Bethany the Martian's published ficlets
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The Chase

Nothing, of course. Just some men leaving the diner.
When I turned back June had gone. The door to the kitchen was still swi…
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Little Girl
The little girl knew the house up on the hill was haunted. Every kid in the neighborhood whispered about it. But she wasn’t a…
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Black Star Rising

Screaming. Or crying. She couldn’t be sure. It was very faint. She couldn’t tell where it was coming from either.
Without re…
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The Search Begins

I stood outside the seediest diner in town. It was the kind of place that gets shut down once a year by the health inspectors…
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Someone's Calling

The phone rang, and the newspaper slipped from my hands. I looked over at the phone and back at the newspaper on the floor. I…
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The Sound is Coming
She had drifted in and out of sleep for a few hours, and when the world came in focus it was distinctly red. An odd, red ligh…