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The debut psychological thriller, horror novel Fresh Flesh by Todd Russell available 9-29-2011

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Read Fresh Flesh excerpts
New! Excerpt #7 - Amazing clearing.
Excerpt #6 - Torque
Excerpt #5 - Alone
Excerpt #4 - Meet the rescuer.
Excerpt #3 - A woman washes ashore.
Excerpt #2 - A beautiful woman awakes to a stranger.
Excerpt #1 - Richard Templin is about to be executed.

The Story Streak - goal to write a new short story every work day by Todd Russell
Todd's goal: write at least one new story every working day. [Learn more]
Started: Monday, August 22, 2011 PST (GMT-8)
Ended: *172* consecutive days as of February 9, 2012

A list of all stories and dates are provided below. Fans who revisit this page each work day will be able to follow links and read each new story. The story links will be active at least 66 hours from the time they are posted. Permanent linked stories will have cover art and be posted to the toddrwrite.com blog.

List of stories in streak so far (newest to oldest order)
1st indicates an award-winning story (* honorable mention)
‡ Christmas stories
† Halloween stories
  1. "Get The Fork Out Of Here" - Daddy works over Jeannie's date. (#172, Feb 9, 2012)
  2. "Skull Coin" - A janitor at a mental hospital meets a patient's odd drawings. (#171, Feb 8, 2012)
  3. "Needle" - Live from the broadcast booth, the play by play of Needle's insane stunt. (#170, Feb 7, 2012)
  4. "Red, Yellow and Orange" - Life on the belt with ovens, knives and other terrors. (#169, Feb 6, 2012)
  5. "Windfall" - After his wife's death, Charlie comes into a large amount of money he knew nothing about. (#168, Feb 5, 2012)
  6. "Cloud Knife" - Grady enters the insurance office to report a claim. His unique blanket is missing. (#167, Feb 4, 2012)
  7. "Moving On" - Are they movers or thieves? Parnell has his doubts. (#166, Feb 3, 2012)
  8. 1st "Grandstanding Groundhog" - A young couple finds a sick groundhog under the grandstands. (#165, Feb 2, 2012)
  9. "Straw Man" - Straw man or not, let's argue! (#164, Feb 1, 2012)
  10. "Clubbed" - A man stews over a friendship in a fraternal club gone bad. (#163, Jan 31, 2012)
  11. "Backroom" - Something hot happens in the backroom after the office closes. (#162, Jan 30, 2012)
  12. "Movement" - Jacob gets a call that there is a going to be a murder tonight that can't be prevented. (#161, Jan 29, 2012)
  13. "Stations" - A woman notices strange people boarding the train and her husband checks it out. (#160, Jan 28, 2012)
  14. "Matrace" - Will Frankie and Emerald win this year's mattress race? (#159, Jan 27, 2012)
  15. "Nosing Around" - Mr. Kline hires Leonard to sniff out where his wife's ring is hiding. (#158, Jan 26, 2012)
  16. "Sedah" - William wakes in a hospital with everybody speaking gibberish. (#157, Jan 25, 2012)
  17. 1st "Pixel Imperfect" - Connecting the dots with a television monster. (#156, Jan 24, 2012)
  18. "Rock and Roles" - Right before their final gig, a singer laments the passing of his band members. (#155, Jan 23, 2012)
  19. "Featherweight" - An overweight actor playing a feather plans to fly across the stage—without wires. (#154, Jan 22, 2012)
  20. 1st "Sunflower Sins" - Prisoner Bellman finds sunflower seeds in a chimney that, when eaten, let him escape. (#153, Jan 21, 2012)
  21. * "Fallout" - En route to a sales call, Tim sees parachutes falling from the sky--without people. (#152, Jan 20, 2012)
  22. "Brightness" - A man tries to avoid darkness by walking the same street every day. (#151, Jan 19, 2012)
  23. "Trailer Trash" - A vampire questions what it really means being good or bad. (#150, Jan 18, 2012)
  24. "Good and Bad Eyes" - Discover what happened last night in one minute to Oscar the cook. (#149, Jan 17, 2012)
  25. 1st "Flying High" - Hank and Van Pyle fly to a disturbing location in the woods. (#148, Jan 16, 2012)
  26. "Outnumbered" - The tension with the South Side vampires is increasing. One side is outnumbered. (#147, Jan 15, 2012)
  27. "Cornered" - The trio of vampires run into trouble on the South Side. (#146, Jan 14, 2012)
  28. * "Vampire Death Sentence" - Going Anti is the vampire death sentence. (#145, Jan 13, 2012)
  29. 1st "Odo" - The painting in Demoncia's bedroom reminds Van Pyle of art class and Odo. (#144, Jan 12, 2012)
  30. * "Heart Plan" - Sharline calls Van Pyle while his ex-girlfriend Demoncia watches. The heart plan looms. (#143, Jan 11, 2012)
  31. * "Detour" - Demoncia drives Van Pyle back to her place to show him something important. (#142, Jan 10, 2012)
  32. * "Floor Four" - Following the elevator incident, Van Pyle learns something new about his friends. (#141, Jan 9, 2012)
  33. 1st "Elevator Error" - Leem attacks Van Pyle in a stopped elevator. It's student vs. teacher. Vampire cage match. (#140, Jan 8, 2012)
  34. 1st "Mentor" - What will the vampire mentor learn from his student and friends? (#139, Jan 7, 2012)
  35. * "Heart of the Matter" - Van Pyle finds out what he must do to save the tainted. (#138, Jan 6, 2012)
  36. 1st "Tainted" - Van Pyle learns that his vampire father is sick from drinking tainted blood. (#137, Jan 5, 2012)
  37. 1st "Vampover" - A vampire awakes with a hangover. He's feeling the effects of too much blood. (#136, Jan 4, 2012)
  38. * "Spelunking" - When Van Pyle and Sharline leave the restaurant they are chased by hungry vampire bats. (#135, Jan 3, 2012)
  39. 1st "Bloody Rare Right" - Sharline dates vampire spotter Van Pyle and somebody in the restaurant must die. (#134, Jan 2, 2012)
  40. "Casting Skill" - Tommy's stepfather thinks he can teach him how to fish with his superior casting skill. (#133, Jan 1, 2012)
2011
  1. "Luck" - A fortuitous decision for who to send to Earth next year. (#132, Dec 31, 2011)
  2. "You Go Home" - A man who hits a slot jackpot bets an old woman in a wheelchair that he can do it again. (#131, Dec 30, 2011)
  3. "Trunk" - A gay couple wanting to adopt discovers a little girl in a trunk in their foyer. (#130, Dec 29, 2011)
  4. 1st "Four Things" - Cube advocates doing four things parents don't want their kids doing. (#129, Dec 28, 2011 APF)
  5. "Fast and Lean" - A food critic tries out a fast food place that promises zero calorie meals. (#128, Dec 27, 2011)
  6. "People, Possessions and Time" - As the grandfather clock hands move closer to midnight, Rupert travels back in time. (#127, Dec 26, 2011)
  7. ‡ "Prowlers Present" - Officer Murray takes down prowlers dressed in Christmas costumes. (#126, Dec 25, 2011)
  8. ‡ "We Call It Merry" - While working, two men are startled by something falling from above. They call it Merry. (#125, Dec 24, 2011)
  9. ‡ 1st "Unstucker" - Who does Santa call when he's stuck in a chimney? The one and only Unstucker! (#124, Dec 23, 2011)
  10. "Treasure and Trouble" - A lost woman finds a treasure chest and trouble in the middle of the forest. (#123, Dec 22, 2011)
  11. * "Missing Things" - Johnson ran over something in the road. Now things missing in his life start reappearing. (#122, Dec 21, 2011)
  12. "Jar Teeth" - A soldier finds teeth in a jar that promise great power—if you let them bite you. (#121, Dec 20, 2011)
  13. ‡ "Break and Shake" - Devon breaks out of prison, opens his storage locker, and discovers his sentence. (#120, Dec 19, 2011)
  14. "Who Did It?" - Martin trains his shotgun on the jock, geek and stoner. Who knocked up his daughter? (#119, Dec 18, 2011)
  15. 1st "Future Feed" - In a savage future, Teresa contemplates breaking the law. (#118, Dec 17, 2011)
  16. ‡ 1st "Let It Snow" - Willard's neighbors complain that he's disturbing the peace with his noisy snow maker. (#117, Dec 16, 2011)
  17. ‡ "Lumpy Cole" - While trying to pirate more satellite channels, Cole is bitten by a reindeer on his roof. (#116, Dec 15, 2011)
  18. ‡ "Christmas Version 2011" - Santa's programmer is having trouble with a vital Christmas program. Can Santa help? (#115, Dec 14, 2011)
  19. ‡ "Eyes Over Christmas" - Ramone awakes from a nightmare on Christmas morning. The eyes won't stop watching. (#114, Dec 13, 2011)
  20. 1st "Jonesy" - Sally's plan to break into the building at midnight takes a disturbing turn. (#113, Dec 12, 2011 APF)
  21. "Die In The Sky" - This is how a man, his cat, and his neighbor spend their final moments on earth. (#112, Dec 11, 2011)
  22. ‡ "Rain on Captain Anti's Parade" - Santa asks Captain Anti to help with a zombie outbreak threatening Christmas in Seattle. (#111, Dec 10, 2011)
  23. ‡ "Followers" - After retrieving his drunk father-in-law, they are pursued by strange followers. (#110, Dec 9, 2011)
  24. "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" - On the anniversary of John Lennon's death, Julia and Jude share their loss with the sea. (#109, Dec 8, 2011)
  25. 1st "Unseen Seen" - Two couples watch an amazing ice sculptor who promises they will witness the "unseen." (#108, Dec 7, 2011)
  26. ‡ 1st "Non-rude Awakening" - A taxi driver finds his passengers getting stranger as Christmas grows closer. (#107, Dec 6, 2011)
  27. ‡ "San . . . ta!" - A news reporter and crew follow the trail of an Egyptian curse on Christmas. (#106, Dec 5, 2011)
  28. ‡ 1st "Gift Fulfillment" - Brutus has been reassigned to the Gift Fulfillment division. Is it a demotion? (#105, Dec 4, 2011)
  29. ‡ "Christmas Climber" - A huge crowd assembles at Christmas to cheer on the chosen one: The Climber. (#104, Dec 3, 2011)
  30. ‡ 1st "Action Clause" - Nick becomes separated from the group in the middle of The North Pole. (#103, Dec 2, 2011)
  31. ‡ "Current Christmas Crisis" - Stuck on a freezing mountain road with a dead car battery, Dan tries to save his family. (#102, Dec 1, 2011)
  32. "Time In A Bottle" - Paul, who is devastated by the loss of his young wife Cassandra, finds time in a bottle. (#101, Nov 30, 2011)
  33. 1st "Minor Hell" - A writer keeps seeing two minor characters from his trilogy appear in his driveway. (#100, Nov 29, 2011)
  34. ‡ "Deck The Wallets" - A new bank of Chistmas-themed slot machines seduces Betty. (#99, Nov 28, 2011)
  35. ‡ 1st "Mistletoe Romeo" - Donna keeps saying no, but Bo the writer doesn't give up easily. Ladies, he has mistletoe! (#98, Nov 27, 2011)
  36. ‡ "Silver Bells" - A watchmaker tells Santa on Christmas morning at 1:11 AM that he's done making watches. (#97, Nov 26, 2011)
  37. ‡ "Black, White and Green Friday" - Wilson can fight with the best of the crowd on Black Friday, thanks to an ancient skill. (#96, Nov 25, 2011)
  38. 1st "Thanksvengeance" - A thief battles his stolen Thanksgiving feast. Read on an empty stomach. No, really. (#95, Nov 24, 2011)
  39. ‡ 1st "In The Nick of Time" - Hans plans to abduct Santa and take over his Christmas duties. (#94, Nov 23, 2011)
  40. ‡ 1st "Winter Wonder Tent" - The Dasher kids inflate a Christmas tent, complete with magic hot cocoa for sale! (#93, Nov 22, 2011)
  41. ‡ "Jingle Hell" - While Christmas caroling, the children are mesmerized by music being played nearby. (#92, Nov 21, 2011)
  42. ‡ 1st "Oh Chris Miss Tree" - After drinking from the bubbler, new student Chris has a life changing event. (#91, Nov 20, 2011)
  43. 1st "Jackpot Jaunt" - A man trying to make it over the pass in a snowstorm keeps seeing a mysterious Indian. (#90, Nov 19, 2011)
  44. 1st "Monkey Detector" - Carlos discovers a monkey in the law firm that can tell if clients are innocent or guilty. (#89, Nov 18, 2011)
  45. ‡ 1st "Christmas Spirit" - While floods strike the outside of town, a wealthy man has a haunting building encounter. (#88, Nov 17, 2011)
  46. "Hump Day Dichotomy" - Over ice cream, Seth and his father explore good and evil on Hump Day. (#87, Nov 16, 2011)
  47. "Reviewed by Ernesto" - A harsh book review critic gleefully dresses down authors. (#86, Nov 15, 2011)
  48. 1st "Yellow Smiley Punch Manic" - Tired of lame sparring partners, the champ's ready for a challenge. Meet Punch Manic. (#85, Nov 14, 2011)
  49. 1st "Bad News Bares" - Greg sees a naked audience to get over his fear of speaking—thinks he sees, anyway. (#84, Nov 13, 2011)
  50. "Shield" - Adrian takes pumpkin pie to her "Sunglasses At Night" neighbor. (#83, Nov 12, 2011)
  51. "11/11/11 11:11:11" - A couple celebrating their lucky eleven year anniversary encounter a horrific event. (#82, Nov 11, 2011)
  52. ‡ "Letting Down Christmas Claws" - The elves are having trouble producing enough cat mouse toys at the North Pole. (#81, Nov 10, 20110)
  53. ‡ "Rudolph Knows" - Christmas is threatened when three of Santa's reindeer come down sick at the North Pole. (#80, Nov 9, 2011)
  54. 1st "Booking from The Temperature" - Three brothers discover a book in the library that graphically displays a horror outside. (#79, Nov 8, 2011)
  55. 1st "Awkward Observatory" - Lawrence hopes to meet a nice girl at the observatory. Did he chose the wrong place again? (#78, Nov 7, 2011)
  56. 1st "Using the Double Reserve" - Agent 713 is about to assassinate the senator when something goes horribly wrong. (#77, Nov 6, 2011)
  57. 1st "Thanksliving" - Each year Matt adds a new tattoo and something horrible grows stronger. (#76, Nov 5, 2011)
  58. "Familiar Intervention" - Down on his luck and feeling like life is almost over, Franklin Tyner encounters an angel. (#75, Nov 4, 2011)
  59. "Ride The Tornado" - Ed and Miriam sit down to eat in a restaurant struck by a tornado. (#74, Nov 3, 2011)
  60. 1st "X Wins" - Brotherly love, complete with scratch tickets and purple horseshoes. (#73, Nov 2, 2011)
  61. 1st "One Drink" - Fred stops by the bar for a beer along with the book Bartending For Dummies. A new career? (#72 Nov 1, 2011)
  62. † "Just Commaless" - Professor Malcolm hates commas and advocates against them. This scary story has no commas. (#71, Oct 31, 2011)
  63. † 1st "Life's Stuff" - A father summons his son to visit on Halloween to show him the stuff he collected and why. (#70, Oct 30, 2011)
  64. † "Mirror, Mirror" - A carnie tips Eddie off to the back entrance to the Maze of Mirrors. Will it scare him? (#69, Oct 29, 2011)
  65. † 1st "Ghostly Secret" - While her date leaves to get a bottle of wine, Patricia learns his ghostly secret. (#68, Oct 28, 2011)
  66. † "Someone's Roadkill" - On Halloween, two paramedics encounter a bizarre accident scene with roadkill everywhere. (#67, Oct 27, 2011)
  67. † "Eggs Benedict Arnold" - Arnold is the only person in town who likes Wendy, but they all like her Halloween eggs. (#66, Oct 26, 2011)
  68. "Yesterday's Mistake" - A family attends a frighteningly important show. (#65, Oct 25, 2011)
  69. 1st "From Internet With Love" - Master spy 0101's mission is to stop the diabolical Popup from popupifying the internet. (#64, Oct 24, 2011)
  70. † "X Marks The Slot" - Life and death through the eyes of X, the slot machine. (#63, Oct 23, 2011)
  71. 1st "Rainbow" - Penniless, McGrady thinks he'll find the answer to poverty at the end of the rainbow. (#62, Oct 22, 2011)
  72. † "The Cloud Knows" - When Alex's dad died he wanted his ashes sent to the cloud. The cloud knows the dead well. (#61, Oct 21, 2011)
  73. † "Bird's Eye" - Three birds on a wire, one bird on the ground dead, and an irresistible sight on Halloween. (#60, Oct 20, 2011)
  74. † 1st "Vehicle in Time" - Halloween sale at a used car lot with only one car Evan wants to buy. Will there be time? (#59, Oct 19, 2011)
  75. † 1st "Unmuted, Muted" - Four actors work through a bizarre skit trying to come up with the best twist ending. (#58, Oct 18, 2011) Also, a bonus hidden story for This is a BONUS HIDDEN STORY for the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories in a secret location on the website
  76. † 1st "Quilt Witch" - Aaron's mother has him go borrow sugar from the Quilt Witch across the street. (#57, Oct 17, 2011)
  77. † "Thorny Growth" - Alien black roses arrived on Halloween 66 years ago and keep growing . . . and growing. (#56, Oct 16, 2011)
  78. † "Zebra" - A new truth serum forces the subject to answer honestly. A victim asks the murderer, "Why?" (#55, Oct 15, 2011)
  79. † 1st "Note for Note" (passkey: 1414) - Dane is granted magical vocals from a strange object in his dressing room, but at a price. (#54, Oct 14, 2011)
  80. † "Gourdgeous" - Howard must complete the journey of the gourds or suffer the consequences. (#53, Oct 13, 2011)
  81. † "Gourd Glasses" - After a car accident, and wearing new glasses, Howard sees a different side of gourds. (#52, Oct 12, 2011)
  82. † "Perfect Scream" - Sound effects guru Will Hines tries to create the perfect scream. (#51, Oct 11, 2011)
  83. † 1st "Brush" - On Halloween some acts can be painful to brush clean. (#50, Oct 10, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  84. 1st "Memory Lane" - Harold and Lydia go jogging down the memory lane of their marriage. (#49, Oct 9, 2011)
  85. "Jack In The Box" - Finally, learn what was found in Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947. (#48, Oct 8, 2011)
  86. † 1st "Website Scares" - Two brothers search for scary websites and find one a little too close to home. (#47, Oct 7, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  87. † 1st "Graveyard Crazies" (passkey: 1414) - The graveyard shift at the grocery store on Halloween brings the monsters out. (#46, Oct 6, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  88. † * "A Non-Boring Costume" - Muhammad has trouble finding the right costume to please his date, Marnie. (#45, Oct 5, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  89. † 1st "The Spider Cometh" - Steven won't pin the eighth leg on the spider with no eyes. It was just a game, right? (#44, Oct 4, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  90. † * "Bobbing" - Joyce is afraid of bobbing for apples. Tommy the jock will show her. He'll show everybody. (#43, Oct 3, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  91. † 1st "To Bee or Not To Bee" - A young girl wants more than anything for her pumpkin to win the carving contest. (#42, Oct 2, 2011)
  92. † 1st "Seat 13c" - Reggie thinks sitting in seat 13c will be unlucky. (#41, Oct 1, 2011)
  93. "Don't Come Back Without It" - Sometimes it's better taking the stairs. (#40, Sep 30, 2011)
  94. * "It's Hard Enough Being Dead" - Even in death Mira still has her humor. Wallace now spends his life remembering her. (#39, Sep 29, 2011)
  95. 1st "Yep, Error" - Benton won't make the journey after death without his faithful dog sidekick, Yep. (#38, Sep 28, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  96. "Her Name Starts With S" - Joe wakes up and struggles to remember her name from last night. (#37, Sep 27, 2011)
  97. 1st "Rachel's Number" - He should have asked for Rachel's number sooner. (#36, Sep 26, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  98. 1st "The Remdee Gate" - A little girl finds a mysterious blue hole in a shallow spot in the ocean. (#35, Sep 25, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  99. "Kiss Wish" - A wounded creature offers to fulfill a hunter's wish in exchange for sparing its life. (#34, Sep 24, 2011)
  100. 1st "Almost Human" - A crew is awakened early from a cryogenic sleep on an alien world. (#33, Sep 23, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  101. "Stuntman" - Danger through the eyes of an underappreciated stuntman. (#32, Sep 22, 2011)
  102. "Deuce" - For a school report four college students visit where Ernesto Miranda was murdered in 1976 (#31, Sep 21, 2011)
  103. 1st "Count Wadsworth" - Wadsworth encounters vampires . . . everywhere. (#30, Sep 20, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  104. "Behind The Screen" - Several people witness a bizarre incident during a movie. (#29, Sep 19, 2011)
  105. 1st "Payday Assistance" - Nothing good becomes not paying the cemetery groundskeeper (#28, Sep 18, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  106. "Here" - Angel searches for a symbol of her broken marriage in the sand. (#27, Sep 17, 2011)
  107. "Wrong Turn" - An unexpected event occurs during a reality show talent contest (#26, Sep 16, 2011) Also, a bonus hidden story for This is a bonus hidden story for the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  108. 1st "Seeing Her Seeing Him" - Aaron is about to meet an old woman stranger he's been seeing for years. (#25, Sep 15, 2011)
  109. "Screening" - Steve Stone has practiced the scene hundreds of times. Will he get the part? (#24, Sep 14, 2011)
  110. 1st "Six Minutes and 66 Words" - After midnight a unique visitor enters a bar. (#23, Sep 13, 2011)
  111. "Date Switching" - A woman awakens from a night of partying with a knife-wielding intruder beside her bed. (#22, Sep 12, 2011)
  112. 1st "Existence" - On his thirteenth birthday, a boy investigates a mysterious bus. (#21, Sep 11, 2011)
  113. "Intersection" - Conflict near an intersection between a blind man and a stranger. (#20, Sep 10, 2011)
  114. "Mistaken Identity" - On his way to the store an exchange student believed to be a terrorist is abducted. (#19, Sep 9, 2011)
  115. "Somewhere Special" - A birthday party in an unexpected place with father, son and friends. (#18, Sep 8, 2011)
  116. 1st "Can't Bear To Finish The Job" - Sometimes what feeds under the bed are creatures in plain sight (#17, Sep 7, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  117. "Enlightenment" - Trapped in a room, a man opens birthday presents that don't belong to him--or do they? (#16, Sep 6, 2011) [Note: also completed the story "Meta Flush Power" - No party is complete without flush power!]
    118. 'Fossilization' a new flash fiction story by Todd Russell
  118. "The Recurring Fan" - A famous singer keeps seeing a mysterious man at all her concerts. (#15, Sep 5, 2011)
  119. * "A Planet's Eleventh Birthday Celebration" - A planetary birthday party does not go as planned. (#14, Sep 4, 2011)
  120. "Seven Elevens" - Nothing lasts forever, die hard in 11 minutes (#13, Sep 3, 2011)
  121. "Imaginary Friend" - A boy finds his best friend at the bottom of a playhouse ball pit. (#12, Sep 2, 2011)
  122. "They Call It Home" - Showdown with a haunted house full of snakes. (#11, Sep 1, 2011) This story appears in the ebook Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
  123. 1st "Kollection Collection" - A woman screaming in the deep woods draws a man to a horrific scene (#10, Aug 31, 2011)
  124. 1st "Dog Day" - A baseball player in a slump strikes a sinister deal with a hot dog vendor (#9, Aug 30, 2011)
  125. 1st "Twisted Dating" - A jealous ex-husband forces his ex-wife and her date to play Twister at gunpoint. (#8, Mon Aug 29, 2011)
  126. 1st "Another Day" - A chess match in a strange diner between a recluse and a violent criminal (#7, Aug 28, 2011)
  127. "The Loser Winner" - A swimmer tries to beat her best time against faceless creatures with curled tails. (#6, Aug 27, 2011)
  128. "Dead Lead" - Exploring life and death in the easel tray. (#5, Aug 26, 2011)
  129. "Texting Triangle" - A woman's friend dies in a suspicious car accident and sends text messages from the grave. (#4, Aug 25, 2011)
  130. "Pyracantha Eyes" - A well-trained man encounters unexpected witnesses. (#3, Aug 24, 2011)
  131. 1st "Fossilization" - Caught in a fire of unknown origin, the strength of a couple's love is exhibited. (#2, Aug 23, 2011)
  132. "Pine of the Indians" - A man collides with history in this flash fiction story. (#1, Monday Aug 22, 2011)



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