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GARY THOMSON: Apprentice

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Emma works her knife over the jack-o’-lantern’s flesh, tapers the leering, accusatory mouth, widens empty eyes. Her stepmother’s features, just so.

She draws the gleaming blade between unhearing ears.

A centred candle bursts into flame.

“Proof of the destructive power,” Master Carver has forewarned.

Soon father will be hers alone.

Gary Thomson resides in Ontario, where he enjoys country drives through fiery autumn colours and strolling amongst early pioneer cemeteries. None of his published work matches the poignancy of mossy inscriptions on weathered grave markers.

KEVIN DeLUCA: Thinking Outside the Box

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“When is the end of the world?” he asked, looking up to ascertain the position of the stars in the cosmos. “Deneb has yet to wink out, while Orion’s lights still burn strong.”

She laughed, saying, “None of that matters—just archaic nonsense. Come, we have a demon to invoke.”

Kevin DeLuca is a writer of weird fiction and fantasy. He was short-listed for the 2014 Fish Flash Fiction Prize, and has been published in Flash Fiction Magazine.