Madeline Mora-Summonte

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Madeline Mora-Summonte is a writer, a reader, a beach-comber and a tortoise-owner. Many of her creepy little tales are out prowling in print and lurking online. Visit www.MadelineMora-Summonte.com for a taste of her work. Just be careful something doesn't taste you back.

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Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer Nov 1, 2010

by Robert Swartwood, Natalie McNabb

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A story collection that proves less is more.

The stories in this collection run the gamut from playful to tragic, conservative to experimental, but they all have one thing in common: they are no more than 25 words long. Robert Swartwood was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's possibly apocryphal six-word story—"For Sale: baby shoes, never worn"—to foster the writing of these incredibly short-short stories. He termed them "hint fiction" because the few chosen words suggest a larger, more complex chain of events. Spare and evocative, these stories prove that a brilliantly honed narrative can be as startling and powerful as a story of traditional length. The 125 gemlike stories in this collection come from such best-selling and award-winning authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Ha Jin, Peter Straub, and James Frey, as well as emerging writers.

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Shallow Waters Vol.3: A Flash Fiction Anthology (A Series of Supernatural Stories) Oct 8, 2019

by Richard Thomas, Mark Allan Gunnells, Jonathan Winn, Monique Snyman, Lee Murray, Jennifer Loring, Dan Rabarts, Joshua Hair, Dani Brown, Theresa Derwin, Madeline Mora-Summonte, Jo-Anne Russell, Rob Smales, Red Lagoe, Megan Hart, Dale Elster, Pete Mesling, Stephen Crowley, Mark Cassell, Patrick McDonough, Tim Meyer, Jay Faulkner, Roberta Codemo, Crystal Lake Publishing, Joe Mynhardt

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Shallow Waters—where nothing stays buried.

With twenty-one dark tales diving beneath the surface of life, death, and the pain between them.

Shallow Waters is the official monthly flash fiction challenge hosted by the award-winning Crystal Lake Publishing. Every month a new challenge is posted online, with authors submitting via email. The best submissions are then posted on Crystal Lake’s Patreon page, where patrons read daily entries and vote for the winner. What you’ll find in these Shallow Waters anthologies include the most popular of our finalists.

Stay tuned for more volumes in this series, or find Crystal Lake Publishing on Patreon to enter or vote on future challenges.

Volume three includes horror, thrillers, suspense, and stories of hauntings, monsters, clowns, twisted love, and the beauty beneath it all.

Introduction by Joe Mynhardt
“Piece Meal” by Madeline Mora-Summonte
“The Anonymous Dark” by Jonathan Winn
“Number Seventeen” by Monique Snyman
“For Her” by Jo-Anne Russell
“Second Chances” by Rob Smales
“Maker of Flight” by Richard Thomas
“Inertia” by Joshua Hair
“Malignant Roots” by Red Lagoe
“Two to a Desk” by Dani Brown
“The Comb” by Theresa Derwin
“Echoes” by Megan Hart
“Haunted Places” by Mark Allan Gunnells
“Hallways, Long and Dark” by Dale Elster
“The Chance of a Lifetime” by Pete Mesling
“GOGGINS” by Stephen Crowley
“Caoine” by Jennifer Loring
“Hacked” By Mark Cassell & Patrick R. McDonough
“Ghosts of the Wood” by Tim Meyer
“Paid in Full” by Roberta Codemo
“This Other Door” by Dan Rabarts & Lee Murray
“Always and Forever” by Jay Faulkner

In this volume…

This Halloween, the girl might just get more than she bargained for.
A gumball machine dispenses something far more sinister—and sweeter—than candy.
Lessons don’t always have to be taught in school.
You never know what you’ll find at the end of a dark hallway…
A serial killer reminisces over his last victim.
An Irish-American man come to terms with the legacy he leaves, thanks to the ancestral apparition that has haunted his family for centuries.
Some relationships leave scars that linger even beyond death.
When a Victorian actor’s career comes to a sudden end due to a flare-up of gout during an opening-night performance at the Delphi Theatre, he is left with only one chance to exact revenge on the inflexible house manager.
Stalked by shadows, a woman prowls the darkened halls of her longtime home.
Her body found mutilated down the tin mines and pursued by her step sister, she scratches her hooks against the wall as her classmates disappear.
Some curses are eternal and unbreakable.
Inertia—a property of matter in which something moves at a set speed and direction until made to change by another force.
After his dark soul took to the soil, evil plagued the roots of the family tree.

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Infection: Drabbles 1 (Legends of Night) Jun 29, 2021

by Black Ink Fiction, McKenzie Richardson, Nicole Little, Brieanne O'Reilly, Alex Avery, Rachel C. Pendragon, BF Vega, Stephen Herczeg, A. S. Charly, Alison Kaiser, Amanda Arab, Amber M. Simpson, Andrew Kurtz, Andrew McDonald, April Yates, B. A. Nielsen, Bill Bibo Jr, Brian Foley, Brook Sullivan, Brynna Jones, Chisto Healy, Chris Bannor, Chris Hewitt, Christopher T. Dabrowski, ChrystalVixen, Collin Yeoh, Dan Allen, David Bowmore, David Green, David Owain Hughes, Davion Moore, DeBraal, Declan Liam McKendrick, Destiny Eve Pifer, Devin Beggs, Diane Arrelle, Dorian J. Sinnott, Dusty Davis, Ed Ahern, Ella Everly, Emilian Wojnowski, Emma K. Leadley, Fariel Shafee, Gabriella Balcom, Gary McDonough, Hari Navarro, Helen M. Merrick, Hillary Lyon, J.M. Faulkner, J.S. Nel, Jacek Wilkos, James S. Austin, Jamie Blyth, Jeremy Zenter, Jessica Wilcox, Jodi Jensen, Jodie Angell, Jodie Francis, John Lane, K.B. Elijah, Katherine Howard, Kerri Jesmer, Kevin E.C. Curdgel, Kevin Hopson, Lana Trick, Laura Shenton, Leanbh Pearson, M.B. Pedersen, Madeline Mora-Summonte, Maggie D Brace, Maxine Churchman, Meera Dandekar, Michelle Brett, Monster Smith, N.M. Brown, Natasha Sinclair, Nerisha Kemraj, Nick Watts, Nicole Henning, Patrick C. Harrison III, Patrick Winters, Peter Foote, Philip Rogers, Radar DeBoard, Ralph Benton, Reyna Young, Rich Rurshell, Rickey Rivers Jr, Riley Odell, Rotten Akers, S.O. Green, Scott Marshall, Scott Smith, Shawn M. Klimek, Simon J. Plant, Sophie Wagner, Stuart Conover, Thomas Sturgeon Jr, Tiffany Christie, Tim Law, Tony Logan, Tyson Miller, Umair Mirxa, Victor Nandi, Warren Benedetto, Zachary Hennis, Brandi Hicks, Shelly Jarvis

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The undead are among us. Shambling, groaning, eating brains…taking trips to Vegas all-you-can-eat buffets?

Everyone knows the zombie apocalypse is bound to happen, these authors just bring it to you sooner than you expected. Authors from all over the globe spin terrifying tales of the infected and undying in just 100 words per story.

From soccer mom zombies to military experiments; reanimated commanders directing an army of zombies to a monster-esque meteorologist. Get a fresh take on an undead theme with Infection from Black Ink Fiction.

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Shallow Waters Vol.6: A Flash Fiction Anthology (A Series of Supernatural Stories) Sep 16, 2020

by Crystal Lake Publishing, Jonathan Winn, Mark Allan Gunnells, Jonathan Fortin, Richard Thomas, Theresa Derwin, Guy Medley, Amanda Hard, Denver Grenell, A.J. Franks, Michael Harris Cohen, Jennifer Carstens, J. Brian Reed , R. Leigh Hennig , Madeline Mora-Summonte, Erica Ruppert , Michael Patrick Hicks , R.B. Wood , L.F. Falconer, Esteban Vargas, Joe Mynhardt

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Take a Deep Breath and Dive Beneath the Surface of Shallow Waters—Where Nothing Stays Buried.

With 20 Dark Fiction & Horror tales diving beneath the surface of life, death, and the mystery that lies beneath.

Shallow Waters is the official monthly flash fiction challenge hosted by Crystal Lake Publishing, with authors submitting via email. The best submissions are then posted on Crystal Lake’s Patreon page (an exclusive behind the scenes community of readers and authors), where patrons read daily entries and vote for the winner. What you’ll find in these Shallow Waters anthologies include the winners as well as the most popular of our finalists. Stay tuned for more volumes in this series, or find Crystal Lake Publishing on Patreon to enter or vote on future challenges (or gain access to our Still Water Bay series). Check out the Shallow Waters series page here on Amazon, where you’ll find volume 1 for free.

Volume six includes stories of Karma, travel horror, forgotten elder gods, being home alone or in lockdown, and a non-themed challenge.

Includes:
Introduction by Joe Mynhardt
“The Offering” by Denver Grenell
“We All Scream” by A.J. Franks
“Whittling” by Michael Harris Cohen
“Fall to Frost” by Jonathan Winn
“Meadow for The Birdmen” by Guy Medley
“The Mottled Path” by Jennifer Carstens
“Gandaberunda” by Richard Thomas
“Nothing in There” by J. Brian Reed
“Anything for the Cause” by Mark Allan Gunnells
“Father” by R. Leigh Hennig
“Rattled” by Madeline Mora-Summonte
“Judgment Call” by Erica Ruppert
“Molarthroat” by Jonathan Fortin
“Stupid Girl” by Michael Patrick Hicks
“Carmen’s a Bitch” by Mark Allan Gunnells
“Hot Broth on a Cold Winter’s Night” by R.B. Wood
“Neighborhood Watch” by L.F. Falconer
“Tea for Two” by Amanda Hard
“The Man Who Fell from the Sky” by Esteban Vargas
“How Lovely Are Thy Branches” by Theresa Derwin

In this volume…

In the dishonest quiet of a hanging moon, two strangers wrestle with the horrifying consequences of a ravenous war.
Sometimes the gods hunger for more than a sit-down meal.
What if your new ‘god’ could do anything he wanted? What if he no longer allowed Christmas?
Death was supposed to find the old woman forced to walk the mottled path.
A grandfather has mere minutes to prepare his granddaughter for the arrival of the Old Gods and ensure the survival of the human race.
A newly single woman celebrates her divorce with an impromptu drive north, but the woods hold horrors worse than her failed marriage.
Peter knows the President has to be stopped, but to what lengths will he go to accomplish this?
She’d never let her boy starve twice.
How many ways can evil enter your house?
With help from her Stuffies, young Emmy organizes a tea party that guarantees to put her back in the family spotlight.
Sometimes, what’s outside the box is scarier than what's hiding inside.

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Shallow Waters Vol.7: A Flash Fiction Anthology (A Series of Supernatural Stories) Apr 16, 2021

by Armand Rosamilia, Mark Allan Gunnells, Theresa Derwin, Jay Bechtol, Linda J. Marshall, Michael Harris Cohen, Madeline Mora-Summonte, Michael Patrick Hicks, Robert W. Walker, Martin Aguilera, Lee Smart, Beverley Lee , Derek Odom, Diversion by RJ Meldrum, Denver Grenell, Liam Hogan, Patrick Barb, Ben Norris, Catherine McCarthy, Monique Snyman, Joe Mynhardt, Crystal Lake Publishing

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Take a Deep Breath and Dive Beneath the Surface of Shallow Waters—Where Nothing Stays Buried.

With 23 Dark Fiction & Horror tales diving beneath the surface of life, death, and the mystery that lies beneath.

Shallow Waters is the official monthly flash fiction challenge hosted by the award-winning Crystal Lake Publishing. Every month a new challenge is posted online, with authors submitting via email. The best submissions are then posted on Crystal Lake’s Patreon page (an exclusive behind the scenes community of readers and authors), where patrons read daily entries and vote for the winner. What you’ll find in these Shallow Waters anthologies include the winners as well as the most popular of our finalists. Stay tuned for more volumes in this series, or find Crystal Lake Publishing on Patreon to enter or vote on future challenges.

Volume seven includes suspenseful stories with themes of isolation, the drive-in, cars, love, tragedy and loss, post-apocalypse, and camp horror.

Includes:
Introduction by Joe Mynhardt
Cribs by Linda J. Marshall (winner)
Going Home by Lee Smart
Snack Money by Jay Bechtol
First Time at the Drive-in by Mark Allan Gunnells
The Perfect Match by Madeline Mora-Summonte (winner)
The Things You do for Love by Beverley Lee
Back Soon by Michael Patrick Hicks
Ashes by Martin Aguilera
Nineteen Weeks by Theresa Derwin
Cracked Pot by Armand Rosamilia
For Beth… by Derek Odom (winner)
Diversion by RJ Meldrum
Write Time by Robert W. Walker
The Thirteenth Step by Denver Grenell
Red by Liam Hogan (winner)
There is No Bunk #7 by Patrick Barb
The Sower of Second Lives by Ben Norris
Alone on Campus by Mark Allan Gunnells
The Bone Tree by Michael Harris Cohen
Lure by Catherine McCarthy
Sometimes They Die by Michael J Moore
A Bright New Future by Philip Harris
The Little Thief by Esteban Vargas (winner)

Proudly brought to you by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.

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Trembling With Fear: More Tales From The Tree: Volume 3 Jul 9, 2021

by Stuart Conover, Stephanie Ellis, Catherine Kenwell

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In our third collection of More Tales from Under the Tree, we have gathered the holiday-themed calls and various special calls released in 2020. From the vaults of ‘Trembling With Fear’, we’ve also included our Unholy Trinities - sets of 3 related 100-word tales - a triple delight.

Each story falls within the realm of speculative fiction. While many are darker works, we include the full range from horror to science fiction to fantasy and beyond!

Our goal is to bring you a diverse collection of voices from around the globe and we hope that you enjoy reading this collection as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it together.

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Festival of Fear: Under the Big Top Drabbles 1 Oct 30, 2021

by Black Ink Fiction, Alison Kaiser, Alma Sinan, Andrew Kurtz, Andy Clark, Ashleigh Cattermole-Crump, B.A. Nielsen, B.R. Turnage, Bernardo Villela, Beth W. Patterson, BF Vega, Birgit K Gaiser, Brieanne OReilly, Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer, Chisto Healy, Christopher T. Dabrowski, Connie Millard, Daniel Ausema, David Green, David Owain Hughes, David Staiger, Dawn DeBraal, Destiny Eve Pifer, Dorian J. Sinnott, Doug Hawley, E.N. Dawson, Emma K. Leadley, Emma Kathryn, G. J. Dunn, Gabriella Balcom, Gary Kruse, Gary McDonough, Hari Navarro, Hastings Kidd, Ingrid Thornquest, J.S. Nel, Jacek Wilkos, Jameson Grey, Jim Nemeth, Jodie Francis, Kevin J Kennedy, Kevin McCarty, Kim Plasket, Laura Shenton, M. B. Pedersen, Madeline Mora-Summonte, Maggie D. Brace, Marie Sterling, Matt Krizan, Matthew Pedersen, Meera Dandekar, Melody E. McIntyre, Michelle Brett, Morgan Bennett, N.M. Brown, Nat Whiston, Natasha Sinclair, Nicole Henning, Nyki Blatchley, Olivia Arieti, Patrick Winters, Philip Rogers, Rachel C. Pendragon, Radar DeBoard, Reyna Young, Scarlett Lake, Stephen Johnson, Tiffany Christie, Tom Trussel, Tyson Miller, Zachary Hennis, Brandi Hicks, Shelly Jarvis

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Everyone loves when a good festival or carnival rolls into town. The fun sounds, lights, games, rides…the greasy fair food. But what happens when the carnival becomes a thing of nightmares? Killer carnies, mirror mazes that trap you forever, ride malfunctions and food so good…it kills.

Join us on this ride of terror as 60+ international authors thrill you with tales that will be sure to make you turn that funnel cake down at the next carnival.

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Horrors: Real, Imagined, and Deadly Oct 24, 2015

by Matt Sinclair, Mindy McGinnis, Sarah Glenn Marsh, R.S. Mellette, Justin Holley, Precy Larkins, Kim Graff, Madeline Mora-Summonte

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What are you afraid of?

What causes the hair on your neck to stand?

Do you worry what your fears mean? Is there a reason that what horrifies you means nothing to someone else?

Whether your fears remain secret or you laugh when the monster from under your bed devours your neighbors, the tales in Horrors: Real, Imagined, and Deadly will give you a reason to leave the light on when you go to bed.

Because horror reaches its cold hands out to everyone.

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Garden of Lost Souls: A Collection of Flash Fiction Aug 21, 2015

by Madeline Mora-Summonte

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Twenty dark tales to shiver your spine, to shudder your soul, including:

A landscaper gets a taste of what happens when he covers up a mistake.

A child learns that best friends can come in all shapes and sizes, and with many, many legs.

A boy worries that his “imaginary” friend won’t let his family move.

A homeless woman revels in post-apocalyptic opportunities.

Some are previously published, most are 100 words or fewer, but they all give you just enough time to turn away, to run away, before it’s too late. You don’t want to stay in the dark too long. You never know what might slither out . . . and lick you.

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The People We Used to Be: A Flash Fiction Collection Oct 25, 2013

by Madeline Mora-Summonte

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The stories in this flash fiction collection are like day trips - brief, illuminating journeys - across the landscape of the human condition.

An old woman, with the help of a neighbor and a terrified dog, challenges a young punk disturbing the peace.

A middle-aged woman confronts a former lover as he holds her at gunpoint.

A boy learns the meaning of true friendship as a baseball game takes a terrifying turn.

A runaway searches for her own face among a wall of Missing posters.

Some of the characters find the strength to move forward while others struggle to just move on. Old. Young. Grieving. Lost. Alone. Smart. Funny. Tough. They are us.

This collection of 17 stories contains both new and previously published work. It includes "Hungry," winner of the Writer Advice 6th Flash Prose Contest and "A Quarter for Your Thoughts," winner in the Published Flash Fiction category of the Florida Writers Association's Royal Palm Literary Awards, 2008.

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