Category Archives: Flash Fiction

Very short self-contained stories

Finder

They spoke of one who could find anything. The stories differed in their description but a few constants remained: a beautiful red-haired woman with eyes like a sunlit forest, and a smile which could melt the hardest of hearts or … Continue reading

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Literary Analysis is Serious Business

Miss Frost is property of B and I apologize for any terrible mischaracterization in advance. The two blondes sat in silence, the just-left-but-only-for-a-moment third member of the group seeming to have taken all the conversation with him. It was not … Continue reading

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A Rainy Afternoon

It was raining outside; not simply rain, but waves cascading down in a ceaseless deluge. Wall-like sheets of the stuff were the only thing visible out the window, casting a watery grey light into the Burnwood common room – which, … Continue reading

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Shadows in the Sky

part of this thing Note: I do not have the vocabulary for this done, so I’ve used some English near-equivalents in [brackets] instead. Same disclaimer re: names as other ‘ari story. Rurasy stared up at the sky, idly twirling a … Continue reading

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Being Normal

part of this thing All Kristin really wanted in life was to be normal. To outward appearances she seemed normal enough; good grades but not great, a decent boyfriend, a small group of friends, a license but no car. Nothing … Continue reading

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Floating Islands

part of this thing It was spring, and the Nomadic Islands had started their northerly vernal migration. Admittedly, the Nomadic Islands were not, in truth, islands, in the classical sense of the word. Long ago (some say as far back … Continue reading

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Aim for the Sky

part of this thing Disclaimer: the language is still in development, so some words for things might change in the future as I develop case endings etc. Neyska swung nimbly from one branch to the next, moving up towards the … Continue reading

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Washed Away

part of this thing Juhan Molnar looked out over his farm and decided that this year was not simply a bad spring, but the worst. The rain, normally welcome to the few farmers left, had arrived violently and all at … Continue reading

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The more things change…

“Need I remind you of the consequences of misbehavior, Patrick?” I punctuated the reprimand with a stern frown. His ears went down and back almost immediately as he shot me a sullen, hostile glare. There was a distinct flavor of … Continue reading

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Lavender

“Lavandula, commonly known as lavender. Thirty-nine species of small, shrub-like herbs, most with silvered leaves and delicate purple flowers. The namesake for the color, and source of a scent that is both calming and aids in sleep.” The garden was … Continue reading

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