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Tag: Flash Fiction

  • The Olden Days

    The Olden Days

    This week’s writing prompt at 3LineTales is the image below. “There it is son; that’s the house I grew up in.” “Gee, Dad…it’s so dark…weren’t you scared?” “Uh, no….we usually turned the lights on at night.”    

  • Camel Shadow

    Camel Shadow

    This week’s writing prompt at 3LineTales is the image below. Andy had been practicing for years and at this moment, he was living his dream. Finally, the seemingly endless hours of perfecting his swing had paid off. Andy achieved the goal of making his shadow look like a camel gazing backward at a manhole cover.…

  • Tommy’s Bike

    Tommy’s Bike

    This week’s writing prompt at Flash Fiction for the Purposeful Practitioner is the image below. They found Tommy’s bike that following spring, when the snow began to melt. They never did find Tommy, though.      

  • Circling

    Circling

    There were bows and flaming arrows; whooping, and wailing. Then, someone yelled, “Circle the wagons!” So, I grabbed a stick and drew a circle in the dirt ‘round ‘ol Bessie. (Rather silly of me, looking back). Alas! The cause of our demise was merely a question of semantics.   The Daily Post

  • Babysitting in Babylon

    Babysitting in Babylon

      The year was 606 BCE. I was the nine-year-old niece of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego, (I forget) and selected as the official Au pair of King Nebuchadnezzar’s kid, Bucky—age seven. ↓↓↓ “Can your uncle really walk through Fire?” “Heck, yeah.” “Can you?” “No. I’m gonna be a writer.” “Aw, you’re no fun.” “And you are?”…