Flash Fiction Friday
My inspiration for this week’s story comes from my family. Literally. I asked my wife and three of my kids for words, and they gave me: Royal, Bifurcated, Elbow-grease (technically two words, but I’ll...
Category: Fiction
Flash Fiction Friday: Walk the Plank!
The YA Buccaneers are running an end-of-year “Walk the Plank” challenge. The rules require participants to compose a piece of flash fiction no more than 200 words long and starting with the phrase, “It...
Flash Fiction Friday: Deja-vu!
Today, I’m participating in the Déjà vu Blogfest hosted by D. L. Hammons. The purpose of this blogfest is to give exposure to blog articles we’ve written over the past year that we were...
Flash Fiction Friday
The next installment of our flash-serialized story (word count: 224): Revenge? I had misgivings about Anan’s assassination, and I wanted to know why she was so dangerous. But I was hardly going to launch...
Flash Fiction Friday
The story continues (word count: 291): Images drifted through my mind. Ropes dropping behind me. Figures descending to my icy ledge too quickly for me to react. It dawned on me that the helicopter...
Flash Fiction Friday
More of our story (see the past couple of Fridays to catch up). This week’s installment is 282 words long: The air around me was cool, like the walk-in freezers I used to frequent...
Flash Fiction Friday
Here’s this week’s flash fiction. It could stand alone, but if you read last week’s you might see a connection. This one clocks in at 292 words: The Glock sat heavy in my pocket...
What’s Up Wednesday
It’s been a while, so in case all my WUW friends thought I’d dropped off the planet I thought I’d catch you up on what’s been happening. Frankly, there’s not a whole lot to...
Flash Fiction Friday
Parts of the US are currently experiencing some extremely cold temperatures that certain weather people refer to as a “Polar Abyss.” I think they name it after the trough in the system that’s allowing...
Flash Fiction Friday
Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s some flash fiction for you. Just 200 words. I hope you enjoy! Lines. Some curved, some straight. Some intersecting, some standing alone. Polly squinted her eyes and thought hard. These...
