Category Archives: Flash Fiction

Out of Sorts: Fiction Friday

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The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.

FF 139 Jellico's Stationhouse

Photo copyright Jellico’s Stationhouse

Out of Sorts

Merv had felt out of sorts for days. Not feeling himself, as his grandfather would have said. He tried to laugh it off. “Well,” he mused, “if I’m not myself, who is?”

Sometimes he thought someone was following him but anytime he turned around to look, no one was there. Still, he couldn’t quite shake the feeling he was being watched.

As Merv left the pub to pedal home, his silhouette waited only a moment before mounting its own shadowy bicycle to follow, knowing there was nothing Merv could have done to prevent the outcome of their last ride together.

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This Younger Generation: Fiction Friday

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FF 137 J Hardy Carroll

Photo copyright J Hardy Carroll

This Younger Generation

As the front door creaked open, all the ghosts flew to the attic. Nobody had been to the manor in more than a decade.

Marmaduke, the oldest, took command. “Horatio, see who it is.”

“Not dressed like this,” he replied, ashamed of his ragged attire from being run over by a horse-drawn carriage during a thunderstorm.

Celeste sobbed, causing blood to drip from the knife in her back. “Why can’t they just stay away?”

The ghosts huddled in a corner, avoiding Marmaduke’s gaze. If I weren’t already dead, he sighed heavily, this younger generation would be the death of me.

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Disputed Territory: Fiction Friday

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The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.

Photo copyright Shaktiki Sharma

Photo copyright Shaktiki Sharma

Disputed Territory

Cats are so transparent, the Loggerhead Shrike mused. The feline tail twirled back and forth as it was sneaking up on the grasshopper. At the bottom of the post, Cat got ready to pounce. Timing is everything, Shrike thought as it dove down, snatching up the grasshopper in its beak.

Cat jumped up, swiping its paw at the now empty post. “Hey! That’s mine!” Cat objected.

“Don’t think so.” Shrike impaled the grasshopper on a nail protruding from the porch.

Deciding it never really wanted the grasshopper anyway, Cat started licking its paws, silently making plans for revenge. Next time . . .

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On The Other Side: Fiction Friday

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The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.

Photo copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

Photo copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

On The Other Side

Sally asked her mother where the sky started. Carol said, “On the other side of the clouds.”

“What’s on the other side?”

Carol wasn’t sure how to respond. Sometimes kids just wanted a simple answer, sometimes they wanted more. She opted for the simple answer. “More sky, more clouds. Stars, at night.”

“Where are the stars now?”

“Sleeping. The stars rest during the daytime.”

“I’m going to go touch the clouds.” Sally ran off towards the trees. Carol knew her daughter would do just that: climb the tallest tree, reaching up as far as she could, then reach some more.

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Lego is releasing a set of Women of NASA figures. This story is in honor of Sally Ride and all women who reach up.

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Spring Into Action: Fiction Friday

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The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.

Photo copyright Sarah Potter

Photo copyright Sarah Potter

Spring Into Action

First day of spring; Arthur’s favorite day of the year. People who make resolutions in January are idiots, he decided. He believed the first day of spring is the day to renew, recharge one’s soul.

Getting out of bed, he changed into his running clothes, looking forward to arriving at the park just before dawn, greeting the sun as it peeked over the horizon. As he opened the door, snowflakes from a late winter storm blew into Arthur’s face, hinting at the brutal bleakness waiting for him, should he go outside.

Good grief, Arthur thought. I’m going back to bed.

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