Trust Issues
This is (possibly) the beginning of a short series, as well as backstory for a character from a yet-to-be-published book. Vague, I know. I only warn you because if you’re looking for closure, you won’t…
Working Late
I like my vampires dark. I don’t do Vlad-lite. The character of Morgan doesn’t seem to be a monster at all. As such, she’s well outside the bounds of how I normally craft the vampiric.…
Flattering
My favorite go-to source for 100-word flash fiction prompts is The Prediction. In general, I recommend the site highly. Except for weeks like this week. The Prediction follows a simple format for their flash fiction…
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,…