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Topic: A Short Story |
Harry
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Views: 4067
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Forum: Registration and Story Submission Rules Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:26 pm Subject: A Short Story |
The Sawmill
Ben Casey
Sheila put the picnic basket down and stretched the blanket neatly in the grass. She sat down and looked up at the moon just rising over the far end of the lake,
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Topic: 500 X 236 Car |
Harry
Replies: 2
Views: 2779
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:50 am Subject: 500 X 236 Car |
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Louise
Harry Buschman
I took the runabout down to the station to get Wilbur this morning. Thought I might get the mare out of the barn, ride her and take the new stud with me for Wilbu ... |
Topic: 500 X 235 Tree |
Harry
Replies: 5
Views: 3634
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 6:45 am Subject: 500 X 235 Tree |
Tree of Life
Harry Buschman
It was ordained that all life grew from a tree in the garden. The most beautiful forms blossomed in the topmost branches, the earliest and prehistoric forms at the ... |
Topic: 500 X 235 Tree |
Harry
Replies: 5
Views: 3634
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:19 am Subject: 500 X 235 Tree |
I imagine “Mystah” is the guide and the oak tree is keeping the conversation going with Drachtan. Interesting little beginning, Marlicia. The next few paragraphs will make or break it. Drachtan wants ... |
Topic: 500 X 234 Silence |
Harry
Replies: 5
Views: 4119
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 5:23 am Subject: 500 X 234 Silence |
Well told Marcia. Unfortunately it's a story that can't be heard by many people. I hope those who have paid the ultimate price deserve, (better than we) to hear it loud and clear. |
Topic: 500 X 234 Silence |
Harry
Replies: 5
Views: 4119
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:45 am Subject: 500 X 234 Silence |
How Daisy Destroyed St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Harry Buschman
We don’t go there anymore. We stay away from St. Patrick’s.
Every Sunday, like clockwork, our family would go to the ten o’clock m ... |
Topic: 500 X 233 Path |
Harry
Replies: 5
Views: 3822
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 4:41 am Subject: 500 X 233 Path |
I feel close to these people, Marlicia. Renault and Colin and Lisbeth. It’s like seeing them after a long sickness. It’s nice to know the magic essences are still potent. I always catch them at a crit ... |
Topic: 500 X 233 Path |
Harry
Replies: 5
Views: 3822
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:48 pm Subject: 500 X 233 Path |
Time On Your Hands
Harry Buschman
Our patio overlooked a brook. It wasn’t much of a patio, just room enough for the couple of chairs we’d drag out from the kitchen. Come to think of it, the br ... |
Topic: 500 X 232 Child |
Harry
Replies: 6
Views: 4079
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:57 am Subject: 500 X 232 Child |
We don’t think of Marlicia and a cinquain on the same page. Somehow you were able to pull it off in one cohesive statement too. Beautiful effort Marlicia. You’ve managed to say what you wanted to say ... |
Topic: 500 X 232 Child |
Harry
Replies: 6
Views: 4079
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:13 am Subject: 500 X 232 Child |
I think this little episode is the shortest I’ve ever done. It’s an effort to present in the least amount of words, the greatest amount of thought. |
Topic: 500 X 232 Child |
Harry
Replies: 6
Views: 4079
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 6:57 am Subject: 500 X 232 Child |
A New Day for Abdiah
Harry Buschman
Good morning Abdiah, you grace us with your presence. You are prompt this morning, Abdiah … today is the beginning of your never-ending. It will be the end ... |
Topic: 500 X 231 Blue |
Harry
Replies: 6
Views: 4259
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 3:04 am Subject: 500 X 231 Blue |
One must believe the inadequacy of clocks in a time that admits to being neither day nor night. One must see the logic in freeing a female moth that is
trapped in a bottle - how she got there and wh ... |
Topic: 500 X 231 Blue |
Harry
Replies: 6
Views: 4259
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:27 pm Subject: Blue |
The previous flash entry was submitted during the time the prompt was not available. Only the title "blue" was submitted. |
Topic: 500 X 231 Blue |
Harry
Replies: 6
Views: 4259
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:06 am Subject: blue |
Blue Cows
Harry Buschman
There was a time in my young life when everything was blue. Above the tree line back of the cattle barn the sky was a sharp blue to the east in the morning and the clo ... |
Topic: 500 X 230 Archer |
Harry
Replies: 5
Views: 4185
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:17 am Subject: 500 X 230 Archer |
I’d have to say Ehrimine, unlike other dwarfs I’ve known, softened mighty fast. Grayson and Derek seem nice enough and I’d venture to say the world of “elves and magic” are in their capable hands. The ... |
Topic: 500 X 230 Archer |
Harry
Replies: 5
Views: 4185
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:35 am Subject: 500 X 230 Archer |
The Plan
Harry Buschman
Men scattered and took shelter in the woods. Others crossed their fingers whenever Marion drew her bow. She was undoubtedly the worst archer in the woods. The deer, the ... |
Topic: It's All a Matter of Time (WC 500) |
Harry
Replies: 2
Views: 2737
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:29 pm Subject: It's All a Matter of Time (WC 500) |
You've got a good thing going here, Marlicia. It's got all the possibilities of that old warhorse by H.G. Wells. Give it a contemporary touch and there's life in the old boy yet. |
Topic: 500 X 229 Clocks |
Harry
Replies: 3
Views: 3162
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 7:01 am Subject: 500 X 229 Clocks |
Keeping Time
Harry Buschman
I’ve had some good times and it’s always amazed me how quickly I’ve forgotten them. I need a reminder, something physical to keep them in mind. They fade away oth ... |
Topic: 500 X 228 Shelves |
Harry
Replies: 3
Views: 3035
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 4:01 am Subject: Shelmes |
Ny reply fot swallowed up on a different section of flash fiction |
Topic: Shelves |
Harry
Replies: 1
Views: 2252
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 10:19 am Subject: Shelves |
I get the feelng that Sarah and Sam have changed places. Real twins can do that every which way. They’re on their way to some place they can’t reveal and their mother will wish they were never born I ... |
Topic: shelves |
Harry
Replies: 1
Views: 2255
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:55 am Subject: shelves |
Books of the Month Club
Harry Buschman
These are books.
People used to read books, page by page. That’s how they were made – publishers put them all together, bound them together along the ... |
Topic: 500 X 227 Stone |
Harry
Replies: 7
Views: 4837
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:52 am Subject: 500 X 227 Stone |
If I were there I’d be able to help you old boy. I’d be able to ease your mind a bit. You don’t have to worry about one thing though, you’re not a journalist. Nobody ever heard a journalist use a wor ... |
Topic: 500 X 227 Stone |
Harry
Replies: 7
Views: 4837
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 6:06 am Subject: 500 X 227 Stone |
Curse of the Dark Star
Harry Buschman
Professor Leoncavallo is gone now and none of us are the least bit surprised. Everyone knew the little piece of dark star material would be the death of h ... |
Topic: 500 X 226 Sit |
Harry
Replies: 5
Views: 3391
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 6:16 am Subject: 500 X 226 Sit |
It’s not so easy to establish identity in fiction as short as this. Chrissie starts off as Kara thinking about Chrissie but she’s really Chrissie talking about Kara, right. Was Kara the pianist? Why d ... |
Topic: 500 X 226 Sit |
Harry
Replies: 5
Views: 3391
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Forum: "The 500 Words Project -- Flash Fiction" Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 7:04 am Subject: 500 X 226 Sit |
She’s Still Young
Harry Buschman
“I wish you’d show a little more enthusiasm Marcie. You’re playing the Saint-Saens fourth at Tanglewood in two weeks. Why don’t you practice a little?”
“I ... |
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