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The Shadow Within – Flash Fiction

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on June 21, 2018

Evening had descended on the village. Stars twinkled in the cloudless night and the bright light of the full moon cast a pale white veil over the cottages. A cool breeze drifted down from the mountains, the trees swaying in harmony as they sang the unintelligible lullabies of the night. In the distance low, dark […]

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The Delivery – [Flash Fiction]

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on May 7, 2017

Two rapid knocks on the door interrupted Ms. Morris’ morning tea and newspaper reading. She looked at the antique clock that hung on the wall and nodded with a smile. It was time. She stood up and walked over to the door. The delivery driver that waited on the other side of the door grinned […]

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Humphrey – A Short Story

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on February 1, 2017January 31, 2017

[su_note radius=”7″]Originally posted on Wattpad for a SciFi Challenge. The challenge was to write a story about a mad scientist and include three of a handful of sentences determined by the challenge panel. These have been marked with bold text in the story below. The story is really built around these statements.[/su_note] The Dome. That’s […]

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Shadow of the Beast – Flash Fiction

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on January 7, 2017January 6, 2017

[su_note radius=”7″]Originally posted in the Flash Fiction Phenomenon reading/writing group on Facebook.[/su_note] The hunter looked down from the top of the clock tower onto the village below. Lit only by the pale light of the full moon above him, shadows reached across the streets and alleys like fingers of the undead. Small fires throughout the village […]

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Anathema

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on December 16, 2015March 26, 2016

Maxwell looked at the contraption on the table in front of him. It was about the size of a box of matches although completely smooth on all sides, not unlike a pebble shaped by centuries of a mountain streams. He tentatively reached for it but changed his mind when one of the doctors coughed his […]