As I struggle to return to a regular writing and blogging schedule, a big part of that routine is writing flash fiction every week, usually as part of the Terribleminds challenge. This week, the goal is to tell a story using a photo, or provide a photo for others to use. Upon seeing this photo… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Convocation
Category: Fiction
Flash Fiction: The Wreck
It’s been too long since I’ve gotten in on the weekly Flash Fiction Challenge over at Terribleminds. Chuck double dog dared us to write 100 words exactly of original fiction. Here’s what I came up with. I start to wake up. I remember a lot of noise. I’m on my side. Glass is everywhere. I… Continue reading Flash Fiction: The Wreck
Flash Fiction: Sorceress of Flame, Part 2
This week’s Flash Fiction challenge over at Terribleminds is to write the second part of a four-part story started by someone else. I picked “Sorceress of Flame” by Toni J, whose site you should definitely check out. — Part 1, by Toni J — The magic in dragonflame lingered long after any heat had died… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Sorceress of Flame, Part 2
Flash Fiction: Bart Luther, Freelance Exorcist
I’m getting back into the saddle with the Terribleminds Flash Fiction challenge, and doing so has me writing the first 1000 words of a story someone else will finish. Hopefully, someone will find this interesting. I can’t imagine to understand everything that occurs in my life. I can’t account for everything I’ve seen. At least… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Bart Luther, Freelance Exorcist
Flash Fiction: The Gift
It was an anonymous package. Those always raised suspicions. The museum’s security had gone over it several times, and it had been run through all sorts of tests before it landed on the assistant curator’s desk. Amanda came back from Starbucks to find it waiting there, illuminated under the wan light of the lamp that… Continue reading Flash Fiction: The Gift
Flash Fiction: Closed Casket
Chuck challenged us to use one of these stock photos that BuzzFeed claims nobody could ever use. I picked #4, and pulled this out of my brain. Enjoy! “I really appreciate you doing this, padre.” Father Pryce still looked a bit skeptical. He shook the offered hand, for certain, and the money Timothy had given… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Closed Casket
Flash Fiction: Hello Human
So Chuck Wendig coined the phrase Spammerpunk and I thought I’d get down on that. Hello human, Greetings from another human. I am human and interested in human things. Your planet which you call Earth has many resources important to humans. An offer generous to humans can be made. Many lucrative offers to other humans… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Hello Human
Flash Fiction: Strong Yet Subtle
For this week’s Flash Fiction Challenge over at Terribleminds, Picking Uncommon Apples, the random number gods bestowed upon me 28, 18, and 31. Here’s what came out of those choices! Ravenna slipped through the opened grate with the sort of smooth ease that only comes from years of practice. She heard the soft splashing behind… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Strong Yet Subtle
Flash Fiction: You Had To Have It
For this week’s Terribleminds Flash Fiction Challenge, I chose the sentence written by Vicente L Ruiz. Enjoy! I have witnessed the end of humanity. I don’t know how any rational human being could have a different thought at the sight of people lined up outside of the ostentatious glass-walled store. For release after release, I… Continue reading Flash Fiction: You Had To Have It
Flash Fiction: Velocity, Part 3
For the final portion of this rather epic Flash Fiction Challenge Chuck Wendig has been running, I chose to finish the intriguing tale Velocity, started by Mark Gardner and continued by LC Finney. I hope they, and you, enjoy how I finish the story. Part 1 (by Mark Gardner) Falling. I rush to you with… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Velocity, Part 3
