Category Archives: Short Stories

Short fiction and flash fiction.

The Bridge in Distant Farthing

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Outside her daughter’s bedroom, Merelda Phlane leaned her head back against the wall. It was the same torment each night. She was the rare witch who’d married. Rarer still was losing the love of her life in a tragic, misguided … Continue reading →

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Gryphon Gray

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Once, when M’Ameth was quite little, the song within was forbidden, for almost she brought death upon the other children. In time, death came anyway. Cries settled in the valley. A mournful wail wove through the smoke. “Come now, you’re … Continue reading →