other people for hours, waiting for a train with no destination. I know why we're bound here, but one of us shouldn't be." ------------------------------------ Short story 2400 words #46 in Paranormal #47 in Short Story • Winner of HenshawPress Competition. • Published April 2017
Don't Scream by LLSanders
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Bronze winner of #ProjectRefresh 2016 Halloween contest | As a way to cope with the psychological trauma of being abducted and held captive last Halloween, Andrea and her girlfriends meet once a week to imagine gruesome scenarios of revenge on the man responsible. But as the night comes to an end, it becomes more twisted than their imagination. *Halloween flash fiction of approximately 1000 words. Copyright 2016 by L.L. Sanders
A Cry for Help by LLSanders
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SHORT/THRILLER/SUSPENSE: Jackson receives a call from a distraught stranger intent on talking to someone before she ends her life. He's forced to take on the role of crisis counselor in an attempt to save the caller. Once he discovers the caller is nearby, he puts both of their lives at stake as he secretly sets out to find her. However, the closer he gets, the more dangerous the situation becomes. *A short story about lessons learned with a shocking twist ending. --- Highest Rank: #461 in Mystery/Thriller
60 Days of Salt and Sand by kellicrockett
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Being published September 10th! "She wasn't floating when I found her. She wasn't exactly sinking, either... Just still. Deadly still. At least, I thought she was dead. But then I felt a pulse. And that was enough to get me to fight for her.'
Make it Stop by LLSanders
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The nurses say the creatures that roam the halls of the ward aren't real, that it's all in my head. The meds should fix me, so why am I seeing more of those monsters lately? And what if--just what if--they're more than figments of my imagination? Copyright 2016 by L.L. Sanders
Tarnished by LLSanders
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This Christmas, little Jake is visited by an odd, discolored stain on his bedroom wall. The tarnished spot resembles a human figure bearing a gift. Is it a case of pareidolia or has Santa come early? In any case, it shows no sign of leaving. ---- Featured in the @tenebris_somnia Dark December anthology