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Jul 11
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: The Tasting

A small pour from each bottle. Flowery words that sounded the same after a while, disconnected from the taste on her tongue. When they wa...

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Cathryn Grant

Jun 11
2 min

Novel Excerpt: The Guest

Other girls got bullied, not her. She was not going to be afraid walking alone at night. She was strong and resourceful and not at all wo...

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Cathryn Grant

May 11
4 min

Novel Excerpt: The Woman In the Taxi

Four million dollars. The number floated through my mind, drowning out the pounding notes of Chopin that filled my ears while I ran. The ...

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Cathryn Grant

Apr 11
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: Going Dark

She stepped outside, squinting, then waving to her neighbor who stood bathed in the sunlight falling across the pavement. The ping of a n...

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Cathryn Grant

Mar 12
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: Do Try

When the woman smiled, her teeth were individually perfect, but the smile overall was off-balance. “I prefer you call me mother-in-love.”...

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Cathryn Grant

Feb 12
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: Finesse Required

She inserted the weeding tool into the soil. Carefully, she worked the metal prong around the roots, pushing deeper. When she thought she...

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Cathryn Grant

Jan 11
1 min

Novel Excerpt: The Good Mother

She stood and turned the wand to angle the mini blinds for more light. She leaned over the small refrigerator and peeked out through the ...

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Cathryn Grant

Dec 11, 2019
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: Passing Thoughts

Her: Why is he looking at me like that? Him: Smile, bitch. Would it really kill you to admit I exist? Her: If I smile, he’ll think it’s a...

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Cathryn Grant

Nov 12, 2019
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: The Chair

The chair was empty. But she always saw him sitting there.

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Cathryn Grant

Nov 10, 2019
2 min

Novel Excerpt: The Good Neighbor

Prologue There was so much blood. It wasn’t at all what I’d expected. I thought it would flow smoothly, not emerge with thick clumps, sto...

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Cathryn Grant

Jul 30, 2019
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: Working Late

The hallway was dark, all but one of the motion-activated lights unlit for the past hour. A crash interrupted the stillness. The building...

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Cathryn Grant

Jun 18, 2019
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: First Time. Best Time.

The first time he told that story, she’d laughed. The next one-hundred-thirty-three times, her laughter deflated, then dissipated, finall...

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Cathryn Grant

Jun 11, 2019
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: Fleeting Thoughts

It happened so fast. Birth. Hope. The anticipation of beauty. Decay. Despair. Death. Lasting no longer than a passing thought.

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Cathryn Grant

Jun 7, 2019
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: Devoured

The sound was faint, audible only when her eyes were closed. She lay in bed, hearing jaws masticating as if the creatures were inside her...

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Cathryn Grant

Jun 4, 2019
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: Blue Sky

Clouds had settled across the entire sky. They sat there like a thick blanket, smothering everything. He closed his eyes against the cold...

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Cathryn Grant

May 29, 2019
2 min

3-Minute Fiction: Request Denied

The plastic card scraped across the formica counter as Wendy swept the crumbs from her bagel into her hand and sprinkled them into the tr...

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Cathryn Grant

May 14, 2019
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: Defeat

She walked briskly, inhaling the pre-dawn air. Ahead on the path stood a crow. His eyes bored into her. She slowed, advancing cautiously,...

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Cathryn Grant

May 11, 2019
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: Gone

She twisted the ring, angling it so the sun reflected off the diamond. With a mind of its own, the ring slid off her finger. It pinged ag...

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Cathryn Grant

Apr 29, 2019
3 min

3-Minute Fiction: Immersion

Baptism in the ocean was their tradition. The practice both intrigued and terrified her. But the terror won out. Every time. She would alw...

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Cathryn Grant

Apr 26, 2019
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: Wiped Clean

Every night in the dark, the questions appeared. Why? When?! What if..? How long?? Should I?!? In the morning, the white board was wiped ...

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