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Cislyn Smith

Cislyn Smith likes playing pretend, playing games, and playing with words. She calls Madison, Wisconsin home. She has been known to crochet tentacles, write stories and poems at odd hours, and gallivant. She is a co-founder of The Dream Foundry and a graduate of the Viable Paradise Workshop. Her wordy work has appeared in Strange Horizons, Diabolical Plots, and Flash Fiction Online.

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Hidden Treasure

Darla found her daughter's confidence stuffed into a shoebox on the top shelf of the hall closet, behind old tennis rackets and ice skates. "Shit." She set the box down like it might explode if she so much as thought about it too hard. Then she went upstairs, just to get some…

Helpful Truths For the Chosen One Who Has Returned Home

* It's ok to mourn. You lost something very important. I'm not talking about your magic lantern, or your friends, or even access to that world. I'm talking about certainty. Destiny means guarantees, and there aren't a lot of those in this world. It's ok to grieve for what you…

Things the spirit living inside the west wind brought to Abby's house after the terrible storm

1. An entire little library, ripped from its roots, tumbled and rolled straight to her front door. Abby didn't recognize it, and it still had books inside, so she just stuck it in her front yard. Grudgingly. 2. A pile of puppies, all scrabbling paws and wiggly warm bellies and…