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Burglary Down East
Fiction. Two drifters roll into a small lake town in southern Maine, looking to score some easy cash off the locals. 20-30 minutes to read. Originally published at Dark Yonder Magazine, 2023 (see Publications page). Burglary Down East By Austin Treat Just last week, they ripped off a blue hair who thought they were charming…
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“Her Life Book”
Fiction. 5 minutes to read. She splashed water on the page to see through it. She liked knowing the future, to make life temporarily transparent. Fragments of sentences. The suffix of a word. Little glimpses of what came next without having to turn the page. ~ The book was pocket sized and bound in leather.…
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“Natalie’s New Hands”
Fiction. 20 minutes to read. The hands were a gift from her mother. They came in a box with a man to install them. She followed him upstairs to her second floor bedroom. He used a box cutter. A personal choice, since he could’ve used his bare hands to peel the tape off easily. He…
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“Easy Street”
Fiction. 5 minutes to read. Mary, Mother of God, All she wanted from Man, her second husband, was honesty, “hot coal white lies burn faster than gasoline.” Without money to feed her children, she had nothing, running to Laocoon, telling his children, “be honest,” loquacious until he leaves. In the end, justice only leads to…
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“Cherubs in Dungarees”
Poetry. 1 minute to read. LA Angels are out there somewhere.
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“Into Your Orbit”
Poetry. 3 minutes to read. Kissing in your parents’ house.
Austin Treat 