Fiction, Short Stories

The Card

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 20 Prompt: An Unopened Letter “Bye Grandma… Bye Grandpa!” Haley hugged her grandparents tightly. “Thank you again for the gift – I really appreciate it.” She shut the front…

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Fiction, Short Stories

The Pursuit

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 19 Prompt: An Argument The tires squealed as their car ripped around the corner, sending Kate flying against the passenger door.  She grunted as she pulled herself back into…

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Fiction, Short Stories

Celestial Queen of the Jungle

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 18 Prompt: Fake Dating Profile The picture immediately above the profile description is a zoomed-out photo of a field of flowers amidst a bright blue sky.  If you squint…

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Fiction, Short Stories

Computing for Grandmas

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 17 Prompt: Second-Person How-To It was a sunny Saturday morning and Kathleen woke up determined to send her family an email.  She scooted over to her sewing room that…

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Fiction, Short Stories

Chem 101

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 16 Prompt: A Boring Situation That Becomes Exciting They were now one month into the Fall semester and just a month away from midterms, however, the collective opinion of…

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Fiction, Short Stories

Take a Deep Breath

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 15 Prompt: A Character That Needs to Take a Deep Breath I got up at 6:13, two minutes before my alarm, like I somehow always managed to do. I…

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Fiction, Short Stories

I Love You

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…

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Fiction, Short Stories

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…

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