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"The Magician and the Bounty Hunter" 

A flash fiction fantasy story

Published on Sudden Flash

September 24th, 2025


"The-Many-The-One" 

A short horror story

Published in the "Afterlines" Short Story Anthology by Erebus Press

October 18, 2016

Cover image for "After Lines"



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