Category: fiction
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10-11-16, prompt word: changes (Flash Fiction Challenge)
“Everything changes,” Mario whispered into the darkness. “Nothing stays the same. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.” He sighed and ran the muzzle of the gun along his jawline in a kind of perverse caress. “I’ll tell you one thing that will change,” Myra stomped into the room and emptied the last First…
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10-10-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: bathed)
The last light of the setting sun bathed Amanda in fire and ice. Her satin dressing gown shimmered and the diamond on her hand sent twinkling lights racing around the room. “I just don’t understand, Tyler,” she reclined on the bed and gazed at him with lustrous brown eyes. “How could anyone expect you to…
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10-9-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt words: trek, land, photocopy)
“If we head over land for six more miles, we ought to be within sight of the Eagle Head rock formation directly to the west,” Tyrell studied the map. “Are you sure?” Devane squinted his eyes at the left edge. “Looks to me like six miles would put us directly off the land and into…
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10-7-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: prediction)
The candlelight flickered along the anxious faces of the small group seated around the velvet-covered table.”Join hands, everyone,” Aloiysha, Grand Medium of the High Court intoned her instructions. Her head lolled in a circle and small moans escaped her lips. The rest of the room’s occupants glued their eyes to her face. “Madam Aloiysha,” Dalia…
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10-5-16 Flash Fiction challenge (prompt words: private and share)
“Ok, here’s the next question in the quiz,” Alana flipped the page of her issue of Beautyé magazine. “If you were going out to have ice cream with the hot dude who asked you out at work, what flavor would you get?” “What a stupid question! How does that tell you who your perfect guy…
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10-3-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt words: grimace and misunderstood)
With a grin, Rachel entered the Java-Mukti coffeeshop. She gazed at the bright tapestries on the walls as she neared the front of the line. “I want a soy latte, please,” she said to the tall barista. “You better leave, Kvik. We don’t serve your kind here,” he muttered. “I’m sorry. I must have misunderstood…
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10-2-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: incognito)
Laura stepped back from the mirror and appraised her right eye. An artful cat’s eye made her appear polished yet with a hint of mystery. With a curt nod, she applied the the same to her left eye. James entered their shared hotel suite and stopped short. “Do we have a mission tonight I didn’t…
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10-1-2016 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word coat)
“I still can’t believe I’ve never seen this show,” Susan sighed and spread her arms to take in the St. James’ Theater. “Especially with what a ‘Wizard of Oz’ dork you are,’ Leslie laughed and continued flipping through her ‘Wicked: the Musical’ Playbill. “You know, when I was a kid, I thought the musical, ‘Joseph…
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9-30-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: digress)
“At this point, we can only speculate about the possible reason for the young lady’s apprehension that she was in dire danger,” Reginald Wiltshire Helmsworth sauntered around the room. He punctuated each by tapping his dapper fedora with his mahogany cane. He skirted chairs, tables, and the occasional foot stuck out in the middle of…
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9-29-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: passport)
“Do you have your passport?” He approached Jenna at the Starbuck’s. “My passport?” She looked up from her book. “Yes, your passport to love.” He emphasized the last word and sat down in the chair opposite hers. “Because I could take a girl like you on a trip around the world,” his eyes ran the…
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