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Flash Fiction Story Selected as Editors' Choice

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"Penumbra" has been chosen by the staff at Bewildering Stories as Editors' Choice for flash fiction (issues 472-483).

Deal Down at the Hospital

“After I died,” said seven-year-old Cassie, suddenly free of cancer and wild in the eyes, “there was a big red sky with a huge head floating in it like . . . like the moon, only super close. It was a’ old man, like a wizard, with sharp teeth a thousand feet high and gray lips and no hair—not even eyebrows—and his eyes, they were all white, and they looked sleepy.” The little girl bounced on the hospital bed, feet dangling beneath her gown. She tilted her head and pinched at her hair, which was just starting to regrow. She couldn’t wait to get her pigtails back. “And he, and he drooled a lot too,” she went on, “like waterfalls that fell forever. And there were white fuzzies floating into his mouth. It was all dark in there, except in the back where it glowed orange.” She paused, clawing thoughtfully at her gown. Her bright eyes danced along with the memories as they came rushing back. “Oh yeah, and there were all these little funny-looking heads going around the big head like