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 [...]
Posts tagged 'Friday Flash'
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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Friday Flash: The Hanging Branch
Friday, May 20th, 2011
He sat on the back step, hands curled around his mug. The steam rising up from the tea tickled his nose as the November cold pinched his ears. He was wearing his favourite gardening jacket, the warmest one he had, but he was still shivering. He stared up at the tree. The squeal from the [...]
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