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April 2026

Reviewing: Such Pleasant Smells by Joe Nichols
My elderly neighbor used to have a beautiful garden.
 • Harriet Corvine
Reviewing: Loretto by Gabriel O. Maestas
A drop back into the Wild West.
 • Harriet Corvine
Reviewing: The Ugly Duckling by Hank Cotton
The Ugly Duckling by Hank Cotton is an overall captivating story where our hero gets into one uncomfortable situation after another.
 • Harriet Corvine
The Way In
It had been a landmark, the Halcyon, a towering monolith of culture and entertainment, but there was no one left alive now who had seen it in operation.
Published on A Girl Writing The World • 
Who's the Winner?
Short Stories and Tales Competition's Winner Announcement
 • Harriet Corvine, Emma Steel, and MJ Polk
3 Books & 7 stories by Substack writers - Please CHECK OUT THE BOOKS; links in the post, and listen to Pinocchio Undone
Short Stories and Tales Competition - Check out the stories And the BOOKS!
Published on The Corvine Tales • 
15:15
Short Story Contest - POLLs Are OPEN
CAST YOUR VOTE for your favorite: April 2nd to April 17th, 2026.
 • Harriet Corvine

March 2026

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