Category: Short Story
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The Labyrinth Realization
The Bookends Review published my story Today, I’m honored to share that The Bookends Review, an independent creative arts journal, published my literary short story called The Labyrinth Realization. I wrote it in 2024, but I felt it deserved a little more attention. I submitted it to three literary magazines, and The Bookends Review accepted…
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I Want Corn on the Cob
The prompt for this story was “write a story from a dog’s perspective,” which was fun to contemplate. The backdrop theme was “the dog days of summer,” which led me to recall the days we had a heat dome in the Portland Metro area. Although other places in the world are accustomed to temperatures as…
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I’m Your Match
In this short story, I enter the domain of speculative fiction. The prompt for this story was: “One character is an artificial intelligence. The other is a human being. Your reader must struggle to tell which is which.” I really had to think about this one before writing. A couple of readers had kind comments.…
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Did We Know Each Other?
This short story includes the genres of coming of age, high school, and romance. The prompt for this contest entry was: “Center your story around a character trying to make amends.” Comments on this story included: “Ahhh!!!! Loved it!,” “This story pulled at my heart in all the best ways,” and “The final line ……
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My Jane Day
This is a fictionalized account of one of the best days of my life. As a huge Jane Austen fan, I wanted to visit her home, where she wrote and edited her great works. For a writing contest, I improvised and added a fantasy element to my experience. The prompt was: “Write about someone who’s…
Kristy Schnabel 