Microfiction

So Many Commemorations, So Few Days
January 19 is National Popcorn Day, National Gun Appreciation Day, and New Friends Day. True, these are the product of self-promotion on the part of, as examples, The Popcornhusker State, PopNebraska; the gun lobby, who feels we should appreciate how guns — VERY easily — put extra holes in people; and — perhaps — your old friends who think it might be time to get some new friends.
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Fiction
Vanishing Deception
In the heart of the bustling city, an imposing office building stood as the repository of classified information. Assigned to guard and locate its secrets were a group of vigilant female officers. Little did they know that an adept spy had the same objective to obtain the confidential information concealed within.
By ME Gusta2 years ago in Fiction
A Pound of Soul
Quick note: this is part of a series of microfiction stories, centred around Moira. They are best read in order, or one on its own as a stand alone. They may lose something in the wrong order. Here they are:
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Fiction
Hellebores
The story writing continues! Tomorrow will be another milestone. You can read some about L.C. Schäfer's idea for a writing marathon here and see some of the prompts being used:
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Buried Treasure
It's my first week at Write Club, so I must write. This is my entry for RM Stockton's Write Club Prompt 1: Write an Obituary.
By Rebekah Conard2 years ago in Fiction
World's End
This story has been written in response to L.C. Schäfer's proposal to spend 2024 choosing to write a microfiction story every day, making 366 stories for every day of this lovely leap year. You can check her original story out here:
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
The Day the Comet Wiped Out the Thesaurs
January 18 is National Thesaurus Day. January 18 also ranks 278th (out of 366 dates) in birthdate popularity. That rank is just rank, offensive, stinky, gross, and noxious.
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Fiction
The Escapees
L.C. Schäfer proposed a challenge to write a microfiction every day for a year and I am still here, writing away, trying to come up with new ideas and actually having a blast. You can read about her here:
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Just Desserts. Content Warning.
Quick note - if you'd like to the previous ones, they're here (1) and here (2). All three very short! This should work as a standalone - let me know whether you think it does.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Fiction
The Whole
For Mackenzie Davis' "Send Me Your Photo/Ekphrastic" Challenge (links below): The ice on the lake is at least two feet thick. The temperature: twelve below zero. That’s Fahrenheit. Three o’clock in the afternoon. That’s going to be the high for the day. Fairly balmy compared to the past month & a half out here on the bay. The hole in the ice is fresh right over the deepest waters out here. Nothing has even begun crystalizing over the opening. Nor is there any steam rising from the surface.
By Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock2 years ago in Fiction
Dragon Lake
I raced through the forest, my feet bleeding inside my boots. My breath came in short, painful gasps. My heart beat loudly in my ears. Branches and thorns scratched at every exposed inch of my skin and caught on the thin fabric of my outfit. Yet I could not stop.
By Stephanie Hoogstad2 years ago in Fiction
Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day. Content Warning.
For twelve straight nights I have relived that magic moment in my dreams. The moment when Joe, on bended knee, presented me with a ring, and asked me to be his bride. For twelve straight mornings I have awoken to the sight of the beautiful rock on my finger, a new one each time.
By Cathy holmes2 years ago in Fiction