What Time is It

It’s Friday, so this is a very short #flashfiction piece I wrote a while back. “What time is it?” Jacob looked up irritably at the interruption. “It’s time you started learning to tell time for yourself.” He snapped his book closed decisively before scooping up his little brother and tickling him. “Stop, stop.” His brother …

SunCatcher

It's #ShortStorySunday, so I have a short story I wrote just about a year ago to participate in WRiTECLUB. WRiTECLUB is a competition hosted by DL Hammons on his blog. What makes this competition different?  You, the reader get to choose who moves forward to the final round. In 8 bouts, 500-word stories are pitted …

You Brought Home What?

Mixing it up this week with an appearance for #shortstorysunday.  Here's a short piece from my "stash".  I hope you enjoy! “Can we talk about this for two seconds?”  My voice came out high-pitched and shrill, but for the moment, I didn’t care.  Finding a deformed alligator in your bathtub can do that to you. …

Revolution Whisperer

Welcome back to #flashfictionfriday with the longest "flash fiction" piece yet. It didn't come out exactly as I planned, but I hope you enjoy! “Let me tell you something about your grandmother.” Mama pulled Jayson onto her lap. He tried to wipe his running nose without her noticing. Seven was too old to cry over …

Forest of Secrets

I'm back for #flashfictionfriday! This piece feels like the beginning of something longer, so I may revisit this again. But I wanted to share since I missed last Friday. Enjoy! The large bushes weren’t really enough cover, but Holly ducked behind them anyway. She didn’t have much choice. The scrub brush in this part of …

Save the Dragon

Sliding in with a last minute post for #flashfictionfriday. Today's prompt is a picture (below) and comes from my stash. “What green dragon?” My father looked rather confused at the description from the newspaper clipping I had found tucked under the door. “Are they talking about the teal blue one? There’s nothing harmful about him …

Why YA is Important

After a very long hiatus, I am back, sharing random thoughts about my views of reading and books in general.  As always, I have several ideas for posts floating in my head, but at least that gives them time to grow and expand from a single thought into a (hopefully) coherent blog post! A while …

School of Prophecy

I’m back for week two of my personal flash fiction challenge. This prompt comes from the Tumblr page @writing-prompt-s. The top bold part is the prompt, everything underneath it is mine. I hope you enjoy! The chosen one is a middle school teacher who teaches kids destined for villainy how to twist their respective prophecies …

White Hand of Power

Here is my first #flashfiction post!  I used the January 1st prompt from the Writer's Digest daily calender.  The prompt is at the top in bold, everything underneath is my own. You bolt awake … but you’re not immediately sure what awakened you.  You blearily fumble for your cell phone to check the time, but …

Joining the Flash Fiction Revolution

Happy New Year 2019! To Celebrate the New Year, I will begin to post Flash Fiction stories here on my blog!  I started this blog to talk about the fantasy reading and writing world, and I realize I haven't touched too much on the writing aspect.  Some of that will change as I begin to …