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Lots of Friday flashes

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

It’s occurred to me that those of you who only follow my blog may be under the impression that I no longer write flash fiction every week because I’m not posting it here. Ooops! That’s not true, in fact since the one I published at the beginning of November there have been four more, just [...]

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Tales From the Split Worlds: The Good Client

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

This is the first in a year and a day of weekly short stories set in The Split Worlds. If you would prefer me to read it to you, you can find the audio version here. The Good Client The client arrived on time in her usual timid manner. “Hello Doctor Tate,” Meryl said. The [...]

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Friday Flash: The Model Family

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Clare stared at her wedding ring, hanging off the tail of the porcelain cat on her nightstand. It was the first jewellery hung on it since she’d moved out years ago, but the china cat still looked unimpressed. “Morning love,” her mother said, entering without a polite knock. She deposited a mug of tea next [...]

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Friday Flash: The Whites

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Eli couldn’t remember what had made him suspect his mother was insane, but now, as she dried the fake tears on his sister’s cheeks, he was too angry to care. “She’s not really upset,” he muttered, hands stuffed into his armpits. “What exactly did you say to her?” “Nothing. I was only joking.” “He said [...]

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Friday Flash: Being Light

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

He looked down into the valley below, the river so far away it looked like a silver ribbon. As soon as he’d had the thought, it all looked like a model, tiny wire brush trees glued to the hillside, the painted backdrop of dramatic mountains and the impossible blue of the cloudless sky. Then once [...]

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