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A Scent of Rain

By Matt Mitchell | Published: November 2, 2009
“A Scent of Rain” was a featured story in Southern Fried Weirdness 2007: An Annual Anthology of Southern Speculative Fiction, a book which is no longer in print. But as of today this story can be read for free on my Scribd account. Here’s a teaser: Earl Harper is a farmer who’s lost faith in God, in love, [...]
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Money Crazy by Matt Mitchell

By Matt Mitchell | Published: March 17, 2009
“What do you want to do?” she asked, lamplight flickering across her profile. He looked at her sideways, “Whatever you want. That’s what I’ll do. I can’t deny it any more.” They were surrounded by whippoorwills in a humid Alabama night, amongst a din of crickets and frogs, sitting on a blanket an arm’s length apart. [...]
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Infinity, a story by Matt Mitchell

By Matt Mitchell | Published: March 6, 2009
Standing in the swirling mist, among a thousand blackbirds in a cacophony of chirps and squeaks. Walking among them and watching as they peck the ground and hop busily. Focusing on a point in the mist where the swirls seem to emanate, my heart is pounding. The birds don’t take flight, they part as I walk through, [...]
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Douglas Adams Tribute

By Matt Mitchell | Published: May 23, 2008
Someone should put together an anthology of humorous science fiction. Maybe even make it a tribute to Douglas Adams, the man who proved that humor and scific was possible. It’s been almost 30 years since the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was first published, and Adams remains the only successful author of humorous SciFic that [...]
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New Short Story = Lightning in a Bottle

By Matt Mitchell | Published: April 6, 2008
Just put the finishing touches on a new short story, SciFi with a hint of horror. I have to say I’m pretty excited about it, too. The preliminary idea I had a couple of years ago, one of those story bones I wrote down, saved the file and looked at every now and then to [...]
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