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Lisa H. Owens

Lisa H. Owens, a retired flight attendant and former syndicated humorist columnist, resides in North Texas with a multitude of long-suffering houseplants and a senior rescue dog called Fred, who rules the roost. Her first published story was a mini-memoir about her close-call with the infamous Ted Bundy in 1978. A variety of Lisa’s multi-genre stories and poems are published in magazines and anthologies, and a collection of her own fictional pieces, as compiled by a boutique publisher, is scheduled for release in 2026. Her stories are often inspired by skeletons in the closet, and she’s not afraid of spiders and snakes.

Shuttered by Lynn Newman

Night shift has its own rhythm. By eleven, the ward had settled into the soft machinery of after-hours care. The corridors dimmed to permanent twilight. Monitors hummed like distant insects, and the wheels of the trolley learned to whisper. After enough years, the nurse had come to recognise the small patterns that meant someone was nearing their end. It wasn’t written in the notes. It happened at the windows and doors. People closed things. Both families and nurses complicit. Blinds first. Then curtains....

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