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Five Micro-Fictions by Ken Poyner
Fiction / Micro

Five Micro-Fictions by Ken Poyner

July 25, 2025July 23, 20250

“Our pond monster is the best. He waits under unruffled water, eyes only visible if you grow too close…” excerpt from micro fiction by Ken Poyner #TheMetaworker

The Needle Man by Clint Sabom
Fiction / Miscellaneous

The Needle Man by Clint Sabom

March 17, 2025June 26, 20250

[1291 words] In my worry chamber birds fly east and west but never north and south, as some humans of the frailest forms would have …

Violet’s Breasts by Charlie Fish
Fiction

Violet’s Breasts by Charlie Fish

September 16, 2024September 16, 20243

“Last year, on an ordinary day in July, at exactly 3:43pm, Dr Antonia Franklin made the worst decision of her life.” – excerpt from “Violet’s Breasts” by Charlie Fish #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

“King Yertle” by Mickey J. Corrigan
Poetry

“King Yertle” by Mickey J. Corrigan

January 6, 2020November 9, 20200

You are a man of your wordsbut your words are all lies. Your queen is an import but the rest go in cages, you paw …

“He’ll Hear it Again” by Edward Lee
Poetry

“He’ll Hear it Again” by Edward Lee

June 24, 2019August 19, 20201

There’s a man the silent world claims as Noah, standing at the cliff’s edge, looking down on us as we crawl across each other, his …

“Synthlipsis Greggii” by Hart L’Ecuyer
Poetry

“Synthlipsis Greggii” by Hart L’Ecuyer

December 10, 2018April 20, 20190

The war brought a boost to the flowermen’s activities, to which were added antiwar agitation among keelpods & rounding up draft dodgers. The great wave …

“A Fairy Tale About War” by Matthew McAyeal
Fiction

“A Fairy Tale About War” by Matthew McAyeal

September 11, 2017February 23, 20220

Once upon a time, there were two big kingdoms and two small kingdoms. The two big kingdoms were called Khakia and Doogland. The two small …

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