JMBauhaus' published ficlets
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Stupid Human Tricks
I once knew this girl. She wasn’t like the rest of us. She had a special power, one that made her the envy of every woman who…
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The Other Side of the Mirror (Deja Vu Challenge)
He had always seen ghosts. Not like that kid in that movie. Nothing creepy like that. Just glimpses, quick shots of people wh…
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Caught In the Middle
Splinters from the boards over the window dug into her back as strong hands pinned her there with only half as much force as …
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Two sizes too small
“What the hell is that?”
It was all she could do not to drop the thing in her hands, it wriggled so much. Unfathomably, th…
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One For the Angels, Part 5 (Conversations With Dead People Challenge)
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One For the Angels, Part 4 (Conversations With Dead People Challenge)
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One For the Angels, Part 3 (Conversations With Dead People Challenge)
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One For the Angels, Part 2 (Conversations With Dead People Challenge)
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One For the Angels, Part 1 (Conversations With Dead People Challenge)
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Orange Salvation
She missed oranges most of all. That sweet burst of liquid sunshine exploding in her mouth and dripping down her chin, lickin…
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Parking Lot Chivalry
Okay, so she’d never learned to change a tire. But she could work a can of Fix-a-flat and an air compressor and, failing that…
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Roommate Tactics
Cheryl knew she shouldn’t be there, but she couldn’t move. She couldn’t tear her eyes away from the dresser or her hand away …
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Writer's Block
“Go on, write something.”
“Write what?”
“Anything. It doesn’t matter.”
“I can’t just write anything.”
“Why not?”
“Beca…
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Fairytale Ending
They arrived at sunset. It was beautiful-breathtaking, really-like something out of a fairytale. The Disney versions, even. B…
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Mountain Dolls - 3
The place of honor at the foot of the tree had, for the last fifty years or so, belonged to Sadie Mackenzie, doll-maker extra…
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Mountain Dolls - 2
They traded with local villagers and with each other, for the items necessary to make it through the harsh mountain winters. ...
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Mountain Dolls - 1
The giant oak that stood in the middle of Spring Hollow’s one and only city park began to turn, it’s ruddy yellow leaves sign…
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Joke's On Me
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Weaknesses at Bedtime II
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Waiting
There she is, in the coffee shop window. She stares out—not at you, but toward you, not really looking at anything. Maybe at …
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