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Tag: flash fiction

Open your hand

March 30, 2024 cheryl 2 Comments

Open your hand is one of two parts of today’s prompt, taken from Sylvia Plath’s works.The other is And dissolve…

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He started to cross the street

March 27, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

The rain had stopped, leaving a translucent fogginess as a reminder of its presence. He peered out the window, debating.…

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Man smoking in snow picture prompt

March 25, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

He knew she wouldn’t come. Not because of the weather. They had walked in far worse than this, whispering their…

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She gasped with delight

March 23, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

And we are at the end! Longish today but all wrapped up. Sophie swung about, heart thumping. An enormous green…

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It did not go away

March 18, 2024 cheryl 2 Comments

This story – it did not go away! This might or might not be the penultimate episode … if only…

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Is it my imagination?

March 16, 2024 cheryl 2 Comments

And on we go … is it my imagination or is this going on a bit longer than perhaps it…

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Your life is not unworthy

March 13, 2024 cheryl 3 Comments

Back in the Planning Office … Beefy planning man glowered at his former docile assistant. ‘You’re unworthy to work in…

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He turned his back on her

March 10, 2024 cheryl 3 Comments

When Sophie arrived at the castle, her cousin Janet greeted her. Naturally, Sophie is very curious about what’s going on.…

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But now she tired of the drama

March 4, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

We’re back to Sophie, who has been fetched by Dragon, and agreed to go when told by Fairy this was…

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She stared at the moonlit ceiling

March 2, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

More Janet and dragons, forests and planners … I might one day go back and pull them together into a…

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