For my friend. 3:30 a.m. Wake-up. The cool, soft night air blows through the unique French doors I designed for the bedroom. It’s tough to leave our 1000 thread count imported Amara sheets, but the chickens need their vegan breakfast and the garden needs a good weeding. Most of my friends don’t have the luxury … Continue reading Haughty Mom: A Day in the Life
Poet TS Eliot said, “This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.” He was right. Mine ended alone on the crumpled side of 140 kilometres per hour, with a hollow, gurgled sob into the tranquil night.
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week 51 submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week 52 flash fiction by December 30, 2014! Post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. This is it! We've been doing this writing thing for 52 weeks! Wow. It's been an amazing journey writing … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – The Finale – Prompt 52 – #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week 50 submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week 51 flash fiction by December 23, 2014! Post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. Week 51 Prompt: A famous, unsolved crime. Want to be part of the challenge? Tell me you are participating … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt 51 – #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week 49 submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week 50 flash fiction by December 16, 2014! Post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. Week 50 Prompt: About an hour ago. Want to be part of the challenge? Tell me you are participating … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt 50 – #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week 48 submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week 49 flash fiction by December 9, 2014! Post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. Week 49 Prompt:Start a story with the following sentence: The first __________. Want to be part of the challenge? … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt 49 – #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week 47 submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week 48 flash fiction by December 2, 2014! Post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. Week 48 Prompt:Revisit a favourite character from one of your past #FFC52 stories and write a new story about … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt 48 – #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week 46 submissions are in! Check them out! Sorry the prompt is late! I was travelling and updating the blog on an iPad is a frustrating exercise (read: almost tossed said iPad across the room). TiV Submit your week 47 flash fiction by November 25, 2014! Post a link to your submission … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt 47 – #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week 45 submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week 46 flash fiction by November 18, 2014! Post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. Week 46 Prompt: Study a stranger the next time you are in a coffee shop, on a bus or … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt 46 – #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week 44 submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week 45 flash fiction by November 11, 2014! Post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. Week 45 Prompt: Grab the book (or your favourite book) you're reading, turn to page 45, close your eyes, … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt 45 – #FFC52
Thain in Vain 