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		<title>Fiction 2010 Short Story Contest: Deadline Extended</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[var fbShare = {url: 'http://www.literarymagic.com/featured-content/fiction-short-story-contest/',size:'large'}Announcement: The Deadline for the 2010 Fiction Contest has been extended until December 15, 2010. Contest Type: Fiction Short Stories (500-3000 words) Prizes: $50 first place prize and publication; First, Second and Third place winners all receive a free Critique by the Editors of Literary Magic. Entry Fee: $5 per story. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Companion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[var fbShare = {url: 'http://www.literarymagic.com/fiction-short-stories/the-companion/',size:'large'} The Companion by Karen S. Bell &#160; &#160; The white jagged mountain sparkled beneath a rare, cloudless cobalt-blue sky and seemed near enough to touch. It was the Great One, Denali, called so by the Athabaskan Indians but known as McKinley to the white man. It was a mountain that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Story of Bee</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bubbles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[var fbShare = {url: 'http://www.literarymagic.com/front/bubbles/',size:'large'}BUBBLES &#160; A short story of 1,499 words &#160; by Heidi Hirner &#160; BYLINE: Bubbles &#8211; a cheerful blonde secretary &#8211; figures out a way to cheer up her Stock-broker boss who is super-grumpy due to the Economic Recession. &#160; &#160; In spite of the fact that she was seated in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuckoo in the Nest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[var fbShare = {url: 'http://www.literarymagic.com/fiction-short-stories/cuckoo-in-the-nest/',size:'large'}Cuckoo in the Nest By Terry Voyle &#160; &#160; The black painted longships with the Dragons prow, sliced menacingly through the choppy waters of Cardigan Bay, their sails full with the onshore wind. The six longships entered the mouth of the river Towy, the sails were dropped and oars slid noiselessly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Love of My Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Serious Addicts Only</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Dinner Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Pirate Coast: Dead Or Alive? How About Both.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[var fbShare = {url: 'http://www.literarymagic.com/featured-content/pirate-coast-a-story/',size:'large'} By Heidi Hirner &#160; &#160; With the kind of money the company pays, they can pick and choose their delivery men. &#160; &#160; And they picked me because I&#8217;m the best captain they know of &#8211; there isn&#8217;t anyone able to match my skills in navigation, and you&#8217;d need skills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream. The Alpha-Roera Incident</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[var fbShare = {url: 'http://www.literarymagic.com/featured-content/the-alpha-roera-incident-a-story/',size:'large'} By Terry Voyle &#160; &#160; “Peeeeeeep,” the intercom in my compartment shrilled. I shook the sleep from my mind and pressed the connect button. &#160; “Chief,” it was my control operator Jervis. &#160; “What?” I answered, testily. &#160; “May-day, from Alpha-Reora 2”, he shouts excitedly. “It’s the distress beacon. &#160; [...]]]></description>
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