Ergo, the Ogre
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Dunya, Dunya
It’s time for Cyranny’s Word of the Day Challenge. Today, our prompt is “disposal.” Forgetting what had happened last time, Dunya stuck her hand in the garbage disposal while it was running. “Why, Dunya? Why do you do these things? “I’m sorry, Mama. It won’t happen again.” Dunya vowed. “I promise.” “You promised last time.…
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Pronoun Perfect
She had never been close to her father: he’d wanted a boy, not her. Years later and bemused, he stood over his father’s freshly-dug grave wondering: Would dad have been pleased now that Jill has become Jack?
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The Last Knight
It’s Fandango’s Flashback Friday. This piece was written a year ago for Fandango’s One Word Challenge for which the word prompt was Cynical. Dinah liked to think of herself as a realist, immune to faerie tales, knights in shining armor, and dreams that can’t come true. That’s bullshit kid stuff, she told herself, and Dinah…
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True Colors
It’s First Line Friday again over at MindloveMisery’s Menagerie. This week our first line is, The cafe began to feel like her only real home. The cafe began to feel like her only real home. At least there, she was treated with respect. Tonja was grateful she’d had the foresight to take this job, just…
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Carnival Glass
It’s time once again for Fandango’s Flashback Friday! This piece was written just last year for First Line Friday over at the MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie blog. The prompt was Jaime spent the whole day browsing the antique store and left with just one thing. Jaime spent the whole day browsing the antique store and left with…
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