How many times?
The
same guy kept showing up at the cafe, armed with complaints. It never stopped;
everything was a target for scrutiny.
Yet
I was stuck with …
This is for an assignment for Literary+ where
each assigned pair wrote 100 word bios. Then we wrote a flash fiction,
up to 300 words, based on each other’s bios. Unfortunately, the bio I based …
This first originally appeared on my musings blog for a writing challenge by Rachael Harrie.
Shadows crept
across the wall, prompting Lacey to wake up from her daily slumber.
“Another
day,” She …
This first originally appeared on my musings blog for Flash Fiction Project’s Travel prompt. I’m transferring over the three pieces I wrote there to here to be covered under this …
Summer solstice
brought with it the loudest royal celebration of all time. Princess Rae would
have essentially aged by a minuscule amount and what a birthday it was. The
servants of the …
Have you ever
noticed how people never walk in a straight line? No? Thought so.
Me? I happen to know about this
little secret. All that time sitting around between classes wasn’t wasted on
me. …
Two janitors walked down an empty school hall. Dim lights
illuminated the hallway at the doors to desolate classrooms. Just only a week
ago, the school was filled with children running …
The guns
swamp triumphs over the mediaeval alien. He stood in silence without a flinch
to his name. His body heat escaping through the wounds left by the lead, some
of which ricocheted off the …
“Good God, man!
What have you done!?”
“I don’t know! I did everything it
said on the note. Even to a T!”
The first night of babysitting and
Barry thought he had it all down. …
I was
never one for parties. Whether it be birthday, holiday, or just a party for the
sake of one, I lacked the ‘zest’. But, then again, what does ‘zest’ actually do
for the party other than drunken …