Tag Archive: Fiction

SMS – A Review of the Sixty Minute Story


Most of the readership here knows that I am a member of the Write Network. The Write Network is an awesome site that posts article links to writing blogs.  The site is traight up, and Chung is just so personable in his dealings with folks, it’s hard not to like the whole package. So you [...]

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Flash Fiction Chapter – Orb


A story for your consideration: Francois shifted the armload of firewood, gripping the door handle with his oversized leather mitts. The near ancient door swung in, blasting his face with welcome warm air, even as a fog of frigid arctic pushed past his beaver skinned boots and billowed into the small cabin. Pushing the door [...]

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Flash Fiction – Faded


The red squiggly lines under my words are coming more frequently these days. Used to be they would poke their noses around on an occasional basis, most often when the Pabst was flowing and my fingers got fat. I guess it’s inevitable, really. Doc Smallee said to expect some things to change after the diagnosis [...]

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Flash – Questions and Answers


This was originally a flash fiction story for an ill advised participation in a contest.  It is a good story (in my humble opinion)   Oh, I would also be interested if anyone can identify the inspiration/genesis/basis of this story… Enjoy! The old man was there, perched on his rickety old folding chair towards the [...]

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Flash – The Crazy Lady Who Yells at Her Dogs


My neighbor is a crazy lady who yells at her dogs.  In thinking about it, I guess every town has at least one.  At first, her rantings merely had a high entertainment value.  That all changed one day in the hottest July on record.  A stifling day that ended in a rock-the-house thunderstorm that sprang [...]

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