Mitchell Jamal Franco

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I have 14 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 10268 times and 12 of my stories have been cherry picked.
8 of my 44 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 8 votes

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Mitchell Jamal Franco

Writing cross-genre fiction, including historical, science fiction, travel, mystery and satire.  Also working on novel length mateial. My first novel, Jacob's Powder Keg, is now available on Amazon, in both Kindle and paperback.

My stories

ARTE

Arte, the autonomous robot technology experience, was purchased last year by the Art Residency. The robot pulled weeds, and the robot’s arms picked...
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Blue Haunt

"The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it." -- Oscar Wilde
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THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THINGS

The real estate agent was an older man, dressed in plaid pants and a sport coat, with an easy confidence about him. He led Phil and Sally from the...
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HOMESTEAD

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes - Henry David Thoreau
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8 of my comments have received 8 Great Feedback votes

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Great description of this

Posted on Sun, 26 Nov 2023

Great description of this very tense undertaking Turlough! I've been crossing borders for years, never with anything to hide (except for our tequila runs to Mexico when I was in college, oh and the fireworks) but on some borders I feel as though...

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Posted in The Targovishte Quandary - Part 2 of 3

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Love the description of the Dark City

Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023

Great story Paul. Your description of a dark, sinister city is vivid, and I can feel the grittiness of it. Kind of an urban fantasy feel blending mythical and modern evils, it makes you look upon the world outside and wonder if some parallel...

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Posted in Diner

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Thanks for your comments Paul

Posted on Sun, 30 Apr 2023

Thanks for your comments Paul, glad you enjoyed it.  HAL 9000 was definitely one of my inspirations. I think an interesting question on the blurring of emotional borders is how much of the blurring is human projection.  I think the term is...

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Posted in THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THINGS

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I enjoyed this a lot Ed.  A

Posted on Mon, 20 Mar 2023

I enjoyed this a lot Ed.  A little frightening but authentic.  Jumping into the middle but it has me hooked and will now go back and start from the beginning.  Your world building is seemless, sprinkled amidst an apparently normal house and tea...

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Posted in Waiting For the Flyers pt 6: David Walsham (1)

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Thank you Ewan!  I've updated

Posted on Thu, 16 Mar 2023

Thank you Ewan!  I've updated to increase the font. I'm using Times New Roman 18, pasting over from Mac Pages.  Let me know if there's a better standard type and size I should be using.  Kind regards.  

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Posted in THE BAIRD WHISPERER

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"from my experience, our

Posted on Sun, 19 Feb 2023

"from my experience, our continental cousins seem to have a mastery of the English language that frequently escapes our native speakers". 

I can relate to this line, having lived in Amsterdam, and worked on a team with English and Dutch. ...

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Posted in Stiffed! (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 5)

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I really enjoyed this.

Posted on Wed, 04 Jan 2023

I really enjoyed this.  Vividly described and emotive.  

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Posted in When Lily Was Here