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A long married man sings again with an old flame... then he can't put out the fire! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/1752244085392-6VRPW26QR8AWICNS56F8/Screenshot%2B2025-07-11%2Bat%2B10.16.49%25E2%2580%25AFAM.png Stories Issue 10 of ThrillRide Magazine includes my short story "Vroom-Vroom-Boom," told from the point of view of the car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/1752245461749-4CNHQ0U49UHL3R2ZJ8BX/ThrillRide%25252B9%25252BSecrets%25252BJan%25252B2025%25252B%2525252522Sister%25252BSecrets%2525252522.jpg Stories "Sister Secrets" Sibling betrayal and salvation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/1752246195124-ATD8NB6TVFY88SGAVIOH/ThrillRide%25252B6%25252BSummer%25252B2024%25252BVroom-Vroom-Boom.jpg Stories What if your fast car loved you back? Vroom-Vroom-Boom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/1752253025493-3ERVXP39KU2XBMAII46Y/Devil%2527s%2BSnare%2BOct%2B2024%2BHellfire%2B%2526%2BHolywater.jpg Stories “Hellfire & Holywater” by Alison McMahan. A desperate teenaged girl finds solace with a bank robber (October 6, 2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/1752268447910-DEMNMVTLN9KDUDMUKO46/Screenshot%2B2025-07-11%2Bat%2B5.11.56%25E2%2580%25AFPM.png Stories The iguanas are freezing to death. Or are they? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/1752253774395-N7M5HQVQA1GIMIGPOY8K/The%2BGreat%2BFilling%2BStation%2BHoldup%252C%2BVolcano%2B.jpg Stories Years ago he dumped her. Now he needs her bag. 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No more Mr. Nice Guy. https://www.alisonmcmahan.com/fiction daily 0.75 2026-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/063e6c7a-f721-47f9-bfb0-95c445d98214/Screenshot+2026-03-22+at+3.50.00%E2%80%AFPM.png https://www.alisonmcmahan.com/essays daily 0.75 2025-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/495efce6-3652-442f-a8ff-8e6be5ca7878/Screenshot+2026-02-02+at+1.01.46%E2%80%AFPM.png Essays In my essay I told about the various mythical spy figures and of course a tour of delicious gadgets, especially Civil War spy gadgets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/aab088dc-a018-4280-9c4f-ccdf19a8ae72/Screenshot+2026-02-02+at+1.23.28%E2%80%AFPM.png Essays Includes my essay "The Lost Writing Partner: the case of Charles Todd and Caroline Todd" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/d46dcaf2-ae74-473f-9fb7-6ebca3728058/Screenshot+2025-07-11+at+2.39.22%E2%80%AFPM.png Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/5d6a6c0e-efc7-41c7-84f6-b126e73658d7/Screenshot+2026-02-02+at+1.18.34%E2%80%AFPM.png Essays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/1752269046067-P9Q94K1VGT5BXI27FNJO/Screenshot%2B2025-07-11%2Bat%2B5.19.53%25E2%2580%25AFPM.png Essays The most famous woman you never heard of. https://www.alisonmcmahan.com/nonfiction daily 0.75 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/0ae62dce-1fc6-415e-90b3-63d5d9cf51c2/Screenshot+2025-07-12+at+9.00.10%E2%80%AFAM.png Nonfiction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/4234c5f5-3b4d-4062-ab3a-f475b68ab1d9/Screenshot+2025-07-12+at+8.50.38%E2%80%AFAM.png Nonfiction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/686d2a048fb8402bcd359aaf/68093cd3-2a8b-4a41-9fc2-b5dded025729/Screenshot+2025-07-12+at+8.22.25%E2%80%AFAM.png Nonfiction