A celebration of StoryADay May 2015 and its writers.
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| Stories | Genre | Summary | About The Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Puzzling Murder | Mystery/Crime | A woman is found with a gun and a dead body. All the evidence is pointing to her, but her recollection of those events is vastly different. What's truth and what's fabrication? |  Lori Carlson |
| Nearly Free | General Fiction | A couple of homesteaders are asked to shelter runaway slaves, with the slave-catcher just minutes behind. |  Marian Allen |
| What Else Could Go Wrong | Humor | Never ask "What else could go wrong?" You might just find out. For Laura, it was the last straw. And it was liberating. | Holly Jahangiri |
| Ella With Her Love | Humor | A little girl named ELA, wakes up with a unique dream everyday and experience her dream in the real life. One day, she woke up with a terrible dream and got worried for her love of life. |  Arfa |
| True Colors On A Windswept Plain | Humor | A middle-aged ranch woman finds herself dumped and left for dead on a windswept plain. |  Danni McGriffith |
| Salvage | General Fiction | The crew of a salvage submarine is too distracted to notice a malfunction – a story told by an omniscient narrator in 100 words(first in a series of related 100-word stories). |  Sonya Oldwin |
| Once Loved | Other | The angels have fallen, and all some can do is grieve. |  Rahne 'Raven' Ehtar |
| Letters UnSent | Romance | "Star Trek: Enterprise fan fiction....in the wake of T'Pol's marriage, arranged in childhood, she and her human t'hy'la, Trip Tucker attempt to resolve the implications of their changed relationship. This is a series of letters, none of which get sent." |  Shan Jeniah Burton |
| Missing Heir | Mystery/Crime | The normally punctual and responsible Thomas Albae hasn't been seen for months. Where is Mr. Albae? Why hasn't he returned? And what now will happen to his farm and inheritance? |  Yvonne T. Hortillo |
| Getting The Mail | Other | Agnes reflects that even in retirement and responsible for only herself she still lives a very domesticated life. She receives an unusual package in the mail. | Wendy de Blauw |
| The Letter | Mystery/Crime | Coleen receives a mysterious letter in the mail...and she's not the only one. What ominous future does the information in The Letter hold? | fimnoir |
| Flight of Fancy | Romance | Remember your pen friend from school? A tale of what can happen when you finally come face to face, rather than the anonymity of a badly written letter in a foreign language. |  Malcolm Richardson |
| The Iroquois | General Fiction | An Iroquois model watches the reaction of a father and son to his display at a museum. It's a short and somewhat whimsical look at history and our knowledge or lack of it. |  Sarah Cain |
| The Cosmic Highway by Finmora Westcaw | Fantasy | It's time to shine brightly for all to see. They are lined up and ready to go when given the word. Meteor Showers--personified! | Recommended by Lori Carlson |
| You Are Getting Sleeeeepy by Holly Jahangiri | General Fiction | A stressed writer under hypnosis finds herself mentally critiquing the hypnotist's script and improves it for herself. | Recommended by Marian Allen |
| The Lone Librarian by Marian Allen | Science Fiction/Speculative | The Head Librarian of the Council City Living Library is unexpectedly called upon to perform heroic feats of animal rescue. | Recommended by Holly Jahangiri |
| The Dryness of An Autumn Season | General Fiction | The author wrote about precious parts of her life, connecting with the autumn season. An interesting read. | Recommended by Arfa |
| Syncopated Psychosis by Chris Stolle | Other | A professor explores the persistence of memory, love, chemistry, and mental illness in relation to art. | Recommended by Danni McGriffith |
| Shattered Hearts by Lori Carlson | General Fiction | A glass blower makes a vase for the woman he loves, but the delivery doesn't go smoothly. | Recommended by Sonya Oldwin |
| Mission Z by Chris Stolle | Fantasy | "A lesson, an intriguing situation, a mission, tears, and lots of questions.... I was transported!" | Recommended by Shan Jeniah Burton |
| Life's Sunset by Lori Carlson | Romance | A love story, and the special traditions couples have, is brought to life in a bittersweet story that tugs on the heartstrings. | Recommended by Finmora Westcaw |
| Convicts by moosestories | Action/Adventure | Convicts exiled on an alien undergo a harrowing patrol led be a tormented commander. Very tense and creepy. | Recommended by Sarah Cain |