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If I make a reality with words,
does it exist?
Patricia A. Bohnert
The Auspex File is Published - Thank you, Freedom Fiction!
Click on this link or go to FreedomFiction.com to read.
https://www.freedomfiction.com/2024/03/the-auspex-file-by-patricia-bohnert/
I read Giovanni and the Bird by Cameron Alexander on the FreedomFiction.com site. If you like hard-boiled detective short stories, check this one out. The dialogue is outstanding, and the ending is a twist I never saw coming!

Ft. Wayne Road Trip
Thank you for a lovely visit! Your downtown murals were fantastic in their variety and abundance. We ate world famous Coney Island dogs,...
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May 10, 20241 min read
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Melee Published at MacrameLit.com
"You can't make me." "I am through with you." "Where's my dogs?" Read short story Melee in the Spring issue of Macrame Literary Journal,...
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Apr 29, 20241 min read
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If you ever wondered if you could be published when writing outside the norms . . .
Maura Kalman does. Delightful, insightful, thought provoking, quick read. The Principles of Uncertainty
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Apr 28, 20241 min read
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Onion Soup Casserole
Ten large onions sliced thin. I'm crying!
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Apr 26, 20241 min read
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Having enough money to buy books . . .
$ Money doesn't talk these days. It goes without saying.
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Apr 19, 20241 min read
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Apr 14, 20240 min read
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Apr 10, 20240 min read
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Solar Eclipse
Had the most fun today! We had our glasses, pizza, and sun-shaped jam pies for after the event! We even had Solar Eclipse potato chips...
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Apr 8, 20241 min read
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Work Well
by Patricia Bohnert Mind wild with possibility Runs off first left and then east Soars to the corner of the ring of Saturn And back to...
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Mar 29, 20241 min read
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Watching, waiting.
These guys are showing up in my planters. Largely uninvited. Must keep writing and ignore them.
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Mar 27, 20241 min read
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The Auspex File is Published!
Ima’s mouth dropped open. In response, a lampshade vibrated violently when a brace of warblers took off in flight and circled the room....
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Mar 25, 20241 min read
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Mar 24, 20240 min read
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The Basket Maker
Her raw fingers, bandage taped Weave the wet wood and reed Ply flat-bottom baskets Gathering, Shaker, and Bread Taking up residence...
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Mar 21, 20241 min read
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Watched
I'm being watched. I feel it in my bones. Itchy. Ancient. Hungry.
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Mar 19, 20241 min read
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April 2024
Melee, short story, to be published in April. Watch for the notice or check in with Macrame Journal. Just like SPRING, right around the...
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Mar 17, 20241 min read
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Hint: Where in Florida?
Afternoon light, Awash through the panes, Alters the soul, Bargains the brain, Afternoon light, Voices of age, Remember a time, History's...
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May 8, 20231 min read
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Lucid Dreaming
Have you ever been between awake and asleep at what seems like the same moment? And in the middle of a dream that needs a good ending?...
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May 3, 20231 min read
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Dinner Dishes
The only good thing about doing the dinner dishes, on a gray and rainy night, is having your hands in hot water.
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May 2, 20231 min read
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Flash Fiction
The train swayed and rumbled in the heat of July. Stately mansions appeared dull through rain-pocked, dirt-streaked windows, and the...
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Apr 28, 20231 min read
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Coming soon . . .
She saw a light pass through the windows of her house, The farm sat far back from the country road and the few cars that passed would be...
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Apr 16, 20231 min read
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