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Immaculately Conceived (speakeasy at yeah write, #98)

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

Everyone knew it couldn’t have been an immaculate conception, but Annabella was a woman unaccustomed to being contradicted, and my colleagues seemed well-practiced in accepting the word of their supervisor.  I said nothing; I hadn’t been with Carter Jonas & … Continue reading →

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Slimmers’ World (Trifextra 55 – Hyperbole) February 2013

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

~Jetta Girl~ / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND We’d dieted for ever.  Weight was dropping off her; I was wasting away. “I’d give my back teeth for an éclair.” “And I’d die for strawberry cheesecake.” Tomorrow:  Dentist first, then the cemetery. … Continue reading →

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The Things You Do For Love (Postcard Shorts, October 2012)

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

Every evening, pounding the pavements, come rain or shine, with me twenty yards behind. I do my best, but I’m overweight, stockily built and no athlete; I sense people laughing at me. She thinks I like to run with her, … Continue reading →

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My Way (Friday Fictioneers, August 2012)

Posted on August 30, 2012 by

This week’s photo prompt on Madison Woods’ Friday Fictioneers came courtesy of Stacy Plowright.  I’ve done funny, I’ve done sci-fi, I’ve done menacing.  It’s time for one that’s  just downright depressing! 😦 We watched from the balcony as the storm … Continue reading →

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Night Harvest (Five Sentence Fiction, August 2012)

Posted on August 18, 2012 by

The prompt from Lillie McFerrin’s Five Sentence Fiction this week was Night. She watches from the window as the sun finally sinks beneath the horizon leaving a blaze of red and purple to mark its passing and then turns away, … Continue reading →

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Forbidden Fruit (Friday Fictioneers, June 2012)

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

This week’s photo prompt from Madison Wood’s Friday Fictioneers. Forbidden Fruit She shouldn’t have been in his garden, let alone pillaging his raspberry bushes – she’d been warned about Mr Wilson. And now Jemima was sprawled on her back on … Continue reading →

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Pursuit (Friday Fictioneers, May 2012)

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

This week’s picture prompt from Madison Woods’ Friday Fictioneers was a rainbow, or to be more precise, if you look closely, two rainbows.  I thought it would be easy to come up with a 100 word flash for this, but … Continue reading →

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Shambles (Flash Fiction Faction, May 2012)

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

This week’s prompt for Quill Shiv’s Flash Fiction Faction was close to home for me. The Shambles was quiet now, the tourists back in their hotels, and the young people of York making their way home from the pubs and … Continue reading →

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Scarce Resources (The Pygmy Giant, April 2011)

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

“I don’t want to go down there,” the old lady is wailing, clutching a handbag to her narrow chest, “please don’t make me.” Sarah’s eyes fill with tears. She’s been attending Out-Patients regularly for years. Nothing painful, no invasive procedures, … Continue reading →

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Inspiration Enough (Five Sentence Fiction)

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

The prompt this week was ‘Tears’. Inspiration Enough The sunlight shining through a crack in the curtains gilded the pillow, its warmth creeping slowly towards her tear-stained face, until her eyelids ached from the effort to keep them closed to … Continue reading →

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