Author: Jef Murray

The Citadel

“You don’t belong here!” Bernadette Bingham was walking past the drab brownstone apartments on her way to work. She looked at the little girl playing on the stoop, puzzled. “You don’t belong here!” the child said again, looking...

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The Calling

Lucy saw the man on the street several times before she recalled that he had been murdered the year before. On reflection, she realized this wasn’t because she was inattentive; he was simply hard to notice. The bulky figure...

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The Promise

“Do you remember that night?” she asked him. “I think so,” he said. He could recall sitting on the porch on a hot summer evening. What was it they had talked about? “You asked him a question,...

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Pendragon

“But that’s absurd!” The young man was furious. Across an ancient rosewood desk, the older gentleman smiled at him, but did not answer. “It’s absurd!” said the young man again. “If I want you to paint me a portrait, why should I...

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