Writing Contest
"I will not eat a single hazelnut, unless you are by my side…" - a Black Sea folk song Akçay and his wife Semra lived in the province of...
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Krin Van Tatenhove
- Aug 30
- 20 min
The Final Incarnation
Mellow, easygoing, that’s how Jamie’s friends and family described him. Some tied it to his frequent pot smoking. Others linked it to his...
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C.J. Anderson-Wu
- Jul 27
- 7 min
Run, Run, Run Away, Come Again Another Day
Once a proud and majestic feline, I now spend most of my days curling up in the corner of a bombed-out building, trying to avoid the...
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David Clear
- Jul 3
- 6 min
Cresting Wave
(Writers note: "Inspired by a reputed affair between Herman Melville and Sarah Morewood in 1850’s Massachusetts as he was writing Moby...
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Pieter Van Tatenhove
- Jun 5
- 15 min
Mesmer and the Flying Boy
By the expression Animal Magnetism I mean one of the universal operations of Nature, the action of which, when directed on our nerves,...
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Shawn Casselberry
- May 10
- 4 min
Moon Mission
Corporal Maxwell had progressed faster than Space Force Sergeant Jackson had anticipated. In a few short months, he had already logged...
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Michael Fryd
- Apr 28
- 4 min
God is a Misogynist
I’ve lived five years next door to Ira Schwartz, but we never exchanged more than a brief hello. I stopped in to check on him a few...
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Krin Van Tatenhove
- Mar 30
- 19 min
Baby Bridget's Ashes
Adrian Reynosa awaited his final appointment of the day. He was weary of urine tests, paperwork, perfunctory questions with equally...
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Doug Dalglish
- Feb 28
- 22 min
How It All Ends
(Note: occasionally, Story Sanctum will publish the first chapters of upcoming novels. Here is one from writer Doug Dalglish) Justo The...
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Pieter Van Tatenhove
- Jan 15
- 13 min
Where Can I Flee?
1 It was a cool fall evening, the sky gray and the air still. I tied the goldenrod with a blue ribbon and held it in my hand as I walked,...
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Shawn Casselberry
- Dec 21, 2022
- 8 min
The Gospel According to Helga
Helga, a hard working waitress, has a lot to teach us about the true meaning of the holidays.
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Krin Van Tatenhove
- Nov 16, 2022
- 16 min
The Rounds
Henry opened his eyes to sunrise slanting beneath the overpass. Summer humidity clung to his skin like wet cotton. From the distance,...
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Shawn Casselberry
- Oct 31, 2022
- 4 min
Intersection
6:00 AM Ryan had finally tired of waking up in an empty bed. Grief had run its rollercoaster course over the last five years, and his...
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Shawn Casselberry
- Sep 5, 2022
- 8 min
The Time Teller
Zoe never dreamed of working as a time teller. It was a hard job to get in the best of economies, in a recession it was nearly...
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Shawn Casselberry
- Jul 7, 2022
- 7 min
Dog God
When Sarah’s beloved chocolate lab Sadie began acting strange, she took her to the vet. “What seems to be the problem?” asked Lance, a...
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Shawn Casselberry
- Jun 2, 2022
- 5 min
Shell
Maddie was a widow who lived by the beach. Every morning and evening she walked along the shore remembering her husband David and their...
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Simeon Klepac
- May 6, 2022
- 19 min
THE GLORIOUS FUNERAL OF FRANK GILLESPIE
BY SIMEON KLEPAC MOVEMENT I: TRAGEDY “Out of ink.” The coroner clicked his pen fruitlessly. “Here.” Washburton, a round faced man in a...
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Shawn Casselberry
- Apr 6, 2022
- 6 min
The Greater Miracle
The neighbors thought it was a publicity stunt at first, a tactic to get media attention or fund a new wing on the church building. Even...
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