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Published in The Junction

·Mar 8

Purple

Flash Fiction — This is the story of the day the sky burned a fierce purple. A colour otherwise docile, calm, accepting, and welcoming, lit up the sky in an eddy of hues, for it is the quiet ones who snap the loudest. The sky burned purple, somewhere halfway between the calm contentness…

Fiction

2 min read

Purple
Purple

Published in The Junction

·Nov 4, 2021

A Flicker

Do you ever feel like a shark? — Do you ever feel like a shark? Like if you’d stop moving for even a second, if you stopped distracting yourself for but a moment, it would get too much, and you’d drown under the weight of it all? It was a mistake. It was my fault, but I didn’t…

Mental Health

7 min read

A Flicker: Short Horror Story
A Flicker: Short Horror Story

Published in The Junction

·Oct 13, 2021

Due North [Episode 6]: The River’s Song, Part II

Water horses, sentient houses, disappearing cats, grave whisperers, semi-dead grave robbers, minotaurs, bearotaurs, satyrs, dryads, sirens, and more! Slice-of-life meets fantasy to bring you the secretive, wondrous, and oddity-rich town of Due North. Read Previous Episode | Start at the Beginning Berto found himself staring at the face of one…

Fiction

8 min read

The River’s Song, Part II
The River’s Song, Part II

Published in The Junction

·Oct 5, 2021

Due North [Episode 5]: The River’s Song, Part I

Water horses, sentient houses, disappearing cats, grave whisperers, semi-dead grave robbers, minotaurs, bearotaurs, satyrs, dryads, sirens, and more! Slice-of-life meets fantasy to bring you the secretive, wondrous, and oddity-rich town of Due North. Read Previous Episode | Start at the Beginning Bella, solo this time, trudged through the forest trying…

Fiction

5 min read

The River’s Song, Part I
The River’s Song, Part I

Published in The Junction

·Sep 29, 2021

Due North [Episode 4]: Into the Thick of It, Part II

Water horses, sentient houses, disappearing cats, grave whisperers, semi-dead grave robbers, minotaurs, bearotaurs, satyrs, dryads, sirens, and more! Slice-of-life meets fantasy to bring you the secretive, wondrous, and oddity-rich town of Due North. Read Previous Episode | Start at the Beginning The last few nights had been good to Tony…

Fiction

7 min read

Into the Thick of It, Part II
Into the Thick of It, Part II

Published in The Junction

·Sep 8, 2021

Due North [Episode 3]: Into the Thick of It, Part I

Slice-of-life meets fantasy to bring you the secretive, wondrous, and oddity-rich town of Due North! — Read Previous Episode | Start at the Beginning The quiet early morning moon washed Alecia Ossario in its silvery tinge. She was dressed in black from head to toe, turtleneck covered with a leather jacket with far too many pockets to even be possible on top and jeans and lace-up…

Fiction

7 min read

Due North [Episode 3]: Into the Thick of It, Part I
Due North [Episode 3]: Into the Thick of It, Part I

Published in The Junction

·Aug 21, 2021

Due North [Episode 2]: Same Night, New Fight

Slice-of-life meets fantasy in the secretive, wonderous, and oddity-rich lives of the residents of Due North — Read Previous Episode | Start at the Beginning Tony Hall walked into Due North’s one and only gym, strutting up to the ring in the centre, basking in the crowd’s cheers and laughter. …

Fiction

6 min read

Due North [Episode 2]: Same Night, New Fight
Due North [Episode 2]: Same Night, New Fight

Published in The Junction

·Aug 12, 2021

SERIES DEBUT: Due North [Episode 1]

Slice-of-life meets fantasy in the secretive, wonderous, and oddity-rich lives of the residents of Due North — Episode 0 Steadman Hirsch, premier and proudest realtor in all of Due North, stood in front of his latest job-well-done. Handy job, real estate. Supported his lifestyle quite well, what with everyone always welcoming him in with open arms and big, teeth-baring smiles. This particular listing was a particular brand of fantastic…

Fiction

5 min read

SERIES DEBUT: Due North [Episode 1]
SERIES DEBUT: Due North [Episode 1]

Published in The Junction

·Jul 30, 2021

Within and Without [Part 2]

A dying last breath undoes the past half-century — Part 1 Liam put down the letter and took a moment to just breathe and process all this information. He turned to the walls of books and marvelled at the sheer amount of knowledge they possessed. The world hailed Mr Device as one of the greatest minds of their time…

Fiction

8 min read

Within and Without [Part 2]
Within and Without [Part 2]

Published in The Junction

·Jul 19, 2021

Within and Without [Part 1]

A dying last breath undoes the past half-century — Liam stepped hesitantly into the study, feeling a strange sense of detachment despite his many years in this house. He had been with Mr Device for over fifty years and had enacted each command to the T for every one of them. He was on amicable terms with the entire…

Fiction

7 min read

Within and Without [Part 1]
Within and Without [Part 1]
Ajinkya Goyal

Ajinkya Goyal

I write tales of the speculative, the gothic, and the weird and wonderful | https://innocentlymacabre.com | https://ko-fi.com/ajinkyagoyal

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