Friday, April 26, 2019

Twelve Mini-mysteries with a Supernatural Twist

YOU MIGHT NEVER have heard of A. C. Spahn's brainchild, Professor Cara Watt, P.I., unless you're a regular reader of the Daily Science Fiction website; Cara Watt's job is to 
sort out problems that only a paranormal investigator would dare tackle. In an even dozen entertaining flash fiction adventures (so far), she and her new assistant Detective Derek Faraday fearlessly take on some pretty weird cases . . .

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   "It's not polite to ask a lady if she's human."

(1) "The Bitten Body."
By A. C. Spahn.
First appearance: Daily Science Fiction, November 1, 2017.
Short short short story (2 pages).
Online (HERE).

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   "Sometimes a deception can be a little too detailed for its own good."

(2) "The Identical Infants."
By A. C. Spahn.
First appearance: Daily Science Fiction, November 8, 2017.
Short short short story (2 pages).
Online (HERE).

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   "He was almost past my shop when he turned toward me, and then blew a big jet of fire right at my roof!"

(3) "The Gutted Gallery."
By A. C. Spahn.
First appearance: Daily Science Fiction, November 15, 2017.
Short short short story (2 pages).
Online (HERE).

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   ". . . we don't have any hard evidence linking him to the crime."

(4) "The Mysterious Mauling."
By A. C. Spahn.
First appearance: Daily Science Fiction, November 22, 2017.
Short short short story (2 pages).
Online (HERE).

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   "Answer, or I will eat you."

(5) "The Unsubtle Sphinx."
By A. C. Spahn.
First appearance: Daily Science Fiction, November 29, 2017.
Short short short story (2 pages).
Online (HERE).

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   "I worked in this theater over one hundred years ago."

(6) "The Spirited Stagehand."
By A. C. Spahn.
First appearance: Daily Science Fiction, April 4, 2018.
Short short short story (2 pages).
Online (HERE).

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   "Leave your phone in the office, so's the magnet don't scramble it."

(7) "The Lazy Lookalike."
By A. C. Spahn.
First appearance: Daily Science Fiction, April 11, 2018.
Short short short story (3 pages).
Online (HERE).

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   "Your second body can't be too far away."

(8) "The Swindled Selkie."
By A. C. Spahn.
First appearance: Daily Science Fiction, April 18, 2018.
Short short short story (2 pages).
Online (HERE).

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   "Those who poke their human heads into paranormal affairs might find them ... snapped off."

(9) "The Stylish Sphinx."
By A. C. Spahn.
First appearance: Daily Science Fiction, April 25, 2018.
Short short short story (2 pages).
Online (HERE).

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   "I didn't mean to kill him. My magic got away from me."

(10) "The Deceased Doppelganger."
By A. C. Spahn.
First appearance: Daily Science Fiction, May 2, 2018.
Short short short story (2 pages).
Online (HERE).

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   "Landing on its edge, it began to roll, tracing an invisible path into the ravine. Left turn, right turn, right, right, left, left, right, right, left."

(11) "The Riddled Rainbow."
By A. C. Spahn.
First appearance: Daily Science Fiction, May 9, 2018.
Short short short story (3 pages).
Online (HERE).

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   "We're going to die here, aren't we?"

(12) "The Beguiling Baron."
By A. C. Spahn.
First appearance: Daily Science Fiction, May 16, 2018.
Short short short story (3 pages).
Online (HERE).

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Resources:
- The Daily Science Fiction story listing is (HERE) and the ISFDb list (HERE); A. C. Spahn's homepage is (HERE) and the author's ISFDb bibliographical page is (HERE).
- If you want more info about the mythological creatures featured in Spahn's story cycle, see the following:

  ~ cockatrice (HERE).

  ~ doppelgänger (HERE).
  ~ dragon (HERE).
  ~ faerie (HERE).
  ~ fairy (HERE).
  ~ ghost (HERE).
  ~ leprechaun (HERE).
  ~ selkie (HERE).
  ~ sphinx (HERE).
  ~ vampire (HERE).
  ~ werewolf (HERE).
  ~ wizard (HERE).
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