Don of The Dead – Series Overview Don is recently deceased but didn’t quite make it to the other side, so seems doomed to join the rotting ranks of the undead rubbing shoulders with the living who have now begrudgingly accepted that some people just refuse to die. Each short episode finds Don dealing with…
Category: Flash Fiction
Flash Fiction – Tears of a Clown
This challenge was to write a 100 word piece containing the dialogue, “What are you lot doing here?’ Here’s what I came up with (100 words): ——————————————– Tears of a Clown Ken was dead. When he opened his eyes, he found he was beside a huge circus tent. Stale candyfloss and calliope chorus floated past…
Flash Fiction – A Recipe For Love?
This week’s writing challenge was to write 150 words on anything; however verbs and adjectives ( and nouns where possible) had to have a gastronomic/food connection. I found this challenge very tricky. I’m not sure I have adhered strictly to the rules, but here is my food-themed tale of nightclub romance. 120 words, excluding title….
Flash Fiction – She Is There And I Am Not
This week’s challenge was to write 150 words using the picture as our prompt. Here’s the 148 word piece I came up with. —————————— She is There and I Am Not. One final glance before I leave this place. I know that I should feel pity for the woman responsible for my freedom and yet…
Don of The Dead Episode 3 – Don Goes Shopping
Don of The Dead – Series Overview Don is recently deceased but didn’t quite make it to the other side, so seems doomed to join the rotting ranks of the undead rubbing shoulders with the living who have now begrudgingly accepted that some people just refuse to die. Each short episode finds Don dealing with…
Weekly Writing Challenge – Flash Fiction – The Other Woman
This week’s writing challenge was 150 words with the prompt: If she waits five minutes . . . Here is what I came up with – a meditation on adultery. 150 words including the prompt. ————————— The Other Woman If she waits five minutes she will see her arrive. The other woman. The one he’s…
Weekly Writing Challenge – Monologue.
This week’s writing challenge was to write 150 words inspired by the idea of someone performing a mundane task for the first time. My effort was inspired by having known someone who suffered a terrible head trauma and had to learn to do very basic tasks again – as if for the first time. ———————————-…
Don Of The Dead Series Episode 2 – Romance is Dead
Don of The Dead – Series Overview Don is recently deceased but didn’t quite make it to the other side, so seems doomed to join the rotting ranks of the undead rubbing shoulders with the living who have now begrudgingly accepted that some people just refuse to die. Each short episode finds Don dealing with…
Flash Fiction – A Word in Your Shell-like
This week’s piece for Phoenix Writers was 200 words to include a foreign word or phrase. Here is my Evolution-inspired slice of silliness: ——————————————— A Word in Your Shell-like . . . Sitting on the stubble-like grass of the island, Darwin tried to get comfortable. He held up the completed sketch, comparing it to his…
Flash Fiction – The Bank Job
This week’s piece was 200 words around the following prompt: My Worst Job Ever. Here is what I came up with . . . ———————————- The Bank Job Big Ray’s face darkened, cheek muscles twitching with barely contained rage as he prowled the small cell the two men now occupied. Len tried once more to…