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Posts tagged 'flash fiction'

Flash Fiction From The Split Worlds: A Fair Exchange

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

This tale from the Split Worlds was inspired by a prompt sent in to the Short Story Club by the lovely Joanie. I hope you like it Joanie! A Fair Exchange “Mickey?” He looked up at his mother. She was standing in the doorway to the living room, hair tied under a scarf and covered in dust. “What?” [...]

Friday flash fiction and prize draw time!

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

A tiny flash of 300 words this week, again inspired by the five minute flash fun hosted by the lovely Leah Petersen with the prompt “Flying” and the prize draw for your June Friday Flashes Flying “You were in it, and Jack, but he didn’t look like Jack, he looked like a dream Jack.” “Yeah,” he [...]

Flash Fiction From the Split Worlds: Death

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

This tale from the Split Worlds follows Meeting the Parents. The first installment of this mini-serial is The Audition. — Luke woke in the back seat of a car. A blanket was covering him, hot and damp over his mouth and nose. He ripped it off and sat up, seeing countryside zooming past the window. [...]

Flash Fiction From the Split Worlds: Meeting The Parents

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

This tale from the Split Worlds is the sequel to Confession. The first installment of this mini-serial is The Audition. — Anna paced up and down the hallway, ignoring the frequent glances from the maid polishing the balustrade. She couldn’t understand why she was so nervous. It wasn’t like Luke had to impress her parents, but [...]

Friday Flash Fiction: The best pie in the world

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

She bent down and peered through the murky glass. She could just see the top of the pie rising nicely. The smell of the baking pastry had started to fill the kitchen, she sucked it in as she slowly straightened up again and went to the window. The great-grandchildren were running around on the grass. [...]