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10-20 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: steps)
“I can’t take it anymore. You do what you want.” Josh steps away from Hannah and rushes out of their New York City apartment. The sun trickles in through the skyscrapers but still leaves everything in shadows. “Good,” Josh says aloud to no one. “I prefer the dark.” “Is that true?” The woman is so…
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10-13 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: haunt)
“Okay, now that you’ve got your morning coffee, I want to ask your advice,” Ashley curled her voluptuous form in the overstuffed chair at the Java-Mukti cafe. “What do you think of this?” she handed her phone to Anna. “You are my why. You’re my one and only. You haunt my dreams,” Anna read the text…
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10-12-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt words: Venus and treat)
“Thank you for the treat, my darling,” Venus smiled her thanks at the beautiful young man who knelt before her. His bronze skin glinted in the sunlight of the Mediterranean summer. He raised his chocolate brown eyes to the level of her dainty feet, lay prone on the warm stone, and kissed every toe. “You…
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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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10-8-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt words: race and electron)
“Woo HOO!” Gennara whooped as she careened around P57 and rounded the bend towards the next P. “Captain Gennara,” the Comm’s voice sounded in her helmet. “This is neither a race nor a rodeo. Please refrain ‘Woo-Hooing’ during your research excursion. And besides, you’re hurting our ears.” “Okay, Comm,” she lowered her voice. “But you…
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10-6-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: slideshow)
The occupants of room XXX-9 sat in stunned silence in the darkness.”As you can see,” Dr. Marshall droned. “We anticipate population centers to be most affected.” “How many?” President Bailey whispered. Dr. Marshall clicked to the next slide. A pie chart titled, “Projected Outcomes of Affected Populace,” appeared on the screen. “Twenty-two percent of the…
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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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