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Flash Fiction #300: Catchin Can/Part 2

(Continued)Tana felt rock and dust brushing against her and gave a startled cry.  Alika looked up and screamed in fear, throwing herself away from the equipment as a wall of rock came down."Back -- back to the fighter," Krisin ordered. He grabbed their lasers and pulled her away."The ship is trapped --""Have to hope the equipment is damaged --""Do more than hope.  Give me my laser, Krisin!" 

Flash Fiction #299: Catchin Can/Part 1

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Flash Fiction # 298: Mother Nature's Revenge

(This is little drabble was inspired by a rather funny meme on Facebook -- but then I wondered if we're all laughing too much?  I'm looking at another five to eight inches of snow this weekend....)"I miss spring," Marc said as they trudged through the snowdrifts."You shouldn't have made the joke," Rory countered."You're the one who shared it.  Besides, how was I suppose to know she was on the

Linda

During the school year of 1967, my friend Lynda said to me that there was someone I should meet. "She writes, too."

So she took me across the classroom and said, "This is Linda."

We talked. We were both 13. We had all the same interests. We were writing what would later be called fan fiction for all our favorite shows. We exchanged Star Treks and High Chaparrals. We had lunch together

Flash Fiction #297: Pets

Professor Truo watched the twelve top students from Starden Station's 312th Unit who had shown an aptitude for learning Ancient Earth systems.  They didn't give him much hope with those blue stripes painted in diagonals across their faces, though this was better than last year's style of dotted faces.  Truo prayed to the gods of fashion that the multiple eyes style never returned.  All

Flash Fiction #296: Humans First

Perhaps it was a dream, she thought.  Perhaps if she pinched herself, she would wake up.  But she wanted to stay in this dream world where the plagues and wars had ended, and the world knew peace -- even if it came from the aliens.Too many people disagreed with her. New graffiti was starting to turn up everywhere:  Human World, Human Lives, Human Rules."As though we've ever done so well on

Flash Fiction #295: Honor Among Thieves/8

"That table was irreplaceable," I shouted."Kill him!  Kill them both!" Kimlin ordered.The orcs moved forward.  They swung table legs which looked like dainty clubs in their hands. The one on the right, opposite Darkin, made a sudden and surprising leap forward.I shouted as I spun to help Darkin -- and that was when my orc darted forward.  I knocked Darkin down and fell as well --My orc hit

Flash Fiction #294: Honor Among Thieves/7

Silence.No one moved except that I turned to Darkin and gave a little shrug. This was far more than I had expected.  I had the feeling that maybe Lady Yeti had used me to get here and face Kimlin.No, not Kimlin. She wanted something far more powerful, and I really didn't want to be here when --Kimlin gave a frantic look to the orcs, but they were backing away.  Lady Yeti took another step

Flash Fiction # 293: Honor Among Thieves/6

Heading into the building the same way  I had escaped was foolhardy. Some might even have considered it downright stupid.  Kimlin would have set up traps.Darkin and I had been eluding traps all our lives, and Kimlin was never good at setting them.We only found one, just a few steps from the door to the room where I had escaped.  I had the distinct impression Kimlin had never dared go farther

Flash Fiction # 292: Honor Among Thieves/5

Knowing what we faced was not only unstable Kimlin but also a Shadow Demon with plans for humanity made this trouble a bit more than my revenge.The truth was that I didn't care if I took over the Thieves Guild again.  I'd done it the first time so that the others didn't kill me.  If someone else wanted to take over, I don't think I would have fought hard, as long as it wasn't Kimlin and his