Tag: Flash Fiction
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Renovations
It’s First Line Friday over at the Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie blog. The first line this week is Spider silk clung to the doors, over the windows, and over everything she had left behind. Spider silk clung to the doors, over the windows, and over everything she had left behind. The musty stench nearly took her breath away.…
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13 Stairs
This week’s writing prompt at 3LineTales is the image below by Nathan Wright via Unsplash. When he arrived the door was ajar, allowing a beam of sunlight to stripe the littered concrete floor. He walked in and contemplated the thirteen stairs his buddies double-dog-dared him to climb. Taking a deep breath, he placed his right…
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Wormhole
It’s Wordle #209 over at MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie. These are the words we have to use: Grasp Infuse Shell Form Experience Fly Form Nubilous (adj.)) cloudy or foggy: vague or obscure: indefinite) Sizzle Trapdoor Puzzle Red With a pomegranate-infused martini in hand, Priscilla admired herself in the mirror. While she positively sizzled in her form-fitting, red sequin…
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New Crescent Moon
It’s First Line Friday over at the MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie Blog. The first line of our story or poem will be “Summer died that night.” Summer died that night. Logically, I knew it had to happen. But when it did, it felt like a sucker punch. For a split second, I didn’t see it coming. I’d…
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A Tale of Two Spiders
This week’s writing prompt at 3LineTales is the image below. “Margo, I am going to try to remain calm while you explain to me exactly what happened in this room while I was gone.” “Uh, well Mom, Jackie & I were finger-painting and everything was fine and then there was this gigantic spider that…
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