Flash Fiction: The Secret
I’d always been told to keep it to myself. Keep it locked away. What might happen if it fell into the wrong hands? I didn’t want to know. That could be catastrophic. A disaster great enough to dissolve worlds and destroy life as I knew it. Securing the door–all eight locks–I made sure nothing could […]
Writer’s Sketch: Sidewalk Games
Quietly, I tapped my fist against the glass. Hopefully, Isabelle was home. The streets were empty, vacant of any signs of play, but that would soon surely change. I knocked again. Isabelle appeared in the window beside her front door. She shook her head back and forth with a touch of fear in her gentle face. I […]
Flash Fiction: Crocquake
Today’s flash fiction is inspired by the epic Syfy Channel phenomenon, Sharknado. With that said, I give you: Crocquake (since Spidericane and Snakefire seemed to entice actual fear). It was bad enough that people’s homes, cars and loved ones were falling through the ruptured chasms in the earth. No one expected that giant, mutant, man-eating […]
Ode to Spring
There’s a warm sky above and the trees have new feathers. That’s when we return. I dream about the fresh grass and sweet seeds all year. Yes, the flight back north is long, but it brings me what I love. I’ve done it twice before and gets easier each migration. This time I think mom […]
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