Posts Tagged FlashesofDarkness-year1

#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 […]

#picturefiction #flashfiction Doctor Alan Quatrain’s pick slammed into the rock for what must have been the thousandth time. Sweat poured down his body as he hacked at the wall of the ancient mine. All his research, translations, clues, everything led to this ancient mine deep in the Chilean jungle. He pulled back the pick once […]

Happy Haloween. To celebrate the day here’s a free story from my short story collection The Edge of Reality (available on Amazon) ——— Marie did not think she had any more tears within her but here they were, falling again. She had cried ever since the Magistrate had sentenced her beloved Fritz to death for […]

On my Facebook page I considered composing short fiction for the Halloween season. Imagine your favorite character in fiction or movies encountering the Cthulhu mythos. Here’s my story: #flashfiction #picturefiction #Cthulhu #fanfiction #ThomasCovenant Lord Cthulhu’s Bane  Thomas Covenant shambled across his living room. His coffee table was covered with the remains of last night’s meal. His […]

#picturefiction  #flashfiction “How long are you going to be in there?” I pounded on the bathroom door. My older sister had been in there for over an hour. I know she wanted to take a soak but for God’s sake it had been so long the water had to be cold and she probably looked […]