Future Plans

We should go swimming. Her eyes scanned the lake in front of them.
That makes me remember when we were younger- you remember how we’d go swimming almost every day after school? He brushed a stray blade of grass from his shoulder and watched the slightest hint of a wave gently cradle a group of cattails [...]

Follow Me Down

This is the second draft of the story, based on comments and personal reflection.  I didn’t want to simply delete the old story because it is good for comparison purposes.  That said, I think this version is far superior.

C> Story Integration Initiation…….
Beginning Story Integration Initiation…
[Formulating Exposition]… Detailing Parameters Setting… Random Generator In Effect- Correcting Unknown [...]

Time Crunch

Running out of time he thought, pushing through the crowds milling about on the sidewalk.  Ten minutes left, if my watch is right.  No excuses this time- I’ve been living with excuses for long enough.  He darted around a rather large woman eating a hot dog and countless business men with their identical brief cases and [...]

Author’s Note #2

I think I am going to submit one of my stories to The Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest held by Southeast Missouri State University Press.  I think I will go with “One Million Terabytes” but I’m looking to change the name of the story and the name of the female protagonist.  I need something more [...]

Babies in the Basement

One day ago, the police had arrived in their screaming vehicles and, guns drawn and search warrant in hand, knocked down the front door of the one story ranch style home.  Minutes later, they had escorted an overweight man into a squad car and drove him away.  Detectives arrived and dusted needlessly for fingerprints and [...]

One Million Terabytes

C> Story Integration Initiation
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Beginning Story Integration Initiation…
[Formulating Exposition]… Detail parameters setting- random generator in effect- correcting unknown error- selection made pursuant to topical protocol.
This story takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana.  It was hot and humid.  [Simile function]  Like the smoke from a recently doused campfire. [Correcting... Sentence structure and colloquialism program intact...] The campfire [...]

Anders

Chapter Two
He fired twice, crumpling the silhouette on the roof.  Anders hoped that the intermittent gunfire around them had effectively camouflaged the weapon- at any rate, the dumpsters no longer served as sanctuary.  He climbed out into the alleyway and crouched down to one knee.
The father was cradling his child, his instincts muted into oblivion as all thought settled on his son’s face.  The son’s face [...]

Reign

The rain fell sporadically throughout the day, covering everything with a fine and constant sheen.  Squabbling birds gathered in the trickling runoffs to splash around uproariously before skirmishing for places unknown.
The sky was neither gray nor blue.  The rain clouds were far too ethereal to hold back the entirety of the sun’s might, yet the [...]

Author’s Note

For the record, the WordPress blog is set for some random time zone that doesn’t jive with my day-to-day life.  In other words, the last story was actually written on August 9th, and I’ve successfully created a brand new piece of fiction of at least 500 words for seven days in a row.  I don’t [...]

Writing on the Wall

The truck pulled over to the side of the road, its tires crunching through the dying grass.  The driver looked out the passenger side window, shaking his head.  Why can’t these kids find anything better to do? he thought, not looking forward to leaving the comfort of the air conditioned cabin.  He tried to peer through the windshield [...]