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The Tower
Dominic Rivron —
Authority: 414
This is my contribution to TFE s Christmas Poetry Go-Kart. Observant visitors will notice it, er, came out as a piece of flash fiction, not a poem... It was a dream. I was walking along the beach, somewhere on the North East coast, I think, although theres no specific reason for thinking that. I was walking ...1 day ago -
Interview with Rebecca Gomez Farrell - 3rd place winner in the Summer 09 Flash Fiction Contest
WOW! Women On Writing Blog —
Authority: 127
Rebecca Gomez Farrell, a Californian with a bad case of wanderlust, moved to the East Coast following college, thinking to improve her writing by gaining more life experiences. Now, she writes, edits and blogs from her home in Durham, North Carolina . Rebecca is amazed she placed in a writing contest. Using the ...1 day ago -
Sabrina Who Always Believed
Diary of a Heretic —
Authority: 117
The ever-changing light, time, and temperature enthralled Sabrina. She marveled at the vibrancy of everything alive and wondered at the imperceptible emanations of everything inert. It astonished her how the atmosphere was layered with sights and sounds. Sabrina delighted in the way things occurred—constantly. ...2 days ago -
The last woman alive
Foolish Notions —
Authority: 125
Olivia seems oblivious to the presence of others. She enters the busy cafe with her packed rucksack on her back. Army recruits carry less on punishment runs. She looks around for an empty chair, twists right, then left, then right again causing the young guy behind her to duck from the swinging bag like a sad plank ...2 days ago -
Sunday Flash Blog Tour – The Author’s Sketch Book
SEx - Silver Expressions —
Authority: 425
Yep. This is the place. The place where the Sunday Flash Blog tour starts. The first stop on a rather salacious journey into the creative minds of ten authors. Flash takes place here at Silver Expressions blog every Sunday. Flash is many things. Well, besides what can be done with a trench coat. In some circles ...3 days ago -
Pardon the lateness of this fiction
Surface Tension —
Authority: 128
Ive been terribly busy. And this has been rumbling away in the cortex of my brain pan. Love Child Uncle Tupelo was playing on the car stereo when she broke down, spilled the news in a choke of snot and tears. The baby wasn’t mine. Sudden heat flushes my cheeks and the sudden impulse is to swing a backhand at her ...4 days ago -
Flash Friday
Surface Tension —
Authority: 128
OK, so Im thinking of dumping Video Friday for Flash Friday and doing some creative writing. Well see. But heres a slip of fiction: Invite “You’re not the man I though you were,” she cried through an expensive silk hanky. “Excuse me?” “That’s it, I just can’t take it anymore.” The train has ...5 days ago -
#FridayFlash: Shy Cowboy
J. Dane Tyler —
Authority: 106
This is another exercise in character study; this time, I’m attempting to portray awkwardness and embarrassment, shyness and nerves. Please feel free to let me know how you like it, what works, what doesn’t, etc. Thanks for the read!===========================He looked himself over in the rearview mirror, turning ...5 days ago -
One Up
The Other Aaron —
Authority: 465
Two men lock stares across a worn table; both of their faces mottled with stubble and sweat, one wearing a green Pioneer cap. A buck knife sticks from the pocked table top. The crowd circling them, most with sewn-on name tags, grease stains, and breath to kill Satan, press closer to the cone of light offered by a ...5 days ago -
Flash Fiction Friday: Anatomical Generosity and Smart Pilgrims
BestScienceFictionStories.com —
Authority: 412
365 Tomorrows : That great web site where you can read… well, 365 stories about, you know – tomorrow! His Parts by Steve Ersinghaus What’s a guy to do after he gives away nearly all his body parts? Go somewhere more comfortable… even if his girlfriend disagrees with him. Read His Parts online for free. ...5 days ago -
Loving mother
Foolish Notions —
Authority: 125
Susie smiles broadly, showing off her newly implanted teeth. She hugs Sean close, heavily powdered cheek to smooth downy cheek. She doesn’t feel his squirm, or notice his cough to clear his throat of her powerful perfume. She can’t see his frown, or realise that his hands are planted firmly in his pockets. And she ...5 days ago -
Under the Pine
murmurs —
Authority: 112
She waited for the moment. No footsteps in the hallway. Her parents’ voices a muffled wave on the other side of the wall. The clock glowing 11:08 on her night stand. It was time. She grabbed Snoopy. Cracking the door, she scuttled down the hall, her shadow a silent leap ahead of her heart. Through the ...5 days ago -
the roadkill’s not dead, just sleeping
http://cowsarejustfood.wordpress.com —
Authority: 127
frank works at the tooth with his tongue, releasing it slick and worn as a cherry-flavoured cough lozenge. “not many left,” he murmers, pttooing it into the frayed, gaping mouths of the many sweatshop-carved nikes littering the chalk path, multi-coloured laces snaking into the shushing grass. the ...6 days ago -
TTA Press Advent Calendar
>>Nostalgia For Infinity —
Authority: 99
Esteemed UK indie publisher TTA Press have been getting into the festive spirit with a flash fiction advent calendar on their blog . I was away at the 10 year anniversary ATP so unfortunately I missed the day when one of my stories went up . Chances are regular readers of NFI will have seen ‘Some Kind Of ...6 days ago -
Witty waiter
Foolish Notions —
Authority: 125
Charlie has a witty remark for all of his customers. They usually smile but roll their eyes when he turns his back. He takes an order from one woman, makes an unfunny joke about the amount of toilet rolls in her shopping bag. The woman grins, turns away from him. Charlie goes to the machine to pour the coffee. Out of ...6 days ago -
55 Flash Fiction Friday
Passionate Fiction —
Authority: 103
As a mom one of the hardest things to watch happen, is that of a teenage daughter or son making the slow, often painful transition into adulthood. Im on my sixth teenager, two boys and four girls. And despite what I initially thought, it does not get any easier. Each child has his or her own personality and pressure ...6 days ago -
55 Flash Fiction Friday #57: Ciao Muthaf*#&^@!
Why? What Have You Heard? —
Authority: 440
No story behind the story here... just a photo I took a while back that seemed like a good 55 prompt. At this distance, the city was actually kinda pretty. It wasnt until you got up close or saw it in good light that it took on the look of the soul-sucking pit of despair hed come to know it as. He turned up ...6 days ago -
Wednesdays Three Word Wednesday
Surface Tension —
Authority: 128
The words over at Three Word Wednesday are bleak, hiccup and queer. Time Machine I return from the university to find my parents have converted my room into a massive time machine. Orange power cords run everywhere, to every wall socket and snake down the hallway and disappear down the steps. Two gunmetal gray ...1 week ago -
Stressed exec
Foolish Notions —
Authority: 125
Clive tuts when the woman changes direction and crosses in front of him. He breathes a silent ‘fuck’ when he has to change his own trajectory due to a badly parked pram. He mutters when he can’t overtake an old woman on the narrow pavement. And when the guy next to him talks too loudly on his telephone, Clive ...1 week ago -
The trouble with Cecilia
The Devil wears Red Shoes —
Authority: 121
(Yes, youve guessed it. This story is dedicated to Cez .) *** "Its me, isnt it? Dont sugarcoat it, lay it on me. Its me." She plopped down on the chair in front of him, catching him off guard as he was taking a bite off a pastry. So much for a quiet breakfast, he thought. He glared at her but she was too ...1 week ago
