Flash Fiction Challenge Writing prompt: Staring at the painting (or sculpture) in the museum, I was horrified to discover… I looked down at the strange invitation I'd received a week earlier. It read: You are cordially invited to attend the “Create or Die” exhibition. I had no idea who the invite was from, but … Continue reading Create or Die – Flash Fiction Challenge 20 #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week nineteen submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week twenty flash fiction by May 20, 2014! Post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. This week's prompt is brought to you by the one and only Kate of Odyssey of a Novice Writer! … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt Twenty
Flash Fiction Challenge Writing prompt: A man’s dog (or pet of your choice) develops the uncanny ability to communicate telepathically with him. Starry By Thain in Vain Day 1 3:16 p.m. Jake and Tina giggled on the ride home as they listened to the light mews from their new kitten. Poor thing had started its … Continue reading Starry – Flash Fiction Challenge 52 #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week eighteen submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week nineteen flash fiction by May 13, 2014! Post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. Week Nineteen Prompt: A man's dog (or pet of your choice) develops the uncanny ability to communicate telepathically with … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt Nineteen
Flash Fiction Challenge Writing prompt: "Weird things remind me of her. Cabbage, for instance.” Miss Maple By Eilidh Thain I first met Miss Maple in the hallway of the apartment building we lived in. She was in 201; I was in 202 across the hall. She had held out a bony, withered hand the temperature … Continue reading Miss Maple – Flash Fiction Challenge 52 #FFC52
100 Happy Days! The challenge! I have to say that consciously thinking about my life from the perspective of what makes me happy and what I'm grateful for really does work! I now spend more time in a grateful mindset about all the simple amazing things that make up an hour, day, week, year of … Continue reading 100 Happy Days (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, & 52)
Flash Fiction Challenge Writing prompt: An escaped prisoner hides from police within a group of homeless men. Beacon I was standing in front of a Radio Shack on Main and Station watching a Breaking News banner: “Prisoner Escapes from Police Custody.” A picture of me flashed on the screen. Next to me, a crowd had … Continue reading Beacon (FFC52)
Flash Fiction Challenge Writing prompt: For unknown reasons, insects begin to grow larger and smarter. “Tuesday Afternoon” By Thain in Vain A thud woke Henry Jelto with a start. The glass of whisky resting on his crotch tumbled to the floor. Jerry Springer was on the tube. It was about three in the afternoon. Relieved Dawn … Continue reading Tuesday Afternoon (FFC52)
M is for Mongoose While trying to think of an ‘m’ word to write about, one word kept straining its sinewy neck above the faceless of crowd of moons, mourning, milk, mutt, moms, maps, mumps. It was mongoose. Mongoose. Mongoose. Mongoose. My brain kept screeching. “Brain,” I said, “there is no way I’m going to … Continue reading Mongoose – A to Z Challenge
K is for Kryptonite This post is playing double duty: the A to Z Challenge and the Flash Fiction Challenge. Check it out! It's fun, but on to the main event. K is for Kryptonite Bill Posten could hardly believe his eyes when the first envelope addressed to Mail Away Inc. showed up under the … Continue reading Kryptonite – A to Z Challenge
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