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Author: John McElhenney

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Escape Velocity (darkness visible)

  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:January 18, 2023
  • Post category:mcelhenney/short short stories/ss1

Escape Velocity I don’t want to hate you. I don’t want to beg. A fascination gets in my way.* Beginning without her, life was somewhat gray and lifeless. I’d been…

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The Last Amazing Cat (me and my shadow)

  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:January 18, 2023
  • Post category:mcelhenney/short short stories/ss1

The Last Amazing Cat Of the four amazing cats I’ve known in my life, Shadow was coming right along, dark, mysterious, named by my daughter, and delighted at staying draped…

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Killing Starlings (we’re all mad here)

  • Post author:John McElhenney
  • Post published:January 18, 2023
  • Post category:short short stories

Killing Starlings It’s kill your darlings, I know, but Starlings are more poetic. They flew around my sister’s front lawn in Santa Fe the summer she went mad. I tried…

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