Short Stories
Here is where you will find Robyn's short stories. This includes flash fiction (under 1,000 words) and short stories (1,000 to 7,500 words).
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*Only those for sale.
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The Messenger
You know you need to switch to decaf when an unexpected package in the mail whispers to you.
For a mobster's delivery boy, that's saying something.
"The Messenger"
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Flash Fiction - Paranormal/Suspense
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900 words
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Published in the online magazine, Scarlet Leaf Review (May 2017)
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Free to read
Cursed
Hearse
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(Abby and Cos
meet Frank)
Two ghostly sisters just want to be a part of something—namely, the bigwig ghost society—but their initiation goes haywire when the rival exorcist crashes it.
Thieves
Among
Honor
Marie and Sammie are bent on avenging Sammie’s late parents, and yet, the pressure could prove fatal for their familial bond.
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Flash Fiction - Action-Adventure/Payback
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719 words
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For sale through SmashWords.com
Oh,
These
Walls,
Kid
It's the 1930s, and a fast-talking detective, an even faster-talking femme-fatale, and crazy death-wishes are all told in this Bob-and-Wheel poem-turned flash fiction.
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Flash Fiction - Noir-Detective/Romance
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936 words
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For sale through SmashWords.com
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Read the short film adaptation, too!
Paths That Bind
A MINIon
An oracle in trouble is saved by a kindred spirit in the form of the land’s fiercest general in this mini-prequel to The Minion.
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Short Story - Fantasy/Slice-of-Life
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1,165 words
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For sale through SmashWords.com
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Part of The Minion series
The
Minion
General Kry For-Me Slaine is as loyal as they come to his ruler, Boss Marksman, but when the love of his life is threatened by that very ruler, Kry must blur the boundaries between duty to his country and duty to his heart.
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Short Story - Fantasy/War/Romance
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3,310 words
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For sale through SmashWords.com
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Part of The Minion series
An
Intro
to
Marksman
The
Game
Boss Marksman. A name feared the world over. But, once, long ago, Marksman was a young man with a dream -- a dream to free his people and put them back on equal ground with the other empires. This is the beginning.
"The Game: An Intro to Marksman"
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Short Story - Fantasy/Adventure
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1,373 words
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Free to read
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Paraphrased version of what will be in the novel Marksman
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Part of The Minion series
Where Fiction Takes Us
To become lost in thought, in fiction, can be as terrifying, confusing, and skull-splitting as being lost and alone in the dark woods.
Just goes to show how cold imagination's usually gleeful grasp can be.
Where Fiction Takes Us
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Flash fiction - Horror
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658 words
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Free to read
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Metaphor for, as the title states, where fiction takes us