SHORT STORIES by Scarlett
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Casting Line
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Life is easy.
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The first time it happens, it’s with Kristy from the work party.
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Didn't your father ever tell you, you can't always get what you want?
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This story was one of the winners of Rusty Fears 5, a horror writing competition by the Rusty Quill production company. It was written using the prompt 'Hooked', and as a winner it was produced in audio! Read on this site, or listen to the episode complete with soundscaping and voice performance by Karim Kronfli.
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Length: 2494 words, 18:01 minutes
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Listen @ The Magnus Archives Feed
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how a war is won
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“Lieutenant,” Captain Nikane greets, a hardness in her voice that isn’t for him. “You have the best Palici between us, I believe?”
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“If I wanted a beast on me,” the prisoner says in perfect Gealenn, “I would have fucked your horse instead of poisoning it.”
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On the battlefront between two warring nations, an intruder is captured in an enemy camp. She's questioned.
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Some questions she answers.
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POEMS by Scarlett
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About A Hero
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Inspired by a quote from The Life of Galileo, by Bertolt Brecht:
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"Unhappy the land that has no heroes!"
"No. Unhappy the land that needs heroes."
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