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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

Apr 11
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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
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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
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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

Dec 11, 2019
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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
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1-Minute Fiction: The Chair

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

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Cathryn Grant

Jul 30, 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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 14, 2019
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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
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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 26, 2019
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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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Cathryn Grant

Apr 19, 2019
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1-Minute Fiction: Wet Paint

The colors of the painting were rich with life. She gazed at it every morning while she sipped her tea. Today, something drew her closer....

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Cathryn Grant

Apr 16, 2019
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1-Minute Fiction: Deception

It was vibrant green. A color impossible to imitate with paint. She picked it up, already tasting the juice, chewing the flesh. She opene...

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Cathryn Grant

Mar 2, 2019
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1-Minute Fiction: Monsters or Marvel

A string of ants glided up the wall as if wheels were strapped to their tiny feet. Individually, they were delicate and perfectly designe...

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Cathryn Grant

Feb 23, 2019
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: The Stare

Throughout the salad course, the man on the opposite side of the restaurant had kept his eyes locked on Ben. As Ben drew the knife throug...

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Cathryn Grant

Feb 17, 2019
1 min

1-Minute Fiction: The Egg

Egg yolk slid across the counter, carried by the elusive albumen. She wiped at it with a paper towel, but it slipped out of her fingers. ...

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