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            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 …