Inspired by Magic: The Gathering and prompted by the Terribleminds Flash Fiction Challenge: One Small Story in Seven Acts Let them call her ‘heretic’ if they wished. She was a witch, no more or less. Thalia and the priesthood were never comfortable with her kind. Humanity, they professed, had no need for the tools of… Continue reading Flash Fiction: The Thraben Witch
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Flash Fiction Challenge: The Present Tense
Another dubious idea prompted by Terribleminds. I’m dreaming of home. I can see endless green and amber fields, feel the grain between my fingers. I hear the distant ringing of the bell bringing us in for dinner. My mother insists on being as old-fashioned as possible, while not skimping on things like transportation and communication.… Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge: The Present Tense
Flash Fiction Challenge: Three Random Photos
Courtesy Ye Olde Terribleminds Prompte He’d first caught a glimpse of her true form after two years in the lock-up. They couldn’t fool him. Words like ‘hospital’ and ‘mental ward’ were kindly terms for ‘prison’. He was a prisoner. He couldn’t remember why they kept him here, feeding him chunks of dog food in sewage… Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge: Three Random Photos
Words of the Dovahkiin, I: Throat of the World
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and apologize in advance for what may turn out to be only passable fan fiction as I write down stuff that goes through my head as I play this game. 9th Evening Star, 201 4E Standing here looking down upon Skyrim I… Continue reading Words of the Dovahkiin, I: Throat of the World
Flash Fiction: Three Sentences for Bear71
At the behest of this post, in support of this project, I offer the following from the perspective of a deer: This is one of those mornings, when foraging and looking for some breakfast, that the antlers feel particularly heavy. It’s going to be cold this year, colder than it has been before, and my… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Three Sentences for Bear71
2012's First Braindump
In lieu of IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! this week, postponed due to the dayjob workload, I give you the start of that thing I’ve been inspired to write thanks to Chuck Wendig as I mentioned Tuesday. I honestly don’t know if anything will actually come of this, but rather than post some pithy filler I… Continue reading 2012's First Braindump
Flash Fiction: Control
Terribleminds and my iPhone told me this story should be titled after this VNV Nation song. She whistled to herself as she emptied the garbage cans. Most people were gone for the evening. The vast control room only had a few people in it. Even so, she had to wait until one of them left… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Control
Flash Fiction: Hart's Office
The Terribleminds Revenge of the Sub-Genre Mash-Up made me do it. “Ms. Hart? There’s a Detective Dyson here to see you, ma’am.” It would take the visitor 45 seconds at a regular pace to reach her office door. She had plenty of time to prepare. “Send him back, Sandy.” Dyson was an ex-cop, according to… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Hart's Office
Flash Fiction: The Unexplainable Photo Challenge
“Sport.” No response. “Sport.” “Mmmmmf.” Skeeter blinked. He hated it when his best friend acted this way. They’d been show dogs together for years. It was how they’d been raised. Training, grooming, shows, repeat. But lately, the pressure seemed to have been getting to Sport. “Sport, knock it off. The humans are watching.” “Eh? Fuck… Continue reading Flash Fiction: The Unexplainable Photo Challenge
Flash Fiction: Mind Mangles Matter
To tackle the Terribleminds tiny tale-telling trial, “An Affliction of Alliteration“: Courtesy istaevan At last. The answers were finally within reach. They’d all told him he was mad. His colleagues in the studies of the arcane and obscure, scholars like himself, had said it was forbidden for him to delve into underground ruins such as… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Mind Mangles Matter
