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Category: Flash Fiction

Lights Out

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 ~ H.S. Kylian ~ Leave a comment

(Character Descriptions)

Hartford, Connecticut, 1988 – Trembling, five-year-old Connor raced out of the darkened bathroom, leaving the faucet running. Desperate for any source of light, he ran without bothering to carefully spread his arms out in front of him to make sure he wouldn’t bump into a wall.

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Connor & The Wishing Fountain

September 20, 2019 ~ H.S. Kylian ~ Leave a comment

(Character descriptions)

Hartford, Connecticut, 1988 — “Mommy, why is there money in here?” Connor asked, standing on his toes to peer over the edge to a water fountain.

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Daisies & Questions

September 13, 2019September 14, 2019 ~ H.S. Kylian ~ 1 Comment

(Character descriptions here)

Hartford, Connecticut, 1987 — Margaret kept herself to the picnic table furthest from everyone else. Despite the other parents at the park having no knowledge of her history, she wasn’t willing to spill everything to total strangers.

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The Prodigal’s Return

August 30, 2019October 6, 2019 ~ H.S. Kylian ~ 2 Comments

England countryside, 1919 – I should not have come.

He looked up at the windows on the second floor, blue eyes watching as guests meandered by, oblivious to the recovering, broken soldier beneath them.

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Subjected

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 ~ H.S. Kylian ~ 2 Comments

(Just a little prequel scene to a new trilogy idea I gained last week…character descriptions here and here until I get a page up)


They called him Subject Zero.

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Okay

May 31, 2019June 3, 2019 ~ H.S. Kylian ~ Leave a comment

(Character descriptions)

Chicago, 2009 — Kelly aimlessly flicked through the channels, trying to find one that had nothing to do with the news.

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Character Intros + Preview: The Woodsman

May 19, 2019May 19, 2019 ~ H.S. Kylian ~ Leave a comment

Another combo post, this time about another potential serial story. (I have so many ideas for serial stories…)

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Character Intros + Serial Story Preview

May 3, 2019May 17, 2019 ~ H.S. Kylian ~ 2 Comments

Hello, everyone! Due to a dentist appointment, trying to finish Camp NaNo, and seeing Endgame on Tuesday, there was no character post.

So I decided to double-post today, until I figured, “Hey, both posts are connected to each other, so why not do 2 in 1?”

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Hobgoblin

April 20, 2019June 1, 2019 ~ H.S. Kylian ~ Leave a comment

Today’s flash fic is going to be an excerpt from a potential future story that’s kind of a retelling/sequel to Hansel & Gretel: Three children set out to find their father, who disappeared 2 years before. Along the way, they meet a hobgoblin who agrees to help them.

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Father and Son

March 22, 2019June 1, 2019 ~ H.S. Kylian ~ 3 Comments

For character descriptions, click here. Teddy isn’t listed though, so I have his description in the fic)


Chicago, Illinois, 2001 — Connor had always had sharp hearing. It was one of the things he’d learned to have and to use well during his tenure in foster care.

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