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This is the tenth installment in our ongoing serial story, The Time Traveler’s Scheme. In the previous section, Davea reaffirmed her absolute devotion to her cause while Melina learned more about her new companion Gravity Barnes. To read this story from the beginning, click here. 2068 Melina had forgotten how much of a mess her…
This is the ninth installment in our ongoing serial story, The Time Traveler’s Scheme. In the previous section, Daeva and Tinsley discovered they were now wanted by some future space-time authority for their attempts in changing the timeline. Melina, now completing her Ph.D., encountered a mysterious stranger who has some unbelievable news. To read this…
This is the eighth installment in our ongoing serial story, The Time Traveler’s Scheme. In the previous section, we saw Daeva dealing with some of the unforeseen consequences of kidnapping Camille Winton, while the past was beginning to believe Melina Penrose may have been telling the truth about Jeffrey Jamison’s disappearance. To read this story…
It’s time for another Flash Fiction challenge! See the prompt below and give us up to your best. We look forward to reading how the story unfolds. The six word novel is a device that has been used for generations to spark creativity and delivers a powerful message in only a single line. Write your best…
2060 Melina tossed her book bag onto the ground, even though her mother constantly corrected her for the action. Opening the fridge and finding nothing of interest, she huffed and slammed the door shut. “Was the fridge that mean to you, dear?” Her father seemingly appeared from thin air. Melina didn’t acknowledge him and pushed…
“The following is recently discovered and previously unreleased correspondence between young U.S. Army officer, then First Lieutenant, Kimberly Royer Caruthers, and her mother, Joan Royer. The letter was written towards the end of Caruthers’s first tour during the “Great Narco War of the Americas,” Operation Verdant Grison. According to military records, Caruthers was stationed at…
This is the third installment in our ongoing serial story, written by our regular contributors. The first part, in which Daeva came from the future to steal Jeffrey Jamison, and Melina Penrose and Eran Jamison witnessed her leaving in her machine, can be read here. And the second can be found here. 2060 “And does…
It’s time for another Flash Fiction challenge! See the prompt below and try using it in your own 100 word story. Post your best entry in the comment section below. He couldn’t remember what happened. Frantically, he patted himself down, and recognizing there were no visible marks or injuries – no scrapes or bruises – he…
It’s time for another Flash Fiction challenge! See the prompt below and give us up to your best. We look forward to reading how the story unfolds. The six word novel is a device that has been used for generations to spark creativity and delivers a powerful message in only a single line. Given the scene…
It’s time for another Flash Fiction challenge! See the prompt below and give us up to your best 75 words. We look forward to reading how the story unfolds. New addition can change the flow of life at any time. Write 75 words on the arrival of a new pet into a family’s home.
Sometimes life gets overwhelming and a change of scenery is needed. Write a three sentence story about getting on a bus and getting off on a stop you wouldn’t expect.
(This piece follows the events and characters of the short story, “Cut-Loose,” but stands alone as its own work) Something was off about it. You ever get one of those? A call from someone you’re surprised to hear from that just feels off? It’s not that Hollywood thing where someone gets shook from a peaceful sleep,…
It’s time for another Flash Fiction challenge! See the prompt below and give us up to your best 100 words. We look forward to reading how the story unfolds. “He wanted to tell her he loved her, he’d always loved her. He wanted to grab her by the arm, pull her in close, breath in her…
Time for another writing prompt, folks! Give us your best entries in the comments section below! Write 50 words or less on a woman meeting the man of her dreams and realizing there might be a problem.
Give use your best 300 words using the following prompt: He had a death grip along the sides of the podium. His mouth was dry; the luminous stage lights blazed down on him with hot, white light. Someone in the audience of thousands sneezed, otherwise there was perfect silence. Pierre took a large gulp of…
You’re snowed in at an airport on Christmas Eve. Amidst the clutter and chaos, through the window, you see an elderly women take a seat on a bench outside alone in the cold. What happens next? It’s up to you.
Hemingway is famous for his 6-word story (For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.) While we won’t hold you to that few words, we’d love to challenge you with 150. Give us a complete story, with plot twists and character development, in the same space as an iPhone screen.
Galactaplex A Comedy by Bishop “BJ” Garrison “Galactaplex Space Tours, bringing the beauty of the cosmos to you. How may I assist you today?” Her tone was dripping with annoyance as she spoke. She could not be bothered with trivial matters, Matthus decided. “Hello, yes, I believe my tour ship inadvertently left without me and –…
It’s time for another Flash Fiction challenge! This week ask for you to write a 250 word piece based on the following photo and prompt. Please provide you entries in the comments section below. We look forward to reading you entries. Enjoy! Even in the most unlikely conditions, beauty can thrive. Send us a story…
Today we launch our new Flash Fiction Challenge! Twice a month we will present our readers a prompt with instructions on creating a new piece of short fiction. We ask for readers to join in the fun and share their best ideas with our community. For our inaugural prompt use the following prompt in a…
“Who sings that one?” “What?” Timmy asked. “The song,” I asked him again. The beat rolled out of the house and welcomed us as we walked toward Timmy’s front door. The singer sounded familiar, but I couldn’t place it. “Who sings it?” “The Stones, man. You know? Jagger? Richards? My dad kept an old record collection. …
UPDATE (December 7, 2015): I write a lot, and writing is a process. Sometimes it’s tough to put yourself out there through fiction, but I do so hoping that one person might read what I’ve written and take something positive away from the experience. I created this story because I needed to make sense of…
(Featured photo can be found here) Why wasn’t he on that hill? The question repeated in his mind. Libby Hill was a grass covered knoll that held one hundred and sixty-seven cracked and crumbling concrete steps arranged in three sets of partially renovated stairs. They led up the side of a fairly steep slope that…
(Post image is a portrait of Sir Isaac Newton by Jean-Leon Huens) “We should go do something,” I tell him. “We should just jump in the car right now; head to Idaho or Bolivia or Finland or somewhere that ain’t here. Just go, man…” “That don’t make sense,” Jimmy’s raspy voice squeaks out in a whisper. “Pretty sure…
(Image: “Dead City” by Nicolas “Sparth” Bouvier via Digital Art Gallery; editing by Laura Collins) The taste was still on his lips. It was a sweet and tangy raspberry that lingered like the days of summer. He remembered sitting by the bed of the lake. Somewhere a teenager was strumming a guitar listlessly in the background, accompanied…
Difficult times
