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The Free State of Arcadia

The Free State of Arcadia

by | Jan 2, 2026 | E, Evelyne Dogan, Short Story

They saw it in the distance, sitting like a great crater in the middle of the river valley, a buzzard’s nest of wooden palisades, surrounded by a network of trenches. Black smoke rose from it, carving canyons across the sky as they closed in in a tight column of...
Gold in California

Gold in California

by | Dec 23, 2025 | E, Evelyne Dogan, Short Story

Josephine took a deep breath, adjusting her long, ragged poncho, her fingers stiff and cold around the metal beneath its fabric, approaching the two men in front of the solitary hut. +++++“I’m sorry, sir, are you Deputy Browns?” Her voice trembled, her arms hidden...