Here is my entry for Day 11 of the A-Z Challenge. J – Just Kidding I was only kidding, we whispered, too little, too late after her funeral, over her grave. So young, only sixteen, beautiful, vivacious & perhaps too free in her affections. Months afterward, I used to lay awake at night, wondering if […]
This is my post for Friday Fictioneers and the A-Z Challenge, a hundred word story in response to the prompt and my entry for the letter I. For more stories click the frog and for more fun “I” stuff, check out the challenge! Island Dreams Funny the things we tell ourselves. I’m better off without […]
I finally attached my mouse to my laptop. (It was hiding under my bed, as they often do.) Now, finally, I am able to post the letter for the A-Z Challenge, which is as crazy, manic and yet (oddly) fun as I hoped it would be. Without further ado, I present for your reading pleasure: […]
My entry for the A-Z Challenge, for the letter G, a flash fiction story: Goddess Only Knows Long ago, in times past telling, five solitary flowers bloomed. Every year, devotees of the Sacred Goddess braved the heart of the Great Garden, coming to visit these blooms, to seek their wisdom. Each flower had its own […]
Okay, I was definitely intending to stick with flash fiction for the A-Z challenge, but I couldn’t resist this one. My sister is a … bit of a SpongeBob fan. I have been exposed to the contagious disease and am showing symptoms such a tendency to hum SpongeBob songs. I was trying to think of […]
This is my entry for the A-Z challenge. (For some reason I can’t seem to save the A-Z letter images to my computer (it saves as an HTML no matter what I do, which is really weird). Anyone know why?) On Eagle’s Wings Screams pierce the flaming night. They always say it is darkest before […]
After visiting a lot of sites involved in the A-Z Challenge. I’ve decided to try to devote the rest of my posts to speculative flash fiction. Writing one post a day is crazy-manic, but I feel like I’m learning a lot. Deliberation Life isn’t always easy. Sometimes, it becomes impossible, literally. In her regular evals, […]
This is my response to the prompt at Friday Fictioneers, a slightly less than 100 word story. It is also my entry for the A-Z Challenge, with C for Closed. Title: Closed Genre: Realistic Fiction After running for over a mile, Meghan reached the store. A flipped-around sign marked Closed. Glass. Ten tile-covered feet. It […]
This is my second post for the A-Z Challenge. For the letter B, I chose Belief. I could be wrong. But I believe we all believe in things. Belief is part of what makes us human. We believe in God, in ourselves, in one another, in empirical science, in cynicism, questions and doubt. So many […]
This is my post for the Insecure Writers Support Group AND the A-Z Challenge. I’m lazy so I’m combining the two! A is for Author is my theme for today. According to the dictionary, an author is a writer – someone who has produced some manner of literary work. (Been there, done that.) In my […]
Anne Higa 