Category: Flash Fiction
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Flash Fiction Prompt – Prank, Chocolate, or Flesh (50 words max)
This bit of flash fiction is loosely based on the novel I just started writing. Hope you enjoy! Navigator (50 words) – written 4/4/2018 The body was a container for a mind: more fragile than silicone, yet more malleable for it. And far more capable of computing a course between…
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Flash Fiction Prompt – “Falling”, “Revolt”, or “Possession” (500 words max)
I saw Blade Runner 2049 on Sunday, so that’s where this came from. I’m not sure it’s particularly great, but I have a soft spot in my heart for cyberpunk noir that matches (or exceeds) space opera. Hope you enjoy! Revolt (500 words) – written 10/10/2017 There was a hotel…
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Flash Fiction Prompt – ‘Hanging on’, ‘The Void’, or ‘Reasons’ (50 words max)
This one’s a bit darker, but I tried to include all of the prompts within. Hope it worked! The Proposition (46 words) – written 6/5/2017 Shining steel: a polished edge. With barest push, her hopes did hedge. Then blood spilled, crimson and warm. Upon lily satin, indelibly adorned. Threefold propositions,…
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Flash Fiction Prompt – ‘Duplicity’, ‘Redemption’, or ‘…then I heard someone call my name…’ (200 words max)
Untitled (127 words) – written 5/27/2017 His face was a mask. Yet every one for a thousand years had been as much. Ever since his first death, none of the other bodies his soul had worn were more than containers. But that never stopped him from living. Centuries of lives…
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Flash Fiction Prompt – Becoming (1000 words max)
Note: This is kind of a strange one. I have no idea where it came from, but the prompt pulled whatever THIS thing is out of my brain. Hope you enjoy it. Read the Fine Print (499 words) – written 9/14/2016 1 This is totally not home. It’s a ship…
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Flash Fiction Prompt – ‘Heat’, ‘Summer’, and ‘Yellow’ (1000 words max)
Note: This work was submitted as part of an informal monthly competition at the writing site that I frequent. It won that month’s competition! Further, I’m already working on an outline for a full MS centered around Aiko and Fletcher. The Octavius Job (995 words) – written 7/27/2016 Adjusting the…
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Flash Fiction Prompt – And Then She/He Rose Up (500 words max)
Phoenix (492 words) – written 5/20/2016 She flexed the artificial hand, squinted at it with fake eyes in a fake skull. Her thoughts raced within a fake brain. Her whole body, every last bit of it, was new – manufactured. She flexed the limb again, could feel it as if…
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Flash Fiction Prompt – Gloss (250 words max)
The Traitor (250 words) – written 5/17/2016 The traitor stood before the king, iron shackles binding his arms and legs. Guards stood at his shoulders, blades already drawn, tips wavering near the floor, ready for the slightest twitch from the prisoner. The King looked down on the man, but felt…
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Flash Fiction Prompt – Star Light (100 words max)
The Dark (100 words) – written 5/10/2016 I remember when we lived on the ship – when there was no sun to warm us during the day and no light to miss at night. That was a strange time. My parents tried their best to fill the moments without light,…
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Flash Fiction Prompt – Karma (150 words max)
In a Name (150 words) – written 4/11/2016 “Why that name?” Kheif smiled. “It’s poetic, don’t you think?” “Poetic?” “Oh, yes.” The smile widened. “”The word Karma specifically refers to destiny as a result of some cause. I find it fitting that someone – anyone – who breaks the law…
