| Fair--Wee Challenge 40
| | My brother: tall, still towhead at age thirty and as good as he is good-looking. Then there's me:... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 20-07-08 |
| Words: | 150 | | Comments: | 23 | | Status: | Public |
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| Solo--Wee Challenge 40
| | Late morning sun seared my shoulders and knees. My skin tightened, glowed. When the oar cut into the... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 19-07-08 |
| Words: | 150 | | Comments: | 23 | | Status: | Public |
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| Some Things Are Finite
| | "...five, six, seven, eight," I finished counting. Some things are finite, I thought as I carefully... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 19-07-08 |
| Words: | 155 | | Comments: | 27 | | Status: | Public |
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| Goes to Show You Never Can Tell
| | I thought he was just another standard issue Southside boy. Raised by a feisty Irish mom and a Polish blue-collar dad who existed in two modes: yelling or silent, Pud was dragged unwillingly through... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 27-05-08 |
| Words: | 874 | | Comments: | 18 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Over Exposure--Wee Challenge 29
| | Adele’s silver Benz circled the roundabout and turned south onto Ocean Drive. John waited ten... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 09-04-08 |
| Words: | 202 | | Comments: | 15 | | Status: | Public |
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| Wee Challenge 29--Diamonds
| | Adele hit the stack of tires lining the back wall of her garage, her poor depth perception buffered... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 17-03-08 |
| Words: | 199 | | Comments: | 15 | | Status: | Public |
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| Bracelet/Water Stories Consolidated
| | The holiday weekend left its mark in the forest preserve. Every garbage can in the park overflowed; fat bees bumbled, circling the empty beer cans and stripped chicken bones. Uncle Akbar and I pushed... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 16-03-08 |
| Words: | 1419 | | Comments: | 16 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Fistful of Change--Wee Challenge #26
| | I searched every empty purse, stripped the crevices in my car and did three loads of laundry, hoping... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 18-02-08 |
| Words: | 150 | | Comments: | 25 | | Status: | Public |
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| Speed Demon--Wee Challenge 22
| | I scrubbed the floors on my knees, then stood on a chair to clean every slat of the wooden blinds.... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 16-02-08 |
| Words: | 60 | | Comments: | 34 | | Status: | Public |
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| Never Knew--Wee Challenge #26
| | She sighs loudly, even in her sleep. Yoga or meditation would benefit her greatly, I’m sure. She... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 14-02-08 |
| Words: | 150 | | Comments: | 19 | | Status: | Public |
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| Wee Challenge 24--Silver
| | Everywhere she looked she saw silver bubbles against azure. Rising with them, she broke the surface... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 30-01-08 |
| Words: | 175 | | Comments: | 29 | | Status: | Public |
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| Wee Challenge #24--Box
| | John held his breath as he opened the box. He looked at the sheaf of papers and photographs in... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 24-01-08 |
| Words: | 175 | | Comments: | 11 | | Status: | Public |
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| Hortense Has the Magic
| | Hortense woke up with a start. She slipped on a clean dress, stuffed a pair of panty-hose into her purse and stuck her feet into her shoes. Fumbling for her keys, she locked only the deadbolt of the... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 20-12-07 |
| Words: | 1406 | | Comments: | 29 | | Status: | Reader |
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| From the Balcony--Wee Challenge 21
| | I'm not given to lying to my husband, but I couldn't justify spending a buck-fifty on a ticket to... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 19-12-07 |
| Words: | 150 | | Comments: | 18 | | Status: | Public |
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| Tony Forgot--Kero's Challenge
| | "Ready? We've got about forty-five minutes until the show."... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 19-12-07 |
| Words: | 161 | | Comments: | 19 | | Status: | Public |
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| Bad Call
| | The phone rang, but I let the call go to voice mail. It was Gil. I hadn't talked to him much in the last year, not since I'd quit working at the bar. He'd called me a handful of times to see if I... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 10-12-07 |
| Words: | 560 | | Comments: | 48 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Dead Lucky--Wee Challenge 20
| | When I came to, I saw my parents and sister standing by the door, talking to a cop and a doctor. I... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 03-12-07 |
| Words: | 100 | | Comments: | 12 | | Status: | Public |
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| The Penny Dropped--Wee Challenge 20
| | I cleared the table and scraped the almost untouched pot-roast from his plate.... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 03-12-07 |
| Words: | 100 | | Comments: | 15 | | Status: | Public |
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| Odd Woman Out--Wee Challenge 19
| | My mother has blue-black hair and jet eyes. My father is all caramel skin and raven-wing brows. My... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 23-11-07 |
| Words: | 75 | | Comments: | 14 | | Status: | Public |
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| Wee Challenge 19--Island
| | They had everything necessary for survival: water, food, shelter. They had each other, too. Huddled... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 23-11-07 |
| Words: | 75 | | Comments: | 29 | | Status: | Public |
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| All the Way--Wee Challenge 14
| | (This piece is now part of The Bracelet/Water Stories Consolidated)... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 13-11-07 |
| Words: | 209 | | Comments: | 23 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Autumn Surprise for Suki
| | (This piece is now included in The Bracelet/Water Stories Consolidated) Summer covered for Autumn. Shirking her duties for weeks now, trees were still green and the river still warm. I baked in the... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 13-11-07 |
| Words: | 594 | | Comments: | 13 | | Status: | Reader |
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| The Afghan--Wee Challenge 18
| | "It looks awful, Grae." I demonstrated yet again my lack of talent with textiles. He examined my... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 11-11-07 |
| Words: | 250 | | Comments: | 20 | | Status: | Public |
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| Lydia and Nora/Collaboration Contest
| | We sat on the railroad ties lining the gravel driveway. The icy melt of our popsicles dribbled down what was hardly there beneath our halter tops. We dug our toes into the dusty warmth and we... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 09-11-07 |
| Words: | 500 | | Comments: | 21 | | Status: | Public |
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| On the Mighty Cal-Sag
| | “We need to make a quick stop,” Will says as he turns into Faye’s Point, a swampy little inlet that housed a marina. He ties the tiny boat to a dock and tells Suki to wait for him. She watches... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 09-11-07 |
| Words: | 952 | | Comments: | 14 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Limits of Love--Wee Challenge 17
| | I fought the urge to faint, willing myself to breathe evenly.... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 03-11-07 |
| Words: | 150 | | Comments: | 12 | | Status: | Public |
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| Poisoned Chalice--Wee Challenge 17
| | Music stomped relentlessly from the many speakers, and broken glass sparkled on the ground.... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 02-11-07 |
| Words: | 90 | | Comments: | 16 | | Status: | Public |
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