Castle of the Kurds (Special Mention) – Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 41 | Flash! Friday
The Battle of Marathon (Special Mention) – Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 40 | Flash! Friday
1990, London “This is so much more than that song.” “What song?” “Tom-ay-toe. Tom-ar-toe. Pot-tay-toe. Pot-tar-toe. Who the hell says pot-tar-toe anyway?” The Home Secretary knows better than to argue with the PM. Prime Minister Howard stands proud and addresses this sacred home of democracy. “Mr Speaker. They have gone too far. They’ve declared war …
After Pompeii (1st runner-up place) Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 39 | Flash! Friday
After Pompeii, they banished me. I’d protected them for centuries, but humankind needed to find comfort, reason and blame. A god of fire and wing was an easy target.I watched fertile land birth a thriving city. I watched the sins of greed, the exchanges of coin for touches of flesh, and choice of ignorance over …
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Paul McCartney vs Justin Bieber
Paul McCartney vs Justin Bieber - My Writing Process Blog Tour. My phone vibrates and when I look at the screen, see the DM icon from Twitter. Who could be contacting me? I swipe the screen, and I see the name and I’m both confused and delighted that it’s Voima Oy. In my head, this …
The Apostle – Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 38 | Flash! Friday
The Apostle@Making_Fiction158 WordsMy Holy Bible clasped firmly in hand. I will only release it when they prise it from the battered husk that carries me, for my bodily vessel will soon be soaked in the colour of martyrdom. I will be just another boat perished on these foreign coastlands; another messenger of God sacrificed at …
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A story called “Home Page” – Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 37 | Flash! Friday
It’s called a care home. It’s never been a home. Care is but a mission statement, a corporate philosophy, a paper-thin reassurance to those that need to believe, who need to trust. The worker straps a pirate hat to me. I’ve learnt not to struggle with them, but sometimes my mind is absent. I immediately …
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Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 34 | Flash! Friday
“To be alive…again” 158 words Billy relaxes on the barstool. The smell of freshly caught fish being untangled from fishing nets awakens slumbered memories. The bar overlooks the Suriname River, today, it’s the colour of liquid clay; its beauty is mesmeric. He promised himself he would enjoy every physical sense this time. Oh, to be …
‘Acceptance’ (Honourable Mention) and ‘Celestial Rumba’ – Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 36 | Flash! Friday
The prompt (thunderstorm) and photo (the caves of Queen Tamar) were so good this week that I did two entries (I planned to enter other competitions for the first time this week, so wanted to cut back - thanks Flash! Friday 🙂 ) First one below... “Acceptance” @Making_Fiction 159 Words The caves contain secrets and …
Plastic – Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 35 | Flash! Friday (Special Mention)
“Plastic” 158 Words Waiting…watching…praying. Always praying. A few feet and a cosmos of emotion separate Maggie and Jim. The plastic box sits between them. Its power is all consuming; it is fear, contained. Extreme senses fill this cathedral of apprehension. Arid heat. Clinical smells. Harsh fluorescent lights; broken only by UV lamps and crayon-coloured wires. …
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Servitude – Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 33 | Flash! Friday
160 Words. In the stench of the sweat-factories, she toils; she has always toiled. Here in the land of the free and the brave, she was born into servitude, like those before her. She yearns for the impossible: recognition, justice and freedom. Her unforgiving masters pay her nothing. She will be mercilessly beaten into …
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Metropolitan Dreams 