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Gnomeward Bound

  • 5 min read

I’m always looking for new sources for story prompts, mostly coming up empty. This week, however, I discovered that Tumblr is chalked full of blogs with all kinds of story prompts. Why didn’t I think… Gnomeward Bound

Fire In the Gray

  • 3 min read

This week is unusual for a few reasons.  One, I’m late with my fiction post. Okay, so that’s happened before, but never this late and never for this reason. I had a migraine. It was my… Fire In the Gray

First Lesson

  • 2 min read

This week hasn’t gone as planned. I had ever intention of hitting the ground running, powering into a fresh, new year with gusto. My immune system had other ideas, and I’ve spent the last several… First Lesson

Very Dangerous

  • 3 min read

When I saw this week’s prompt from The Prediction, all I could think of was that epic line from Raiders. Initially I tried to unthink it, but that’s some kind of unattainable voodoo. (Don’t believe… Very Dangerous

For Vindication

  • 2 min read

This week, something totally different. Think of it as a gift. I’ll let you decide whether or not it’s the literary equivalent of a lump of coal. A little over a week ago my sister introduced… For Vindication

Ironic

  • 2 min read

My apologies. For the second time within a month, I’m late with my weekly flash fiction post. The holiday weekend distorted my sense of time and I simply forgot. If it’s any consolation, good food… Ironic

Stray

  • 2 min read

I suffered a bout of writer’s block today, wrestling over what to work on both for this post and in general. I hate those kinds of days, but they do happen. They’re easiest to bear… Stray

Words

  • 3 min read

After a few weeks of misses, The Prediction has (finally) bounced back with a prompt I want to run with. I love flash fiction in general, and I truly believe writing based on prompts will… Words

Rising

  • 2 min read

As is often the case with 100-word flash fiction, this is more of a teaser than a story. From here, I could revisit what is essentially a beginning and see what happens next. Often, I… Rising