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Breaking Up with a Demon

March 16, 2021

This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. “Why are you looking at me like that?” he asked her. She still hadn’t let him into the house, and […]

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A Modern Mesozoic

February 17, 2021

This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. When I first saw her, she was standing outside in the middle of a snowstorm — arms out, head thrown […]

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Diary of a Girl

February 10, 2021

This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. Nov. 2 “Okay, so based on the way these sticks here are broken next to this pattern in the dirt […]

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Compassion, Beauty & Honesty

February 3, 2021

This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. When she finished telling him the tragic story of her life— with the names of every person changed, even her […]

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Move-in Day

January 26, 2021

This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. When Asher and Noah Brown decided to move out of their parents’ house and get one of their own, the […]

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Chaos and Calm

January 20, 2021

This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. Two sisters stood on the doorstep of their childhood home, fully grown and only partially ready to depart. They had […]

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The Myth of the Flowers

November 23, 2020

This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. Once upon a time, Demeter saw her first rainbow. The colors burst across the sky, blending and dancing above her. […]

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Don’t Do Drugs

November 19, 2020

This is the latest in TMN staff writer Allison Maschoff’s collection of short fiction stories. The man walked onto the stage with a stiff sort of respectability. He was old, at least 80, and his […]

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The final installment of Inktober

November 5, 2020

The Inktober prompts that inspired this piece were buddy, hide, music, float, shoes, ominous and crawl. Tasha slinked along the side of the space station’s central corridor. Her black t-shirt and leggings stood out sharply […]

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The fourth installment of Inktober

October 28, 2020

The Inktober prompts that inspired this piece were trap, dizzy, coral, sleep, chef, rip and dig. Frustrated with incompetent workers and suffocating in the heat of the kitchen, the chef stormed out of the restaurant’s […]