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By Lawrence Watt-Evans

Short Stories/Novellas

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Cover for Dead Things Don't Move

Two guys have a foolproof plan to loot an isolated house that's full of valuable antiques, but the plan depends on killing the house's owner -- and on her staying dead. A short story.

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Cover for The Ghost Taker

On a distant planet in the far future, visitors from Earth try to suppress the local superstitions -- but they may have misjudged the situation. A short story that originally appeared in Amazing Stories.

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Cover for Heart of Stone

A short story of a wizard's creation, and what becomes of her when her creator is killed by superstitious villagers. Originally published in the anthology Graven Images.

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Cover for Hearts and Flowers

A short science fiction tale originally published in Full Spectrum 5, this is the story of two men who thought they could experiment with true love and grand romantic gestures, and found that perhaps the human heart is not so easily controlled. (Warning: The title may be "Hearts and Flowers," but this story is not sweetness and light. Rather the opposite.)

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Cover for Parade

This urban horror story first appeared in Dead End: City Limits. A surreal short story, about 6,500 words, back in print at last.

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Cover for Stab

You remember the feel of the knife going in... A very short horror story with no monsters, no ghosts -- just a man and the memory of a knife.

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Cover for Jim Tuckerman's Angel

Jim Tuckerman wanted to see an angel more than anything. The rider he picked up on his way to Washington had some suggestions on where to look... This short story was originally published in the webzine Helix in 2008.

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