Maggie carried herself like the model professional—pressed blazer, polished nod, expression set to neutral. Her pen sketched blood. On the legal pad half hidden by her keyboard tray, she wrote in small script, Sixteen Ways to Kill Your Managers. Number one: staple gun to jugular. Efficient. No mess. No evidence...
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A few short pieces with lasting impact to introduce you to Lynne’s writing.
published SHORT FICTION
Uncharted
Lost in the woods. Tracked by danger. A choice she can’t outrun. When I’d started the hike, solitude had felt like a gift—space to breathe, to let the silence scour away the months of second-guessing and what-ifs. Time to decide what comes next. Now, as stingy sunlight bled away, unease...
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Born to Fly
I broke…and discovered I could bend. The ground beneath my feet crumbled…I was born to fly. I drowned in fear…and learned to breathe under water. I fell apart…when I put the pieces together in a new way they mirrored my heart. I hit bottom…and danced. Her words cut me…until I...
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Blind, deaf, broken, BRAVE
Early in life, I feared blindness. Then Deuce came into my life. We were close to two miles from the road when Deuce, a sixteen-pound sheepdog lookalike chased a small animal across the road. He heard me coming through the woods after him. I ran nearly four mph with two...
Read MoreBlind, deaf, broken, BRAVE is a sample from Lynne’s Writing from the Cabin blog.