Posts Tagged Short Fiction

#flashfiction The tree was covered with tinsel and ornaments. The house was lit and smelled of evergreen and peppermint. Father and mother had gone to bed secure in the knowledge that little Willie was sleeping soundly with visions of sugarplums or whatever visions danced in the heads of little boys on Christmas eve. Willie waited […]

#flashfiction Danny turned onto the narrow access road and after a few yards turned off the engine. It was Saturday night, the big game had been won and it was time for him, Benfield High’s star quarterback, to claim his prize. “Oh, Lover’s Lane,” Becky cooed. She batted her long lashes at Danny and pretended […]

#flashfiction Phillip had lived in Las Vegas for every one of the fourteen years of his life. Half the kids in his school were transplants and each of them had a story of snow days and white Christmases. Tales of sledding and snowball fights had always made him jealous. Why was he consigned to this […]

#flashfiction #thanksgiving “But Agatha, you conjured the bird last year,” Hepseba said Agatha pushed her pointed hat back on her head and glared at her younger sister. “Coven ranking determines who is tasked to conjure each part of the feast. I am still the senior witch above fourth rank and that means I am in […]

#picturefiction #flashfiction #zombie It had been three days since the Master was executed by the occupiers. For three days Miram waited for the chance to properly care for his body, to say the prayers and anoint him with the blessed oils. She walked up the long, lonely hill to the cave where the Master’s body had […]

I wanted to do something different this week. An exercise I learned from the podcast Writing Excuses. Write an entire scene/story in only dialog to reveal the story.  It’s not as easy as it sounds. ————— #picturefiction #flashfiction “He is coming, isn’t he?” “Mary, these things are never sure but that seemed to be the […]