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May 27, 2025
27 May 2025 Three For Three
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #food Florence, Mamie, and Bennie Adagio live on Spadena Street. Florence and Mamie make a cameo appearance in BAR SINISTER, and in their own stories, “Adagio” and “Still Life With Peanut Butter”. Three…
May 26, 2025
26 May 2025 Red Flowers
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode Red Flowers by Marian Allen “That’s m’name. Don’t wear it out.” Red’s real name was Rufus, but his mother had told him “rufous” meant “red”, so he’d…
May 25, 2025
25 May 2050 A Wedding For the Books
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #HollyJahangiri #Llannonn @hjahangiri.author For those who don’t know, years and years ago, I wrote a novel (currently out of print) set on Llannonn, a planet where courtesy is literally the law. When I…
May 24, 2025
24 May 2025 Chickie’s Monstrous Afternoon
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #blackandwhitecats #Chickie #MamzelleChickieLaSilk Chickie’s Monstrous Afternoon by Chickie Allen I little thought, when I rose that morning, that I would confront not one, but two monsters. As I walked…
May 23, 2025
23 May 2025 And Yet
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrikeOnline And Yet by Marian Allen The roads weren’t worth driving on. The cars weren’t worth driving. The pay wasn’t worth earning, and the goods weren’t worth buying. The debates weren’t worth…
May 22, 2025
22 May 2025 Steffie Takes Tea
I couldn’t get started this morning. Some days are like that. This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory Steffie Takes Tea by Marian Allen Steffie checked the address against the coupon she had been mailed. This was the place. The…
May 21, 2025
21 May 2025 The Second Front
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory The Second Front by Marian Allen There were two fronts to the war in Richmond in the spring of ’69: the humans against the roaches infesting the kitchenette in the dorm basement, and…
May 20, 2025
20 May 2025 From Brussels With ….
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #FoodTuesday From Brussels With …. by Marian Allen That was the month she pretended to be Mark Watney. You know, from THE MARTIAN, by Andy Weir. It’s not much of a spoiler to…
May 19, 2025
19 May 2025 It’s In the Details
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt It’s In the Details by Marian Allen “How did you know?” the bridesmaid asked, adjusting the bride’s hat so it sat straight and not at an…
May 18, 2025
18 May 2025: Holly Meets Mam Part 2
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #HollyJahangiri #Llannonn @hjahangiri.author For those who don’t know, years and years ago, I wrote a novel (currently out of print) set on Llannonn, a planet where courtesy is literally the law. When I…
