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Yeah Write #135: When Night Comes ( #amwriting #microstory )

Portals hum in the purple sky. The invaders hate light. Without the grid, streetlamps are spent matchsticks. Shadows descend and swallow. What will I do with nothing to burn? I … Continue reading

February 2, 2020 · 6 Comments

Yeah Write #132: Sisyphus’s Bane ( #amwriting #microstory )

The five-bedroom house loomed amid a thick carpet of fall leaves. Beautiful to the new owners. Gracie wouldn’t burst their bubble. “Mom–” “Sisyphus should’ve dropped the boulder.” The spare key … Continue reading

November 6, 2019 · Leave a comment

Yeah Write #122: Vis-à-vis With a Time Traveler ( #amwriting #microstory )

Ethan shifted; a sofa spring twanged. “Say again!?” Alice sipped coffee. “Marbles in deep grooves stay stuck–” “–without a catastrophic catalyst.” “Right,” she said. “No groove…easy to make them fall.” … Continue reading

May 1, 2019 · 9 Comments

Yeah Write #118: Granny Knots ( #amwriting #microstory )

Her fingers are dressed in weathered rings. A lifetime of lacework mottles her skin. Wrinkled, rough knuckles slide beneath tatting threads; fingers shift the shuttle, pulling assured knots. My flower … Continue reading

April 3, 2019 · 5 Comments

Yeah Write #115: The Goat Girl’s Corruption ( #amwriting #microstory )

You burned my goat skin, charred my soul, and wedded me to your son. None asked which of my dreams had turned to ash. You feasted upon my beauty. Dine … Continue reading

March 6, 2019 · 5 Comments

Yeah Write #107: For You I Wait ( #amwriting #microstory )

Dearest Mine, I think I should perish shackled in matrimony these seven years. Upon my bed, your musk clings in the sheet folds and pillow dents. Your caresses linger in … Continue reading

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Protected: Yeah Write #106: The Time After ( #amwriting #flashfiction )

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Yeah Write #105: The Secrets in the Fire ( #amwriting #flashfiction )

They didn’t remember nor care who first saw the red-orange, shiny stones glistening in the bottom of the pottery kiln years ago.  Later they found that they could melt and … Continue reading

March 28, 2018 · 4 Comments

Protected: Yeah Write #104: The Lighter ( #amwriting #flashfiction )

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Yeah Write #103: Palpitation ( #amwriting #flashfiction #poetry)

Phantom fingers slide and gooseflesh rises As static hairs stand stiff — sizzling in sync. Limbs quiver, lips stick; a whimper reprises. Pulse quickens, mouth dry, panic on a brink. … Continue reading

March 14, 2018 · 14 Comments

Protected: Yeah Write #102: Upon An Edge ( #amwriting #flashfiction )

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Yeah Write #101: The Lonely Dead ( #amwriting #microstory )

My skis skid on fresh powder and wind breaks my face. A presence pursues. “Apparitions collect the unwary,” I had warned. The enthusiast didn’t believe what his camera couldn’t snare. … Continue reading

March 7, 2018 · 3 Comments

Protected: Yeah Write #100: A Fel Life ( #amwriting #flashfiction )

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Protected: Yeah Write #99: One Less ( #amwriting #flashfiction )

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Protected: Yeah Write #98: Lights ( #amwriting #flashfiction )

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Protected: Yeah Write #97: Realm of Experience ( #amwriting #flashfiction )

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