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      <image:caption>Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine (2024) In the future, the existence of ghosts has been proven. Scientifically. Undeniably. And they want their voting rights. Which pushes one small town to the brink. Click here for more …</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Teach.Write. (2021) A nasty tale of crime gone wrong between friends with an ugly twist. If it reminds you of an old Tales From the Crypt episode, I don’t hate that. Click here for more…</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Buckshot Magazine (2019) As his Confirmation approaches, a lyric-loving boy suffers at the hands of an increasingly brutal bully -- until he arrives at an unholy solution. Click here for more…</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Horror Writers Association: Halloween Haunts (2021) Maybe I love Halloween because I’m named after a dead kid. Do you know how you got your name? Click here for more…</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Last Girls Club - Sept. Newsletter &amp; Patron’s Lounge (2023) A mourning forty-something decides she needs to solve a decades-old mystery, one involving an ex-lover, a dead friend, and a strange urban legend about trains. Click here for more…</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine (2023) As COVID erupts, a werewolf with Alzheimer’s becomes a time bomb for her grandson, especially when a zealous healthcare worker grows suspicious. Click here for more …</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Best of Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag, vol v: June 2k21 to April 2k22 (2022) Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine (2021) Thanks to a futuristic technology, a blood feud extends into the afterlife, bringing deadly consequences for two women and their "families." Click here for more…</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>After Dinner Conversation (2019) After Dinner Conversation: Technology Ethics Edition (2024) An AI tutor faces deactivation if she can’t prove her worth by saving a teenager with an “unsolvable” problem -- she’s a budding serial killer. Click here for more…</image:caption>
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