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Short story collection

A collection of short stories about the unexplained, the unusual and the unexpected.

I have a very active brain and constantly come up with "what if," "wouldn't it be cool if," and "I wonder what would happen if..." thoughts. Some tend to mix into other thoughts and those tend to turn into some weird ass anomaly of a story.

These are some of those stories.

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Show and Tell

In a school built among the remains of civilization, a teacher's weekly salvage lesson uncovers an object that knows more about her past than she does.

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Open Channel

After years alone in an Arctic seed vault, a survivor hears a welcoming community on the radio and must decide whether solitude has become her refuge or her nature.

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The Stocktaker

A teenager’s forbidden inventory exposes the true cost of the supply room that has sustained an underground community for forty years.

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The Apologies

Strangers approach Peter Haines to confess injuries he cannot remember suffering, while records begin supporting lives he never lived. One apology finally leads him to an offense whose true direction he knows.

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