Fiction
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Today, I am thankful for all the disappointments that broke my heart in 2013 but ultimately led me in new and exciting directions. Sometimes, when people or things let us down, it makes room for us to see all the other truly kick ass people and things we really need in our lives. Rejections, loss…
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Get 35% off Spark: A Creative Anthology Volume IV featuring my short story Quicksilver by going here: Spark: A Creative Anthology Volume IV and using this coupon code: KOHL-FRIENDS. If you do, we really will be friends. And, you can never have enough friends, am I right? Offer ends on January 31, 2014. *** I…
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I was supposed to be working today. I had planned to work. I was actually looking forward to the Christmas Quiet that falls over my office. Really. No lie. My inbox is in desperate need of a scrub. But, I had to send my work laptop off for a Holiday Break upgrade and that really…
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Spark: A Creative Anthology Volume IV is currently available for pre-sale. Officially, this anthology will be released in January, 2014. My short story, Quicksilver, will be just one of many incredibly entertaining speculative short stories to be anthologized. Kevin J. Anderson offers a brilliant forward to kick us off which is a real thrill because…
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Well, maybe not FAT stacks. Skinny Stacks? Whatever kind of stacks equals roughly $7 plus free shipping on orders placed before Dec 15, 2013: http://store.sparkanthology.org/products/volume-iv But, that is one hell of a deal! Within its pages, you will find my short Sci-Fi story Quicksilver along with a WHOLE LOT of other great speculative stories by…
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The (ahem) highly anticipated Crack The Spine Fall 2013 Anthology is now available at amazon.com! Official Release: http://www.crackthespine.com/2013/11/fall-2013-anthology.html My Pushcart Prize-nominated story Burn, Baby, Burn is featured in the depths of some pretty outstanding literary fiction – all compiled into one fantastic anthology. I’m honored to be amongst them. If you are looking for a Christmas…
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When I was in grade school, we had a guidance counselor that would come around to each classroom and give self esteem presentations. She would talk to us with the help of a little blue whale hand puppet. We called the whale “Stanley” because she was Mrs. Stanley and because grade school kids are not…
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When I was in sixth grade, my homeroom and science teacher was Mr. Bassetti. He was a very nice man, a very nice teacher. One grading quarter, in our science class, he gave us the following option: skip the quizzes and tests if we performed a series of predetermined science experiments at home. As a…
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http://thecornerclubpress.weebly.com/uploads/6/0/5/3/6053731/issue_10.pdf Check out my new story over in Issue 10 at The Corner Club Press. New story is titled The Loss Of You. I hope you enjoy reading it and the other great stories and poems in Corner Club’s tenth issue!
Brianne M. Kohl 