Fiction, Short Stories

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…

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Fiction, Short Stories

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,…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Stick It to the Man

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 6 Prompt: Absurdist Fiction Adam peeked into Megan’s office, knocking on the half-opened door.  She jumped at the unexpected sound, her mind complete mush after staring at the same…

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Fiction, Short Stories

Office Holiday Party

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 5 Prompt: Couples Eric stood behind Jeff, focusing on the reflection of his hands in the mirror.  After a few more flicks of the wrist, a beautifully constructed Windsor…

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