Here’s my attempt for this week’s Fiction Friday challenge on the Write Anything blog, also submitted to the Friday Flash collection. The prompt was; In her right hand a woman holds a loaded gun, in her left, a coin that just came up ‘tails’. The silver coin flashed in the air, a disc of light […]
Flash Fiction
Friday Flash – Unforgettable
This story is currently down as I have entered it into a competition!
Fiction Friday – Pieces o’ Eight
Here’s my attempt for this week’s Fiction Friday challenge on the Write Anything blog, also submitted to the Friday Flash collection. The prompt was; “Include a telepathic parrot in your story..” “What shall we do with the drunken sailoooooooooooooooooooooooooor!” Captain Scarlight lurched across the street. His voice cracked as he held the already-flat note. He threw his arms around a lamp […]
Friday Flash – The Key
A draught blows into the room, teasing the flames. The candles flicker, making shadows dance across the walls. The frenzy of their cavorting echoes her tumultous thoughts. Candlelight seemed so ostentatious a choice, but she remains resolute. An occasion as important as this demands no less. The light seeks the thick chain twisted in a loop around […]
Friday Flash – No Place Like Home
A thud, a groan, then another thud. Shaun peered through the gap in the blinds. One of those things leaned against a door down the street, thumping the wood with a bloody fist. Shaun spotted a battered station wagon in the drive and guessed the creature was at Mr Treeger’s place. Treeger must have been […]
Friday Flash – Allergy
The clock in the square struck one. Karea cursed under her breath; she hated being late. She stood on her toes to peer above the heads of the crowd. They jostled and shoved outside the cathedral. Some brandished placards, while others waved banners in a righteous frenzy. “The dead have rights too” and “We’re sick, […]
