| Riches to Rags
| | The shadows merged and separated again, huge against the walls of the ballroom. If she didn't leave... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 10-03-08 |
| Words: | 155 | | Comments: | 7 | | Status: | Public |
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| The Penny Dropped: Challenge 20
| | She held her hand over the wall that ran around the flat roof and surveyed the scene below. She only... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 03-12-07 |
| Words: | 100 | | Comments: | 8 | | Status: | Public |
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| Magic - The Story-teller
| | You take the stage and we are spellbound, snug as children in the stories that you weave. You expose... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 04-01-08 |
| Words: | 62 | | Comments: | 12 | | Status: | Public |
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| Breaking in - Challenge no. 21
| | I rummage in the drawer and find the Comfort Bag. I line up two Mars Bars and three Twixes. I have... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 19-12-07 |
| Words: | 149 | | Comments: | 6 | | Status: | Public |
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| Reflection - Karjohn's Challenge 10
| | If I hadn't read Through the Looking Glass, I don't suppose I'd ever have tried to get into a... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 24-09-07 |
| Words: | 156 | | Comments: | 7 | | Status: | Public |
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| Speed Demon - Challenge 22
| | He whirls past in a blur of fast-forward motion. I want to press Pause, to breathe – to tell my... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 13-01-08 |
| Words: | 60 | | Comments: | 21 | | Status: | Public |
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| Everything I'm not ' Karjohn's Challenge
| | Your skin is horse chestnut, gleaming and dark. I want to polish it with eager palms, finger its... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 26-08-07 |
| Words: | 103 | | Comments: | 12 | | Status: | Public |
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| Over Exposure - wee challenge
| | She had a laugh that could cleave your brain in two. Take a witch’s cackle and blend it with a... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 20-03-08 |
| Words: | 70 | | Comments: | 8 | | Status: | Public |
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| Fistful of Change -- Wee Challenge 26
| | What stays with her afterwards is the coins’ fall. It replays in an endless loop: the scattering... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 18-02-08 |
| Words: | 82 | | Comments: | 12 | | Status: | Public |
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| In the frame -- wee challenge
| | She took the chimp from the lab assistant, relishing its weight against her hip –- confirmation... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 29-02-08 |
| Words: | 75 | | Comments: | 10 | | Status: | Public |
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| The Oldest Trick - Karjon's Challenge
| | He'd just cut his beautiful assistant Glenda in half when his wife walked in.... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 08-08-07 |
| Words: | 64 | | Comments: | 16 | | Status: | Public |
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| Twisted: Wee Challenge 25
| | I’m levitatin', four foot off the ground. It’s 'is favourite trick – 'e’d have me do it all... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 17-02-08 |
| Words: | 102 | | Comments: | 10 | | Status: | Public |
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| Deja Vu -- Challenge 28
| | Danny stared at the clock. He turned slowly, taking in the whole room. Pretty much everything looked... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 09-03-08 |
| Words: | 166 | | Comments: | 6 | | Status: | Public |
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| Odd: challenge 19
| | Five hair ribbons, seven socks. Anything with the number three. Or prime numbers: twenty-nine,... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 26-11-07 |
| Words: | 75 | | Comments: | 12 | | Status: | Public |
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| View from the Outside
| | He was a dentist, so he was used to pushing boundaries. Inching closer and closer to another body, wheedling his fingers into a patient's mouth, stretching their lips into a gurning grin. It's... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 14-02-08 |
| Words: | 1845 | | Comments: | 4 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Beyond the Border - Challenge 18
| | It’s neither grey nor quite black. It feels like grit between my fingers, tastes of the ashes on... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 29-04-08 |
| Words: | 250 | | Comments: | 10 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Final Curtain
| | The next big wave brought a body and Lillian Ashby made as dignified an entrance as she ever had in life. 'Always has to be the centre of attention, doesn't she?' said Margot, looking up from her book... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 12-06-07 |
| Words: | 575 | | Comments: | 4 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Captive Audience
| | I’m locked in the shed. Bloody idiot – can’t even skulk properly. All I wanted was a bit of peace and quiet. Her Highness nags so much, all the bleeding time. Tim says it’s just her way, and I... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 08-01-08 |
| Words: | 1282 | | Comments: | 5 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Diamonds - wee challenge
| | Each bead of our sweat is a jewel for a gentleman’s wristwatch, each drop of blood an ornament for... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 29-04-08 |
| Words: | 171 | | Comments: | 8 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Out of Place
| | I don't belong here... | | Words: | 63 | | Comments: | 1 | | Status: | Reader |
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| Choose your Poison
| | poison ('p((ze(n) n 1 any substance that can impair function, cause structural damage, or otherwise injure the body. ( vb (tr) 6 to give poison to (a person or animal) esp. with intent to kill. [C13:... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 11-10-07 |
| Words: | 2862 | | Comments: | 8 | | Status: | Reader |
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