| A Fine Line (challenge 42)
| | The drum roll rumbled around the tent, echoing her heartbeat. A single light stretched up through... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 08-08-08 |
| Words: | 174 | | Comments: | 3 | | Status: | Public |
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| Outside Chance (challenge 42)
| | Celia put down the binoculars, reaching for her handbag. She dipped a beautifully manicured hand... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 08-08-08 |
| Words: | 172 | | Comments: | 3 | | Status: | Public |
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| Left
| | The red front door stood wide open, thrown back in the haste of departure. Scattered clothing... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 07-08-08 |
| Words: | 98 | | Comments: | 2 | | Status: | Public |
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| Burning The Past
| | Smoke rose from the letters slowly disintegrating in the flames. I prodded them with a poker, their... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 28-07-08 |
| Words: | 209 | | Comments: | 6 | | Status: | Public |
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| Story Challenge #36 - Out of Sight
| | I held on, my fingernails forcing grooves into the cliff wall. A vine curled round my leg for... | | Flash Fiction | | Genre: | horror | | Updated: | 28-05-08 |
| Words: | 178 | | Comments: | 7 | | Status: | Public |
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| Story Challenge #31 - Still Waters
| | She sits at the back of her cell, hidden in the shadows. Moonlight falls through the window, pooling... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 04-04-08 |
| Words: | 146 | | Comments: | 8 | | Status: | Public |
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| Story Challenge #31 - Buried
| | Clouds drifted across the moon, pallid in a velvet sky. Tanya shivered, wriggling deeper into her... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 04-04-08 |
| Words: | 150 | | Comments: | 6 | | Status: | Public |
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| Story Challenge #28 - Reprieve
| | The shadows merged and spat a wad of darkness into the room. Sam scrabbled backwards across the... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 04-03-08 |
| Words: | 174 | | Comments: | 8 | | Status: | Public |
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| Story Challenge #28 - English Literature
| | Danny stared at the clock in disbelief. He looked down at his exam paper, disappointment gripping... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 04-03-08 |
| Words: | 174 | | Comments: | 5 | | Status: | Public |
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| Story challenge #24 - Snake in a box
| | John held his breath as he opened the box. The sudden hiss caught his attention, and he threw... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 29-01-08 |
| Words: | 175 | | Comments: | 5 | | Status: | Public |
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| Story challenge #24 - Urban warfare
| | Everywhere she looked, she saw silver bullets raining down. She lost count of the slayers. Some... | | Flash Fiction | | Genre: | fantasy | | Updated: | 29-01-08 |
| Words: | 175 | | Comments: | 4 | | Status: | Public |
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| Dreams For Sale
| | It started on a night like this. The rain drummed its endless rhythm on roofs, cars, pavements and windows. A howling gale accompanied its dull percussion, whipping through the streets with wanton... | | Short Stories | | Updated: | 15-01-08 |
| Words: | 2845 | | Comments: | 5 | | Status: | Public |
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| Speed Demon (story challenge 22)
| | The familiar logo appears in the sky, glowing against the clouds. A cheer ripples among the crowd -... | | Words: | 60 | | Comments: | 9 | | Status: | Public |
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| The Thwarted Stalker
| | A fine rain spatters the streets of Ealing as he follows her to the train station. She holds the... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 09-01-08 |
| Words: | 823 | | Comments: | 4 | | Status: | Public |
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| The Mirror Phase
| | The mirror arrived when Sara was ten years old. Six feet tall and two feet wide, it stood in the corner like a disapproving matriarch. Fat feet carved to look like lion's paws sank into the carpet... | | Short Stories | | Genre: | horror | | Updated: | 08-01-08 |
| Words: | 2297 | | Comments: | 2 | | Status: | Public |
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| Island (story challenge 19)
| | My street is populated by old people. They hate noise. Anything above a whisper is a cacophony,... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 21-11-07 |
| Words: | 75 | | Comments: | 6 | | Status: | Public |
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| Odd (story challenge 19)
| | Some people can't hear. Some can't speak. Some need their blood recycled by machines because their... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 21-11-07 |
| Words: | 75 | | Comments: | 5 | | Status: | Public |
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| The Stairs
| | She pulls the door back a fraction of an inch; just enough to peer outside. An unearthly chill, more... | | Flash Fiction | | Genre: | horror | | Updated: | 08-11-07 |
| Words: | 268 | | Comments: | 2 | | Status: | Public |
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| Picasso (Story challenge #15)
| | Silence held the gallery in its tender grasp. Silver ribbons of moonlight snaked across the parquet... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 10-10-07 |
| Words: | 188 | | Comments: | 15 | | Status: | Public |
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| Delete (Wee challenge #13)
| | "I'm sorry sir, but it's all going wrong down there".... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 22-09-07 |
| Words: | 60 | | Comments: | 10 | | Status: | Public |
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| Before your time (story challenge #12)
| | The light blinds me. I try to shield my eyes with my hand, but it's no good - the light is... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 14-09-07 |
| Words: | 150 | | Comments: | 13 | | Status: | Public |
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| Music Man (Story Challenge #11)
| | The peace doesn??t last on a Tuesday morning. Footsteps ring out on the cobbles as streams of notes... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 11-09-07 |
| Words: | 60 | | Comments: | 8 | | Status: | Public |
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| It's Magic (Story Challenge #11)
| | A vast armada lies in wait in the darkness, silent and ready. Cannons are loaded, captains stand... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 11-09-07 |
| Words: | 60 | | Comments: | 8 | | Status: | Public |
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| Second (Story challenge #10)
| | Muscles burning, heart pounding, blood roaring in her ears ?? only the run mattered. Mara could no... | | Flash Fiction | | Updated: | 30-08-07 |
| Words: | 148 | | Comments: | 8 | | Status: | Public |
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