Jesus slid open the sash window and vaulted lightly over the sill onto the ironwork beyond. He could feel the shuddering continue through the soles of his pristine sneakers as he quietly closed the window, fading out the sound of his parents’ argument.
copyright – Ted Strutz High Tide – 100 Words Stan forced a swollen eye open through a crust of dried blood and ran a tentative tongue over the broken stumps of his teeth. Despite his injuries he felt elated, he had double-crossed the Martello clan and lived! He tried to get up but couldn’t, he was […]
It’s Wednesday again and that means… Friday Fictioneers! This weeks offering is a dystopian tale where our hero, Emerson, lives a solitary existence following a natural disaster that has left the world largely under water. Inspired by last week’s post by Gabriele at Flights of Fancy who wrote so passionately about the environment. Purgatory (100 words) […]
This story was inspired by the Orphan Train Program, as it became known, that operated in the United States from 1854 to 1929. You can read a little more about it below the story, or click the link for a more complete understanding of this controversial program. As usual, the aim of Friday Fictioneers is […]
Friday Fictioneers – 17th June 2016 What a tough prompt this week! Had to go with humour with such a ridiculous (in a good way) image on offer this week, I am sure this was one I missed last time around and I seriously thought of missing it this time. Other people’s stories can be […]
Here is my new offering for this weeks Friday Fictioneers. Looks like I found time after all. 🙂 Copyright – Douglas M. MacIlroy The Voices – 99 Words It was after the fall the voices began. Not just English, so many languages it was hard to understand anything. “It’s like this plate in my head […]
Welcome to this week’s offering for Friday Fictioneers, if you fancy having a go yourself the rules are simple, write a story in 100 words or less with a beginning, middle and end inspired by the weekly photo prompt posted by Rochelle, our host. Click on the blue frog after the story for much […]
Friday Fictioneers is a group of people who write stories in response to a photo prompt posted every wednesday by our host, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The challenge is to write a story that has a beginning a middle and an end while sticking to the word limit. To read other peoples entries click on the […]
“I don’t understand, it was right around here.” Ansell scratched his jaw and scanned the field for the tree – their tree. Clouds of curling vapour issued from his mouth with each wheezing breath to unravel and disperse in the crisp morning air. His mind wandered back to warm summer days under that tree drinking […]
PHOTO PROMPT – Copyright – Douglas M. MacIlroy “If I can’t have you no-one will.” His words echoed in her head, as the mantle of darkness that had fallen like a curtain over her consciousness lifted, to be replaced by the dull, metronomic throb of the wound above her left ear. The faint odour of […]
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