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Short Stories

All Stories below, except for "Unwrapped," published under pen name D. D. Renforth

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No Ship is Big Enough (June, 2016, available in print in three c c & d collections: The 23 Enigma, Clouds over the Moon, and The Chamber]
 

Mark and Amy in the Desert (Romance Magazine, Volume 4, No. 4, May 9, 2016).

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Cave Man (The Ekphrastic Review, May 28, 2016)

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The Ice People (Swept Magazine, June 3, 2016)

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Quakes (The Storyteller Anthology, March 2016)
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Jerrold's Agreement (Swept Magazine, October 13, 2016)

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Before Father Lost His Mind (Microfiction Monday Magazine, November 2016)


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Bill Died and Left Me a Pig (Microfiction Monday Magazine, December 2016) 

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The Red Monk (The Ekphrastic Review, January, 2017 


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Bella and the Billionaires (August 2017, available in print in two c c & d collections: While the Waves Crashed and Nothing Lasts or online here: 

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Quest for Fulfillment (Indian Review, February 13, 2017) 

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A Hug (Edify Fiction Review, Vol. 1, Issue 3, June 2017) 

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Brand of A (The Ocotillo Review, Volumen 1, Summer 2017)
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Dogs and Insects (The Enchanted File Cabinet, Volume 6, Number 24, June 2017)
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Looking in the Glass (The Ekphrastic Review, October 23, 2017)

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A Place to Murder Little Boys (Swept Magazine, November 4, 2017)

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Dust on the Soul (Mused - the BellaOnline Literary Review, Winter, 2017)

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Donovan versus Donald (January, 2018, in print in the c c & d collections The End of the World,, January, 2018 and Not a Trace, April 2018) 

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Before Father Lost His Mind (a chapbook published by bird, buried press, Feburary, 2018)

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The Art of Flying (Burningword Literary Journal, No. 87, July 2018)

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Screams (Page & Spine, July 20, 2018)

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Freckled Woman (The Woven Tale Press,  Summer, 2019)

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When You Shoot an Arrow (Taj Mahal Review, June, 2019)

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Locals Only (c c & d Magazine, v. 292,  September/October 2019)

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Under the Wedding Dress (Parhelion Literary Magazine, Summer, 2019).

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Dandelions (Taj Mahal Review, June, 2019)

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Unwrapped (Edify Fiction, July, 2019)

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