Author Archives: LynnAlexander

Blink Ink #4

Blink Ink #4 is out! Thank you to the contributors and supporters. Blink Ink #4 features short fiction by: Jim Wittenberg, Trisha Castillo, Ivan Gabriel Rehorek, Rebecca L. Brown, Josh Olsen, Kathryn Megan Starks, Robert Masterson, Caroline Wallis, Rebecca Renner, … Read the rest of this entry

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Nothing Is Sacred

The phone rang in the basement of the hospital. “We’ll have two for you by 6pm . . . save a male left arm and a right foot. Someone will arrive at 8pm, you know what to do. The money … Read the rest of this entry

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My Wife, the Harbinger of the Apocalypse

She grabbed some green bananas. “There are seven, the seven shall ripen.” I laughed, “Sounds biblical.” “You’ll see,” she seethed. And so I did when their skins turned red and seven banana-sized angels burst forth, summoning clouds of tiny locusts … Read the rest of this entry

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An Old Friend

Caleb stands at the end of the wharf knowing he’ll never be cured, his immune system too weak to repel the disease’s progression. He inhales as deeply as his lungs allow, turns, and shuffles toward home. This place has rejuvenated … Read the rest of this entry

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The Boy Who Loved Freddie Olms

John loved lost writer Freddie Olms. His last novel was cursed….The library had it. Freddie Olms is the main character. Killed by John’s aunts. Writer entombed in house. Awakens. Breaks through wall. Clambers up stairs. Finds boy. John read. Crash. … Read the rest of this entry

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Night Flowers

Sometimes he thinks it was only a memory. There is nothing of her left- at least, nothing he can hold on to. Yesterday, he thought he caught the  faint smell of her favorite perfume. But it was only the scent … Read the rest of this entry

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Furballs

He carried a pile to the car. She followed, carried his laundry bag. You don’t have to, she said. He crammed his shit into the overstuffed trunk. The cat on the lawn cacked on a furball. He said I’m not … Read the rest of this entry

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Immaculate Confection

The sacrifice of the marshmallow went without a peep of protest from the chocolate lobby – the transsubstantiation of the marzipan at equinox had caused such dissension among them ; even now, there are adherents to choc-chip versus mint versus … Read the rest of this entry

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My Enemy

I stand here staring down at you, my eyes and brain aching.  You stare back at me unblinking, full of contempt at my ineptness.   I want so much to pull the plug on your life, to reverse your interpretation of … Read the rest of this entry

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