It was late in the afternoon in December. We lay on the bonnet of Petey’s car, parked up in a clearing at the edge of the old town woods. We ate cheese sandwiches and drank weak tea, watching stormclouds drift down from the north. They brought snow that day, and we stayed there catching snowflakes […]
Flash Fiction
#FridayFlash – Phantom of the Opera
By Gary Bembridge Wishing I could hear your voice again, knowing that I never would, dreaming of you won’t help me to do, all that you dreamed I could…Edith sat in the box, gazing down at the stage. A young woman in taffeta stood near the footlights, her throat straining as she sought the higher […]
#FridayFlash – The Bus Stop at the End of Forever
The truck driver pulled over to the kerb. Lancaster climbed out of the truck into a raging storm. The wind whipped along the desolate stretch of road, driving cold rain into her face. The ancient truck heaved itself away, its blinking rear lights soon swallowed up by darkness. She turned and looked at the decrepit bus shelter, […]
#FridayFlash – Mahko
As part of my two week celebration of The Guns of Retribution, I decided to dedicate the two Friday flashes that fell within that period to my bounty hunter, Grey O’Donnell. Last week told the story of how Grey got into the bounty hunting business. A lot of people asked me how Grey met Mahko, […]
#FridayFlash – The Bounty
As part of my two week celebration of The Guns of Retribution, I decided to dedicate the two Friday flashes that fell within that period to my bounty hunter, Grey O’Donnell. A lot of people asked how Grey got into the bounty hunting business, so here’s that story. Enjoy… My momma always told me that […]
#FridayFlash – 2:34am
She lay in bed, staring at the ceiling. She’d counted the cracks in the plaster too many times to remember, and the next step would be to name them. She rolled over and looked at the clock. The glowing green digits spelled out ‘2.34’. She growled, and hauled herself out of bed. I’m awake, so […]
