This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 14 Prompt: Platonic Love The breeze gently tousled her gray hair. The air smelled like sweet lavender and damp soil. She took a deep breath, closing her eyes and…
Author: ryanhougardy
Southern California Snowstorm
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 13 Prompt: Weather “Mommy, mommy, it’s snowing!” Mason’s feet pattered quickly down the hall towards his parent’s bedroom. “What did he say?” Jim grunted, his eyes still closed. Claire…
Kids Hate Vegetables: A Tale of Adolescent Palate Refinement
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 12 Prompt: Food Your Character Hates Like most kids, Devin hated vegetables. Carrots? Gross. Broccoli? Disgusting. Onions? Ew. His parents knew about this unfortunate truth, so they tried to…
The Catholic Goes to Passover
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 11 Prompt: Holidays Andrew is a Catholic. He knows about Jews and has even met a few before, but, having been brought up through parochial schools in the Midwest,…
Samson the Cat
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 10 Prompt: Animals Carrie slammed the door as she sauntered into her tiny, cold apartment. She grunted as she flung her heavy bag off her shoulder onto the floor,…
Er, Surprise!
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 9 Prompt: A Surprise That Doesn’t Go According to Plan Andy glanced at the clock on the wall for the umpteenth time that morning. He still had another hour…
Congratulations Are In Order
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 8 Prompt: Write a Story in One Sentence He pulled the letter out of the envelope and translated its contents into Spanish for his family surrounding him: “It is…
Cold Case
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 7 Prompt: Discovery Rich walked into the station and slowly made his way over to his office after making himself a lukewarm cup of coffee. He was usually the…