Month: April 2022
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The Creation
In the beginning, there is Ama. She is the Flames. She comes first. She comes last. Her Flames can never go out. They have always burned; they will always burn.
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Flash 50 Fridays #1
Rules: Story must be exactly 50 words. Must be a complete story (clear beginning, middle, and end). Prompt: For F50F, I’ve chosen the word SECRET as an idea-starter. Take it away. Please share what you write with me! I look forward to seeing your story. Either comment on this post or add the #f50f tag…
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Recess
It was recess, and they were on the playground, and Jackson needed to pee. The girl wanted him to play with her, but he wanted to pee. Not enough, mind you, to ask the teacher to send him inside with a buddy and actually relieve himself. But enough to not want to swing from bars…
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Character Profile: Ishna-nan Jarohiri
Despite his frail appearance, Saku was strong, and within thirty seconds, Jaro’s wrist was already twisted backwards, Saku’s hand curled over in imminent victory. “Now,” Saku said through gritted teeth, “it’s just a matter of time. I will wear you down. You will succumb to our friendship.”
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Rising Evil
I recently joined a writing group of others who also like to write sci-fi / fantasy. A few days ago, we met virtually and spent ~15 minutes responding to the following prompt (it’s paraphrased since it was only read to us and, unfortunately, I can’t remember it word for word). When the timer started, I…
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The Chick
Peeping and peeping in your hand, Gasping for air it’s not ready to breathe, A chick, half alive, half dead, Under sticky feathers. Wrapped in them. Trapped in them. Shrouded in them. “I thought it was rotten,” The other girl wails. Screaming and screaming, make that girl sob. Shatter her shell like she shattered the…
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(Un)staged Transformation
You’ve been painting your wings like a butterfly’s All your life.When you performed Lady Macbeth— “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!”— The students: “Are you an actor?” I am, you think. “I am not,” you say.When you were young: “Your sister is pretty, but you are prettier.” So you were.When you were studying: “You are…
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Truth from Lies
The Lie: It’s a preference. It’s not natural. The Truth: The first time he felt attracted to another, he was twelve years old. His parents had sheltered him enough that he had never heard the word “homosexual”. So why couldn’t he get the brunette’s body (some would say it was lanky; the boy saw its…
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redemption
I’m gay. Two words. Three without the contraction. So simple, so damnable. She shares the post. They’ll say I’m perverted. They’ll say I’m going to Hell. She trembles. Waits. Then a miracle happens. You’re loved. You’re beautiful. You’re worth it. Those simple words feel like redemption. Fall like healing rain.
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Who is Pedra nju-Kisjeki?
The story begins with Pedra nju-Kisjeki. Pedra, daughter of Kisjeki. Pedra is one of the Viðkan, the enslaved people living in suburbs outside the city-states on the planet Minze. Karatus-sub, the suburb outside the capital city, Karatus, has been her home for as long as she can remember. All the Viðkan suffer in suburbs, which…