#STITCHEDSATURDAY- James Matthew Byers, the Darque Bard

The Necromancer's Fancy Upon the edge of HalloweenWith midnight closing in,I marveled at what I had seenAs much to my chagrinAnother corpse refusing lifeIn limbo flatly lay.Incisions marked by blade of knifeConfounded disarray.A coroner, my trade by day,By night, a maddened fool,For many years, I lived this way.I steadied up each tool.Intent to be as …

#STITCHEDSATURDAY – Mike Lane (another one!)

Hi, I’m Mike L Lane. You may very well be a figment of my imagination, but real or not, there’s no reason we can’t be friends. I have many friends in my head and you’re welcome to hang out with them—no social distancing required, I promise.  Just like in my story, I believe inspiration really …

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#STITCHEDSATURDAY – Joaquin Bonel

I'm an active duty Marine.  Reading got me through deployment and eased a lot of stress.  My goal through writing is to give that back.  I write for that service member on deployment, that home sick college student,  that weary traveler stuck at an airport or anyone at home tired and needing an escape from …

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#STITCHEDSATURDAY – Bert Edens

"Bert is a writer and editor living in Arkansas and trying to figure out why his gorgeous wife married him. While he has been published in several genres, he always seems to circle back to horror at some point, which isn't surprising considering his dark and warped sense of humor. He tends to be remarkably …

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#STITCHEDSATURDAY – Thomas R Clark

Crossing the LineBy Thomas R Clark Scatman sat in the shadows behind the police line, waiting for dinner to take itself out. The falling rain masked his breathing, and the stench of the place covered his own. You don’t shit where you eat, the old adage said. Unless your name is Scatman, in which case …

#StitchedSaturday – Peter Molnar

Peter Molnar is an author, singer-songwriter, musician, educator, and editor. His short stories have appeared in City Slab: Urban Tales of the Grotesque, Necrotic Shorts, Hydrophobia: A Charity Anthology to Benefit Hurricane Harvey Victims, and the upcoming Tenebrous Tales Anthology. His blog, “As the Shadow Stirs”, is a  mashup of music, movies, horror, and superheroes …

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#StitchedSaturday – EZEKIEL KINCAID

I was forced to post this story because Zeke was spamming my PM's telling me to "post the best story of Stitched Saturday." I tried to put his toddler "ID" in the corner and he had a tantrum. I gave him a lollipop and he shut up but here's his story so he won't keep …

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About #STITCHEDSATURDAY and #FREE READING

The prompt that is up today is going to be repeated for 3/28 as well. I know with all the chaos going on things have been crazy. I had three in all ready so I put them out for today to give people something to read. For the readers: Please be kind. These are not …

#StitchedSaturday – Wolfgang Potterhouse

The Red Line In Boston, the subway is called “The T,” with colors designating the different travel directions (Red Line, Blue LIne, etc.). The trip to Fenway Park from Quincy, my hometown, includes rides on the Red and Green lines. On our way home from a ballgame back in ‘86, a homeless guy stumbled onto …

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#StitchedSaturday – MIKE LANE

Mother Woodland by Mike L. Lane I’m pushed through the living wall of static, a pinball bounced between worlds. This can’t be real, or at least I tell myself this as the beast stirs beyond the shattered glass. High-pitched screams pierce my ears in a constant, repeated chant. Parasites underfoot of the thousand young! Blood …

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