Faces
I like writing from the point of view of a child. It’s a unique kind of challenge, limiting your insight as the narrator to what a child would know. I don’t claim to have that…
Killing Blow
The story below is a great example of why I love 100-word flash fiction. There’s a lot happening in a very short amount of space. That’s the compelling challenge of it. Can you tell a…
Bodies
You know what I really like about 100-word flash fiction? The challenge of packing an entire scenario into such a small amount of space. If you can make 100 words feel like a whole story (or…
Revelation
This is a teaser, pure and simple. I don’t know where it’s going yet, but I like the beginning. In case you’re wondering, the nightmares depicted below are my own. I’ve had those dreams. The…
The Nightmare Begins
One of my first memories of enjoying horror was watching Twilight Zone: The Movie with a friend when I was a kid. It wasn’t terrifying by any stretch of the imagination, but it was unsettling.…
Backstory
I’m late. Bah. I hate that, but this installment was tough to write. I’m doing something kind of ambitious. Or crazy. It could be crazy. I’m attempting to mingle some real history with fictional history,…
Further Consideration
I like Gloria. I like her a lot. I’m not saying she’s my favorite. For one, I can’t imagine ranking my characters. It seems like a cruel thing to do. I mean, it’s not like they…
Concerning Miss Gloria Morein
I’m tempted to introduce this story by saying something I say entirely too often: “I have no idea where this came from.” Aside from being repetitive, that claim falls a little short in the honesty…
The Turning
I really wanted to use a prompt for this week’s flash fiction, but I may have forced this super short story. The content is fine. Conservative word choices, which are mandatory if your limit is…