<![CDATA[R.E. Holding and Cliff Cave Books: Short Stories]]>https://www.reholdingauthor.com/s/short-storieshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!P2vk!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff717157b-0238-4b77-877e-2fc8bc533be5_500x500.pngR.E. Holding and Cliff Cave Books: Short Storieshttps://www.reholdingauthor.com/s/short-storiesSubstackMon, 20 Apr 2026 11:53:17 GMT<![CDATA[Terminal Vow]]>https://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/terminal-vowhttps://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/terminal-vowTue, 18 Nov 2025 16:30:40 GMT

This short story was written for the Writing Battle spring flash fiction challenge of 2025. It earned 7 points in the final duels.

Rules: Create a 500 word story in the genre, using the character and …

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]]><![CDATA[Hello Friends]]>https://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/hello-friendshttps://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/hello-friendsTue, 12 Nov 2024 19:10:38 GMTAnother Writing Battle story! I got some fun feedback for this one, but as with all writing battles, I didn’t do very well. That’s why I’ve stopped participating in them… well there are other reasons…

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]]><![CDATA[Jump]]>https://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/jumphttps://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/jumpTue, 15 Oct 2024 16:31:58 GMTOh boy, this is an odd one. Put on your critical thinking caps and let me know what you think is going on here. As per several of my short stories, they are based on some weird dreams. This is also a…

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]]><![CDATA[Time with Friends]]>https://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/time-with-friendshttps://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/time-with-friendsTue, 17 Sep 2024 18:00:33 GMTI love to do Writing Battle stories. If you’ve never heard of Writing Battle, it’s a site hosted by Max, and I think there’s a battle 4 or 5 times a year. There is a relatively inexpensive entry fee,…

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]]><![CDATA[Collection]]>https://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/collectionhttps://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/collectionWed, 21 Aug 2024 01:11:01 GMTBased on my previous poll, I was surprised that a number of you wanted to get notified any time I posted! There were also some votes for just short stories, so to respect those folks, I’m just going …

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]]><![CDATA[A Bad Touch, Part 3 of 3]]>https://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/a-bad-touch-part-3-of-3https://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/a-bad-touch-part-3-of-3Thu, 08 Aug 2024 17:01:07 GMTHello old friends and new! Are you new here? Glad to have you! This is part 3 of my short story, A Bad Touch. If you haven’t already, hop over to parts 1 and 2 below!

Read Part 1 HERE

Read Part 2 HERE

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]]><![CDATA[A Bad Touch, Part 2 of 3]]>https://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/a-bad-touch-part-2-of-3https://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/a-bad-touch-part-2-of-3Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:30:54 GMTHello old friends and new! Are you new here? This is part 2 of my horror fantasy short. Hop on over to part 1 to catch up:

Read Part 1 HERE.

For my old friends, let’s see what our protagonist is going …

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]]><![CDATA[A Bad Touch, Part 1 of 3]]>https://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/a-bad-touch-part-1-of-3https://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/a-bad-touch-part-1-of-3Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:01:05 GMTWelcome back! This three-part story is paid subscriber exclusive! That ought to make you feel pretty darn special. :)

As with a lot of my works, this was based on a dream I had a few months ago. While…

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]]><![CDATA[The Thief's Folly]]>https://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/the-thiefs-follyhttps://www.reholdingauthor.com/p/the-thiefs-follyMon, 08 Jul 2024 16:45:35 GMTHey all!

I just want to start off my mentioning that from time to time, I may write up a short story and post it here. I like to participate in writing battles, as well as bang out a story in between …

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