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The Inkwell
Fiction by Matthew Donnellon
The Curious Case Of Emma Lee
The Man Who Couldn't
The Archangel Saga
King And Crown
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King And Crown
King and Crown
King and Crown
A King And Crown Story
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 3
The Poet’s House
The Poet’s House
King and Crown Chapter 2
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 6
The Wolf In The Woods
The Wolf In The Woods
King and Crown Chapter 3
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 6
The Night Of Living Terror
The Night Of Living Terror
King and Crown Chapter 4
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 9
Bloodlust
Bloodlust
King and Crown Chapter 5
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 9
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The Curious Case of Emma Lee
The Curious Case of Emma Lee
It was a rainy day, the day that I met her.
Matthew Donnellon
Aug 7, 2018
Deer Season
Deer Season
The sun rose and began its languid trip around the sky. Its light stretched among the woods, finding hidden spaces, covering others in new…
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 1
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Death Bound
Death Bound
Death tossed and turned in the bed.
Matthew Donnellon
Dec 15
The Big Crunch
The Big Crunch
It was a busy weekend.
Matthew Donnellon
Dec 14
The Corn Maze
The Corn Maze
Her grandparents house was about two hours outside of town.
Matthew Donnellon
Dec 13
Conversation With A Killer
Conversation With A Killer
It was a cold day.
Matthew Donnellon
Dec 11
Ghosted
Ghosted
I was carrying an armload of groceries and trying to open the door when the bottom of the bag decided it had had enough and have up…
Matthew Donnellon
Dec 5
The Stand
The Stand
It was still dark when I left after scattering the remaining soldiers. I took their weapons and ran them off. The scared men took off…
Matthew Donnellon
Dec 2
The Disappearing Dogs Of Paradise
The Disappearing Dogs Of Paradise
There are places that don’t seem to be real.
Matthew Donnellon
Dec 2
Out Of Air
Out Of Air
I couldn’t believe I was cutting it this close.
Matthew Donnellon
Dec 1
Conscription
Conscription
They had me.
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 30
The Man In The Woods
The Man In The Woods
I was nine at the time.
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 29
The End Of Times
The End Of Times
We walked most of the morning, stopping only once to take a drink and refill our bottles at a creek along the road. Just before noon, we…
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 29
The First Turkey
The First Turkey
a horror story
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 28
The Fourth Horsemen
The Fourth Horsemen
In the back room of a dimly lit bar, filled with smoke and the smell of old whiskey, there was a poker game among three rather strange…
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 27
The Hunter
The Hunter
On the first morning the air was warm and still. Little droplets of water blanketed every botanical surface and these wet plants cushioned…
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 27
Population Control
Population Control
The coffee shop was more crowded than it should have been at that time a day.
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 25
He Was A Million People And One
He Was A Million People And One
He was a grandfather lying in his bed, surrounded by loved ones. His body bore the scars of time. His face carved with lines from some…
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 22
The Ghost Of The Grey Wood
The Ghost Of The Grey Wood
The Rainwoods, called so for obvious reasons, are often called the Grey Woods, also for obvious reasons. The mixture of rain and fog that…
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 21
The Wanderer
The Wanderer
These were not good times friends.
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 20
Death Takes A Holiday
Death Takes A Holiday
For the first time in nearly a dozen millennia the primordial being known as Death, and often other things, didn’t get up to an alarm…
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 19
Hunter Or Hunted?
Hunter Or Hunted?
We walked all that day, trying to keep a low profile. We stayed off the roads but moved alongside them. Evan explained that it was easier…
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 18
More Than Dinner Less Than Friends
More Than Dinner Less Than Friends
I smiled when she sat down at the table. I had only been waiting ten minutes. She wasn’t as late as she used to be.
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 17
The Poet
The Poet
Read this with the lights on
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 16
Time In A Bottle
Time In A Bottle
He didn’t believe the man in the alley when he first met him.
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 16
The Man Who Couldn’t Stop Drawing
The Man Who Couldn’t Stop Drawing
On a dark lane, on a dark road, there lived a man that couldn’t stop drawing.
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 16
A Good Story
A Good Story
King And Crown Chapter 9
Matthew Donnellon
Nov 15
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