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Return: The Series, So Far

If you are a first time reader, you might not be aware that some of these stories are standalone flash fiction, while some are flash fiction set in a particular universe, while still others are actually a series, chapter by … Continue reading

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At the crest of the hill, we stood, looking out over the valley below. The surface rubble  here was beginning to be overtaken by the stonegrass. It spilled in spiked tufts down the face of the cliffs leading to the … Continue reading

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Return 4

The feathers were like motes of dust in the sunlight; the wind that blew away whatever had been left of structure, flapped our coats, tied perfect knots in our hair, it gathered up the down and pins and whorled them … Continue reading

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Return 3

It was the captain who noticed the significance of the feathers first — the children were simply busy playing with them, while some of the followers gathered up the downy ones and stuffed them into sacks. It walked with us, … Continue reading

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Return 2

The creature was a fascination; the captain hadn’t come back in hours and no one had thought to call out. When our band crested the ridge, the few children left to us ran down the muddied, rocky slope, heedless of … Continue reading

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