Tag: Flash Fiction

July 25: Flash Fiction Challenge

July 29, 2019 20 Comments

My submission for Charlie Mill’s flash fiction challenge: The Crumb’s Obituary For one day I crave silence. Your words crush my soul making me weep. Your tongue is bitter, cruel and relentless, it pokes fun at my crawling. I must do as you please, surrendering to your every whim. ‘Look at this,’ you say, scowling. I move towards it, this […]

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Carrot Ranch June 20 Flash Fiction Challenge #FlashFiction

June 22, 2019 7 Comments

June 20, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about having to wait. Who is waiting and what for? Think about how the wait impacts the character or the story. Go where the prompt leads! Respond by June 25, 2019. Use the comment section below to share, read, and be social. You may leave a […]

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Carrot Flash Flash Fiction Challenge

April 13, 2019 15 Comments

Here’s my piece of flash: Imaginary Characters Brick fitted in the space well. It was narrow, like a cupboard to slot in, a place to be noticed. Brooke Trout sauntered past him. When she saw Brick her eyes opened wide. He smirked at her bemused expression. She didn’t notice but he followed her up the escalator. When she exited out […]

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April 4: Flash Fiction Challenge

April 7, 2019 10 Comments

This is my entry for Charli Mill’s Flash Fiction Challenge. It’s a short paragraph from my YA/paranormal book The Curse of Time Book 1 Bloodstone. When I saw that the nature of the prompt was about fire – I thought why not… I hope Charli doesn’t mind… it just seemed to fit so well. The fire raged, and a ring of […]

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Flash Fiction #Unusual #Valentines

February 19, 2019 10 Comments

This is my flash fiction piece for Carrot Ranch’s prompt Valentine’s! https://carrotranch.com/2019/02/14/february-14-flash-fiction-challenge/ Damages, broken limbs, a most unusual valentines – the poor restaurant didn’t stand a chance! We squeezed into a corner next to a giant sized Valentine’s chocolate egg, exquisitely wrapped in pink, shiny wrapping. My daughter nearly toppled it over with a careless swipe of her […]

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Rodeo #5 Sound and Fury – The Winning Entries and My Flash

December 15, 2018 9 Comments

Well done to all the winners of The Carrot Ranch Sound and Fury Flash competition. I’m so pleased to hear that my lovely friend Ritu won third prize. Here’s the link to the winning entries. https://carrotranch.com/2018/12/14/rodeo-5-sound-and-fury-winners/ Here’s my entry – I didn’t win… I got the fury but forgot the sound effects! Lol. How’s your day been?’ ‘Exhausting, but […]

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Rodeo #4: Fractured Fairy Tales: Goldilocks Hates Chocolate

December 7, 2018 7 Comments

Well done to the winners. The winning entries here – https://carrotranch.com/2018/12/07/rodeo-4-fractured-fairy-tales-winners/ Including second prize to my friend Hugh, an honourable mention to Debby Gies – (my friend, and Sister of the Fey.) and this highly entertaining lovely chap – Geoff Le Pard also had an honourable mention. I didn’t win but this is my entry: Goldilocks Hates Chocolate […]

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Rodeo #3: Travel with a Twist – The Winning Entries and my flash

December 1, 2018 4 Comments

I didn’t win but was thrilled to learn that my friend Colleen Chesebro won first prize! First Place: A Visit with Grammy, by Colleen Chesebro, who wins a cash prize of $25 Jess ran. She couldn’t miss this bus, or Grammy would worry at her late arrival. She stumbled into the queue as a woman towing a wheeled suitcase […]

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Carrot Ranch Rodeo Contest #2: Memoir – The Winning Entries and My Flash #Rollercoasters

November 20, 2018 8 Comments

Well done to all the winners and to all the participants for joining in. Here is the link to the winning entries: https://carrotranch.com/2018/11/16/rodeo-2-memoir-winners/ Here’s my entry which was inspired by a true life event – overcoming my fear of rollercoasters and taking my one and only ride with my two young daughters. I’ve never been on a rollercoaster since (and […]

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Carrot Ranch November 8 Flash Fiction Challenge #Flash #Fiction #Superpower

November 10, 2018 10 Comments

Here’s my entry for Charli Mills Carrot Ranch November 8th Flash Fiction challenge: Mo’s Superpower Mash Disaster Mo had always wanted to know what people really thought about her so she developed a special mash infused with a truth serum. What a disaster! Mo’s cafe was now closed until further notice. No one wanted Mo’s magic mash infused with such […]