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Visual Dare: Minimal

A response to this week’s Visual Dare: “Hey, look at this,” says Deck. He sits his rifle down, flops onto the bed, settles back with his ankles crossed, fingers laced behind his head. For all the world he could be sunbathing on Miami Beach. “Like they knew we were coming, hey, Doc?” “Pretty considerate,” I […]

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Visual Dare: Distorted

A flash-fiction response to this week’s Visual Dare, hosted by Anonymous Legacy. Technically the word limit is 100 words, but-that’s more like a guideline than an actual rule, right? Distorted The footsteps behind him beat a warning rhythm into the cobblestones. Even so he hesitated as he came upon the edge. He looked down into […]

Once Upon a Time contest entry

Here’s my entry for the “Once Upon a Time” flash fiction contest being hosted by Yearning for Wonderland and SJI Holliday. The challenge was to write an “unexpected” fairy tale in 350 words or less. Hope you enjoy! The dragon and I regard each other. His eyes are cold, unblinking. He wins the contest every […]

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Blog Hop contest entry

This is my entry for the flash-fiction contest being hosted by Angela Goff, Angie Richmond, Daniel Swensen, and Lillie McFerrin. The prompt was to write 300 words or less using this photograph as inspiration: I interpreted “inspiration” rather loosely-I hope not too loosely! At any rate, this is my entry: Life They called him El […]