Tag: flash fiction
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Unhappy Holiday: short fiction
Disclaimer: as the title says, this is fiction, NOT a reflection of my feelings about Christmas or a disguised memoir. (People keep asking.) My mind wanders to dark places, what can I say? Don’t expect tidings of joy from me. I can only be merry when Christmas is over. Call it my yearly offering to the gods of Family or […]
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Character Interview!
Character’s Name: Jack Coby. You can see him in action in the Rough Passages tales Powerhouse, Nightmares, and Lockdown, stories you can buy online in all kinds of formats now. The Set: Television talk show set lit at “intimate conversation” levels. Live audience. The players: One, a bespectacled, earnest male interviewer sitting in an easy chair grinning ear to […]
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Decision Point: a bit of flash fiction
This short piece was first written for an online site a few years ago. I recently converted it to first-person present tense for the fun of it. Verb tense does change the feel of the story. Not sure if it works or not, but it’s done, so up it goes. We don’t belong here. This rocky path high in the San […]
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Spooky Flash Fiction
These were written for a Halloween contest I did not win, so here ya go, world. Trick or treat. A sea monster story, a devil dog story, and a story about demons. Sort of. Count on me to mess with the concepts. Grief’s Reward I heard her call, in the chill night after an autumn […]
