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 chosen to spend the weekend…
The challenge that faced the Phoenix Writers this week was to write a 200 word piece that included the following elements – a barge approaching a set of locks, a bullock and a rifle. Here’s what I came up with . . . ————————— Lock 17 “Don’t worry, Kid,” said Don, squeezing the shoulder of his eldest. “I ain’t scared,”…
Last week I attended a writing critique group, which was great fun but also introduced me to a genre of writing I had yet to try – Flash Fiction. For the uninitiated, Flash Fiction is simply very short form fiction (often 200 words or less). For last week’s writing challenge, we were encouraged to write a piece of 100 words,…