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July 19, 2020
It’s All in the Presentation
Flash Fiction Month 2020, Day 19 “It is I!” proclaimed the bemonocled gentleman, “The Pangolin! Come to steal your weather machine and blackmail the mayor into naming a park after me!” “I…” Doctor Harrison wasn’t entirely sure what to do with this information. “Okay?” “Don’t try to stop me! I’m one tough customer, here to […]
July 18, 2020
No Fate
Flash Fiction Month 2020, Day 18 Challenge #8: Write a story of exactly 55 words that includes both a birth and a death, and an element of love. The cyborg’s head exploded, spraying brains and microchips everywhere. “Sandra Connet.” The sunglasses lady pumped her shotgun. “I am you from the future. The child you have […]
July 17, 2020
The Swordsman and the Soldier
Flash Fiction Month 2020, Day 17 Long ago there lived a swordsman who, growing old after many battles, retired to a distant village to live out his remaining days fishing upon a mountain lake. His sword he buried beneath the hearth of his cottage. His bow and arrows he stored among the rafters. His helmet […]
July 16, 2020
This Animal is a Creation
Flash Fiction Month 2020, Day 16 Challenge #7: Write a story produced using ten prompts generated by the cut-up technique. The source texts must include the lyrics of one David Bowie Song, the lyrics of one other song, and two or three news articles. My sources were: Fall Dog Bombs the Moon – David Bowie […]
July 15, 2020
Stealing the Show
Flash Fiction Month 2020, Day 15 “And the award for best actor in a crowd scene goes to…” “I’m Spartacus!” “What?” The host blinked. “No, I’m Spartacus!” “I’m Spartacus!” “I’m Spartacus!” “I am Spartacus!” “This is Sparta!” yelled Gerard Butler. “Seriously, though, I am actually Spartacus. It’s clearly me in the movie.” “Okay?” The host […]
July 14, 2020
A Curious and True Relation of a Diſcovery near Stillbrook
Flash Fiction Month 2020, Day 14 Challenge #6: Write a story in the style of a major Literary Movement with a theme of either discovery or regret. Though this following Relation expounds upon Matters divers, of a ſort to inflame the Imagination and confound the Mind, it is nevertheleſs convey’d into our Hands with Aſſurance […]
New Game: Swivel on It!
This weekend was the 2020 GMTK Game Jam, and despite already being busy with Flash Fiction Month, I decided to throw something together for it. The theme was Out of Control, and my response was Swivel on It!: a top-down shooter in which you play a little-known action hero with bad knees who guns down […]
July 13, 2020
The Holy Goat of Bermeja
Flash Fiction Month 2020, Day 13 There was once a prominent businessman who, despite his great wealth, found himself unfulfilled. He took up painting—in the hopes that his landscapes would reveal a brighter world—but this availed him not. He learned to play the viola—thinking that sweet music might remove this bitterness from his soul—but this […]
July 12, 2020
It’s to Dye For
Flash Fiction Month 2020, Day 12 “Everybody on the floor!” shouted the bank robber, striding to the counter. “Fill the bag! I want small bills, non-sequential!” “I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” came the voice from behind him. The bank robber froze, then slowly turned, dreading what he might find. From Irony Man […]
July 11, 2020
The Emperor and the Ring
Flash Fiction Month 2020, Day 11 Challenge #5: Write a story combining one literary and one musical genre. It must also feature a cataclysmic event and three survivors. Optionally, it should also include the song “Survivor” by Destiny’s Child. Once upon a time there lived an emperor, and this emperor had a ring. This ring, […]
