Tag: flash fiction
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The Man in the Cupboard, pt. 8
In the last episode we left Mike in the sprawling park searching out Benjamin the blue jay with the help of Tilly, a tiny fieldmouse. To read the previous episode, click here! To start at the beginning, click here! Tilly darted her way winding though the hedge, jumping and winding her way around the dense…
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Friday Fiction – The Man in the Cupboard Pt. 5
It’s time to see what wee Mike has been up to in this week’s installment of “The Man in the Cupboard.” Enjoy! To start at the beginning, click here! To go to part 4, click here! Even after eighty years, Mike still loved the old Colonial style house, drafts and all. It had personality. He…
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Fiction Friday: The Man in the Cupboard pt. 4
Well ol’ Mike Finnegen is back at it again in this installment of the Man in the Cupboard series, hope you like it! To start at the beginning of the series, click here. To go to part three, click here. The plastic spoon bounced across the tile floor, scattering drops of milk and soggy cereal…
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Fiction Friday: Izis of Velchi
At last I’m going to share part of a fantasy story with you. This tale was meant to be a short story but as with most fantasy pieces I set out to create, it has grown during the course of the writing and now is begging to be part of something much bigger. I like…
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Fiction Friday: The Man in the Cupboard, Pt. 3
We’re back to Fiction Friday here at the blog, and today is part three of the Man in the Cupboard serial fiction. To start at the beginning, click here. To see the last installment, click here. Over the last few weeks Kimberly found all sorts of things that tiny Mike had fixed. The squeaky ceiling…
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Friday Fiction: Transdimentional Zombies
The idea for this short story started out as a random thread on Facebook where I was challenged to write a story about none other than Zombies. Readers be warned. A shout out to Lauri and Neils who are egging me on. The smell had become unbearable, sickly sweet with a hint of barbeque and…
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Fiction Friday: Fireworks
Alex had been gone on tour for over a year. In their last phone call he told her that they’d finalized the plans for sending his troop home, next week. Ever since he left last year on the 4th of July weekend she had imagined the celebration they would have when he returned for the…
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Fiction Friday: The Man in the Cupboard pt. 2
To start at part one, click here! Two weeks had passed since Kimberly had first encountered that tiny man in her cupboard, since then she had seen no trace of him. Maybe she was right in thinking that he was only a figment of her imagination. Even so, the last time she put the peanuts…
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Friday Fiction: The Man in the Cupboard
Welcome back to Fiction Friday where every other week I experiment with different genres. Today’s story might become a serial depending on how it’s received. Enjoy! After the whirlwind of breakfast and getting the kids off to school, the kitchen was a disaster and thankfully quiet. Kimberly had set about the task of shoving dirty…
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Fiction Friday: The Music of Heaven
Today’s post is a piece of flash fiction inspired by this piece of abstract art. For more terrific public domain abstract art, check out The Public Domain. Enjoy! “They’ve broken the sky, now there’s no going back.” Balzac said, reaching towards the cacophony of color and light that arched overhead. The sky seethed in billowing masses of reds and…