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karjon
Karen Jones 

United Kingdom, Glasgow
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Faithless - Niccole's Challenge

She shovelled the last of the earth over the grave,...

Flash Fiction|  Genre:micro/challenge|  Updated:09-05-08
Words:159|  Comments:10|  Status:Public

At Last/Eclectic Eulogy

Differing perspectives of one event. Warning: A wee bit of Scots in here. 

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Poetry|  Updated:05-05-08
Words:214|  Comments:8|  Status:Reader

Splinter - Wee #32
The blue of the eye startled him. Staring up through the crack in the floorboards--the cracks his...
Flash Fiction|  Updated:19-04-08
Words:167|  Comments:14|  Status:Public

Still Waters - Wee #31
Dave watched as Ray skimmed the stone. It skipped across the surface as if enchanted, gaining rather...
Flash Fiction|  Updated:04-04-08
Words:132|  Comments:15|  Status:Public

Buried - Wee #31
She peeled the potatoes and let the skins fall to the floor and mingle with the remnants of previous...
Flash Fiction|  Updated:04-04-08
Words:108|  Comments:15|  Status:Public

John The Baptist
A radio comedy sketch, written a few years ago - had forgotten all about it. Erm, maybe that was for the best... **** SCENE: EXT. DAY. THE RIVER JORDAN FADE IN TO SFX OF SPLASHING WATER AND MUMBLED...
Plays|  Genre:Comedy|  Updated:28-03-08
Words:1073|  Comments:9|  Status:Reader

In the Frame
The frame holds a young woman with shining eyes. Alice coughs, brings me back to the present....
Flash Fiction|  Updated:28-02-08
Words:78|  Comments:14|  Status:Public

Finishing Touch
She cat-walked into the room, hitched up her skirt and settled onto the vacant barstool....
Flash Fiction|  Updated:28-02-08
Words:71|  Comments:11|  Status:Public

Never Knew
Turning the page he saw the photograph and his memory hurled him back into her arms....
Flash Fiction|  Updated:20-02-08
Words:119|  Comments:8|  Status:Public

Short Shorts
This is a bunch of mainly dialogue based short shorts (usually 60 words)- an attempt at humour. **** BEGINNING 'I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with 's'.' 'Sand.' 'Yep.' 'I spy, with my...
Short Stories|  Genre:Short shorts - humour.|  Updated:13-02-08
Words:1071|  Comments:25|  Status:Public

Salome
SCENE: INT. NIGHT. HEROD'S PALACE. A BIRTHDAY PARTY IS BEING HELD IN HONOUR OF HEROD. HIS WIFE, HERODIAS, IS IN HER BEDROOM, STOMPING UP AND DOWN, CURSING, KICKING THINGS. HER DAUGHTER, SALOME, IS...
Plays|  Genre:Comedy sketch|  Updated:13-02-08
Words:949|  Comments:11|  Status:Reader

Soothsayer
This is not a play - it's a comedy sketch for radio, but that option doesn't exist. Just a wee piece of nonsense inspired by the TV series, Rome. ***** ANCIENT ROME. HOME OF A SOOTHSAYER. SOUNDS OF...
Plays|  Genre:humour|  Updated:13-02-08
Words:781|  Comments:9|  Status:Public

Twisted - Wee 25
“Clark! You were talking.”...
Flash Fiction|  Updated:13-02-08
Words:104|  Comments:9|  Status:Public

The Gathering - Wee 25
I take a deep breath then exhale. My life-force becomes visible in the dark of the cold street....
Flash Fiction|  Updated:13-02-08
Words:105|  Comments:7|  Status:Public

Left Behind
An attempt at knitting some Wee Stories together into a longer piece - not sure if it works....
Short Stories|  Updated:12-02-08
Words:1047|  Comments:4|  Status:Reader

Colouring In
New version of the first story I ever posted on ER - any thoughts appreciated as I'll be subbing it...
Short Stories|  Updated:07-02-08
Words:1223|  Comments:10|  Status:Reader

Angels' Breath - Wee 24
Everywhere she looked, she saw silver cobwebs draping the bushes. "Angels’ breath," her mother had...
Flash Fiction|  Updated:29-01-08
Words:176|  Comments:18|  Status:Public

Mother's Fault - Wee Challenge
Madeleine baked mini quiches for her older children’s lunch boxes. She added a small bottle of...
Flash Fiction|  Updated:23-01-08
Words:209|  Comments:16|  Status:Public

Misinterpretation

This is quite a rough first draft. I'm unsure of the form and style I've chosen, so feel free to fire away, all guns blazing, harsh as you like.

Short Stories|  Updated:18-01-08
Words:1178|  Comments:7|  Status:Reader

Unfair Advantage
I’d rehearsed the audition speech for weeks, so when I saw the ‘Auditions Closed’ sign, I...
Flash Fiction|  Updated:06-01-08
Words:64|  Comments:20|  Status:Public

Speed Demon - Wee Challenge #22
It had cleaned the kitchen, washed the car, fed the kids and got them ready for school, made lunch,...
Flash Fiction|  Updated:06-01-08
Words:61|  Comments:18|  Status:Public

The Last Present
Dear Santa,...
Flash Fiction|  Updated:24-12-07
Words:245|  Comments:21|  Status:Public

From the Balcony

I spot the safety of next door’s open windows, so...

Flash Fiction|  Updated:20-12-07
Words:102|  Comments:16|  Status:Public

Losing Control

It was a question of power.  When they met, she let him think he was in charge.  She saw the smirks his friends gave her, the looks they gave...

Short Stories|  Genre:not sure - maybe some erotica, sort of|  Updated:03-12-07
Words:2062|  Comments:44|  Status:Reader

The Penny Dropped

She used to pull at her eyelashes, blowing each thick, black stalk from her fingertips, making...

Flash Fiction|  Updated:02-12-07
Words:101|  Comments:19|  Status:Public

Natural Instincts

***This was reviewed loads before, I deleted it from the site because I was submitting it to a competition - just returning it as it's yet to...

Short Stories|  Updated:19-11-07
Words:2938|  Comments:7|  Status:Reader

Fade Out

A review of an old piece of micro-fiction reminded of this piece (thanks, Rebecca).  Just...

Poetry|  Updated:15-11-07
Words:94|  Comments:5|  Status:Reader

The Smell of Fear
I watch. I wait. I anticipate....
Short Stories|  Genre:micro-fiction|  Updated:31-10-07
Words:62|  Comments:15|  Status:Public

In the Cellar
We don’t go down there anymore. Dad says it’s not safe. We used to love playing in the cellar...
Short Stories|  Genre:micro-fiction|  Updated:31-10-07
Words:64|  Comments:8|  Status:Public

Teenage Kicks (Chris's Song Challenge)
I've seen him watching me - Jamie Rankin, the coolest thing that ever moved to this neighbourhood,...
Short Stories|  Genre:flash challenge|  Updated:31-10-07
Words:156|  Comments:9|  Status:Public
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