It’s early Friday morning and folk everywhere are running around, panic buying like the world’s gonna end. I guess in some parts of the world it’s already late in the day so maybe it is gonna end. I can’t stand the hustle, so I go to my usual bolt hole – the diner on Forth […]
Flash Fiction
#FridayFlash – Mr Magpie
Anna peered through the camera’s viewfinder. She centred the bandstand in the frame and adjusted the aperture to lengthen the depth of the field. Click. Anna pressed the preview button on the camera. Her photo appeared on the screen. She’d need to alter the contrast but otherwise it was a good capture. Frost turned the paving white, and […]
#FridayFlash – A Little Flutter
Ever since I was a kid, I was always that idiot shouting “I bet you anything that…” Couldn’t start a sentence without it. The missus used to watch all the soaps, and I was forever shouting bets about what characters would do next. Used to drive her mad. She’d stick a tenner in my hand […]
#FridayFlash – The Dead Do Listen
“I can’t believe you made me do a tour of a catacomb. It’s morbid. No, it’s sick, that’s what it is.” Celia stepped over a small puddle on the cobbled floor. Her foot skidded on the thin layer of moss spreading across the stones. “Shut up, it’s interesting,” replied Kaye. She hurried to catch up with the […]
#FridayFlash – Shallow
Candles burn low on the table, the remains of dinner still clinging to the plates. Music plays in the background, some arty jazz rubbish I don’t recognise. We occupy the sofa, all arms and legs. She tucks a strand of long green hair behind her ear, leans in and gives that knowing smile. “I’ll just […]
#FridayFlash – Lest We Forget
This flash was originally posted for Remembrance Sunday in 2010 and I couldn’t think of any better way to honour the day this year than to re-post a story of which I could not be more proud. Enjoy, and rest in peace to all those who gave their lives. * * * Walter Graves huddles […]
