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.
Continue reading “Lights Out”Category: Flash Fiction
Connor & The Wishing Fountain
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.
Continue reading “Connor & The Wishing Fountain”Daisies & Questions
(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.
Continue reading “Daisies & Questions”The Prodigal’s Return
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.
Continue reading “The Prodigal’s Return”Subjected
(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.
Continue reading “Subjected”Okay
Chicago, 2009 — Kelly aimlessly flicked through the channels, trying to find one that had nothing to do with the news.
Continue reading “Okay”Character Intros + Preview: The Woodsman
Another combo post, this time about another potential serial story. (I have so many ideas for serial stories…)
Continue reading “Character Intros + Preview: The Woodsman”Character Intros + Serial Story Preview
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?”
Continue reading “Character Intros + Serial Story Preview”Hobgoblin
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.
Continue reading “Hobgoblin”Father and Son
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.
Continue reading “Father and Son”