Tag Archives: Flash Fiction

#3lineThursday #FlashPoetry The Sea of Glass

This Flash Poem was written in response to the Three Line Thursday photo prompt.   **** The Sea of Glass Caught in my world like a mermaid in a stream. I freed the face I had trapped in my dreams. Free at last! We dove into the sea of glass. **** Julie captured a photoContinue reading “#3lineThursday #FlashPoetry The Sea of Glass”

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Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge November 18: Dance

This week Charlie Mills at Carrot Ranch has asked us to write 99 words about ‘dance’. I remembered a wonderful wedding I have recently witnessed where a beautiful hymn was sung. Most of you will recognise it woven into my flash. Weddings are stressful moments. Bride and groom make a lifelong commitment to each other.Continue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge November 18: Dance”

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Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge November 3: Frozen

This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch November 3, 2015 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a frozen story. Is the weather the source of freezing or is a character frozen by emotion or lack of it? It can also be a momentContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge November 3: Frozen”

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#3linethursday: #Waiting For You

This post was written in response to this weeks’ Three Line Thursday prompt. Three lines, 30 words maximum.   Waiting For You I watched you leave while showers of tears Streamed down my face. ‘Come back, my love.’  I’ll wait here ’til the sun disappears.   That is the one I published on Three LineContinue reading “#3linethursday: #Waiting For You”

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Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 28: Tools for Homework

This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch   ********** Homework ‘Can I go out, mum?’ ‘Not till you finish your Spanish homework.’ ‘Can’t do it. It’s a six-word flash fiction post on the class blog, about homework. In Spanish!’ ‘Six words. Sounds simple to me.’ ‘How’sContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 28: Tools for Homework”

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#3linethursday: The Clown’s Trunk

This post was written in response to this weeks’ Three Line Thursday prompt. Three lines, 30 words maximum.   The Clown’s Trunk Lipstick smeared on bruised lips. Blackened tears. ‘Let’s play,’ He said, then pointed. ‘Would you unlock the trunk, my dear?’ @LucciaGray Clowns are such sinister characters, and well, their trunks, they’re just theContinue reading “#3linethursday: The Clown’s Trunk”

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Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 21: Final Resting Place

 This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch **** The Day of the Dead “Eve, You’ve been chosen to read the Sacred Words this year on the Day of the Dead.” “I don’t want to rest without you!” “If we take turns and rest for a year,Continue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 21: Final Resting Place”

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Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 14: Serendipity

 This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch October 14, 2015 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that reveals or explores a moment of serendipity. How did it come about? What did it lead to? You can express a character’s view of theContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 14: Serendipity”

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Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 7

This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch October 7, 2015 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a thief or a theft. Consider motives and repercussions. Is the act a matter of perception? Is it a daring maneuver or a desperateContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 7”

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