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Since I tend to write a lot of flash fiction, I will keep all my 'old' flash entries in here, making room for new ones on the main forum. Hope you enjoy some of my golden oldies! ![]() |
Grandma's Dream July 14, 2025 at 1:56pm
Making herself comfortable on the porch, Anna adjusted the knob and antenna on her transistor radio until her favourite station came on.
It was going to be another hot Saturday, and as the band, Earth, Wind and Fire reminded everyone to join them in Boogie Wonderland, she lay back, closed her eyes, and allowed the sun’s rays to soak into her brown flesh.
The door opened behind her.
She didn’t lift her lashes.
“Good grief, Anna,” came the familiar complaint. “Y... [Read more] A Day in the Life June 12, 2025 at 4:52am
A spider carves a path down my bedroom wall.
I watch in fascination, knowing I ought to get rid of it, but the motivation is simply not there today.
On television, war games continue in earnest.
Some place being bombed, while their leaders laugh as they flaunt another feather in their proverbial hats.
I wonder if we ought to send them into the war zone. Maybe if they get a taste of how gruesome the entire affair is, they won’t be so quick to send young men and women to their... [Read more] Revolution June 5, 2025 at 10:14pm
She limped with a grimace; a hand clutching her aching ribs, while the other held onto the tattered remains of a placard that once read ‘Make Peace. Not War.’
Exhausted, she slumped to the curb and leaned against the lamp post.
She barely flinched at the pieces of glass that crunched beneath her; a grim reminder of the results from angry bullets launched during the skirmish.
The night air was thick with the smell of blood and smoke; fires from targeted buildings still blaz... [Read more] A Final Decision April 6, 2024 at 4:40am
Jakob adjusts the cursed armband and takes a shuffling step forward.
His stomach growls with hunger; his bones and teeth rattling with the biting cold. The rain has not ceased its incessant tears since yesterday, and the roads are now a sloosh of mud, vomit, and blood.
“Kowalski!” comes the commanding bark.
“Here, sir,” he responds and steps out of the line.
He keeps his head lowered until the hard and painful nudge of the leather whip beneath his chin forces him to look in... [Read more] Thank You, Dr. King December 28, 2008 at 6:28pm Written for the
Prompt: Write about speaking on an important issue in public for the first time.
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Having spent all night thinking about it, I knew I was ready to face the day.
“Are you sure about this, honey?” Mother asked, looking quite concerned.
“I’ll be fine, Mom,” I replied. I prayed it wouldn’t be the last time I saw her, since leaving my home every morning was a journey in itself.
I smoothed out my dress, knowing the... [Read more] The Pop Star December 28, 2008 at 6:45pm Written for the
Prompt: Your character becomes famous overnight. Detail how this has happened and how s/he feels about sudden fame.
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Talk about being in the wrong place at the right time.
Jonathan was sandwiched between a publicist and a personal assistant, both rattling on cell phones at a mile-a-minute. Sitting across from him in the limousine, was his lawyer and financial adviser, both looking rather perplexed.
Jonathan wondered if he ought to tell them the truth.... [Read more] |