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The Eighth Circle

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Dec 17, 2023

The Eighth Circle

Dec 17, 2023

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David Pearce

Summer Catch

The lantern-jawed seadog went by “Tetch,” an apt moniker because his drunken nonchalance was as irritable as fingernails on a chalkboard…

Dec 23, 2023

Summer Catch

Dec 23, 2023

David Pearce

The Matryoska Doll

Cigarette smoke clung to a winter sunbeam. A vent rattled in its frame as an overworked heating system churned out tepid warmth. The…

Mar 2

The Matryoska Doll

Mar 2

David Pearce

Worms, Graves, and Epitaphs

The shovel bit into the dark soil beneath the towering oaks. The pungent smell of earth rose from the excavation. Walter leaned on his…

Feb 18

Worms, Graves, and Epitaphs

Feb 18

David Pearce

The Scion of Erato

Karen stared at the wreckage in her den. Atop a writing table next to her laptop, a birdcage’s crooked door hung loose, teetering on a…

Jan 20

The Scion of Erato

Jan 20

David Pearce

The Hired Help

I spat out a mouthful of grit, tasting the consequence of my partner’s idiocy. This was no way to search for buried treasure. “Watch what…

Jan 14

The Hired Help

Jan 14

David Pearce

To Serve and Correct

I am Sergeant Mikhail Ivanovich Popov. I wear editor’s badge. Every day, I serve Motherland.

Dec 30, 2023

To Serve and Correct

Dec 30, 2023

David Pearce

The Master’s Call

Johnny stepped off the bus onto a city street. Steam rose off the pavement, the consequence of a summer storm, bringing the stink of…

Dec 30, 2023

The Master’s Call

Dec 30, 2023

David Pearce

The Summoning

Using a drafting compass, ruler, and a red marker, Spike drew a pentagram on the concrete floor of the empty parking garage. He wiped snot…

Dec 30, 2023

The Summoning

Dec 30, 2023

David Pearce

Closing Time

“I never told anyone.” The moody Polypsian leaned on the bar, clutching a steaming cocktail in his ochre pseudopod. “But I can tell you…

Dec 26, 2023

Closing Time

Dec 26, 2023

David Pearce

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enviromental and land use attorney, science fiction and fantasy author, coffee addict https://davidmpearce.com

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