Tag: Flash Fiction
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Out of the Family
It was the day I’d met my father for the first time. He wasn’t at all like I’d imagined which stood to reason since I’d never even seen a picture. We looked nothing alike. He appeared to be of Scandinavian descent, while I was a dead-ringer for a young Zelda, Queen of the Gypsies. This…
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True Darkness
It’s time for Fandango’s Friday Flashback! How about you? Why don’t you reach back into your own archives and highlight a post that you wrote on this very date in a previous year? You can repost your Friday Flashback post on your blog and pingback to Fandango’s origina post at https://fivedotoh.com/2020/10/16/fandangos-friday-flashback-october-16/ This week at Mindlovemisery’s…
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At the Garage
It’s Fandango’s Friday Flashback! I wrote this charming little piece on this date in 2017. The Daily Post The prompt is “quicksilver.” “I’m gonna miss ol’ Gus.” “Yep-eroo,” Joey sighed. “Ain’t nobody can bust a tire faster’n him…” “Uh-huh. Change his mind slicker’n snot, too!” “You betcha. Reckon that’s why folks called ’m Quicksilver.” “Hee-hee! First he’s…
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Heart Brakes
It’s SammiScribbles Weekend Writing Prompt! Linda hit the brakes when “Endless Love” came on the radio, oblivious to screeching tires and crunching metal. .
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Absolutely Gorgeous
It’s First Line Friday over at The MindLovesMisery’s Menagerie blog. This week’s first line is: Lush melodies drew her to the door of the lounge, the friendly smiles enticed her inside. Lush melodies drew her to the door of the lounge, the friendly smiles enticed her inside. That, and a sudden urge to use the…
aka, The Abject Muse 