Luz last night the hellioned beast raised its ugly head in NewCago. The gangs have unleashed their secret weapon. They circled the opportunity like a predator for months Fires are burning all over NewCago and there are just too few good people to put them out. Those who had a job have one no longer. Most […]
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Missed by Leslie Moon #atozchallenge
It’s a messed up place. “NewCago – the metropolis of the golden age.” Ha – It was a great city ’til something went wrong. What were they were thinking when they reconstituted Julius Caesar’s DNA. Wouldnt you expect – senseless killings, women enslaved , children given as offerings? I can still see it – blood on the streets. One […]
Timber… #flashfiction #amwriting
It had been unseasonably wet in the state where it “never rains.” We had run out of chips so I did a “quick run” to the store. I felt a rumble, threw the car into park and jumped out. Instinctively I knew that I had to get out from under trees and power lines. “Earthquake” I […]
Entrance to the Damned #flashfiction #pen
Enjoy Pen of the Damned today as we have a treat for you. Each of us has written a flash fiction (100 words) based on the picture prompt (above). The words I have placed below is dark compilation. Come over to the Pen and feast in our dark banquet hall. The weeping was for all who, on […]
The Day the … Died #flashfiction #vandalism #Lincoln
A long, long time ago I can still remember…
The Ghost Rides #flashfiction
“That bicycle has been waiting for its owner for 50 years…” “…That’s what a local told me.” “Truth be told. That mangled piece of metal belonged to Sid from when he was a boy.” “They looked for his body for months…. ” “His ghost rides the bike through town on moonless nights.” A tourist stated. […]
No Kidding #newcago #noir #flashfiction
As I was hanging on the endless ladder, I heard a sound “Sam you have had some interesting things cross your path but a goat?” Somehow it gave me the incentive to climb faster. There it was like a shoebox diorama of a distant past: a woman reading a book, a kid trotting about an […]
No Dial Tone #flashfiction #newcago #noir
She had tried desperately to make the call for help. What sick bastard had cut the phone receiver off and placed a skull face on duct tape? I found her hanging onto the cord. She was all dolled up on her way to something special. I was alarmed by the time of day the murder […]
Gathering Bodies #noir #flashfiction #newcago
No one in NewCago remembered why the area was barred. One man went exploring with waders on. Before dawn, he pulled a body out of the aqueduct. The on-duty police were happy behind their bars so no one observed the nightly doings of the man in muddy brown. He called them “subjects.” They were- Subjects […]
His Concertina #flashfiction #shortstory #music
She couldn’t believe it – his concertina. “I wonder if it can still play?” Her talented great-uncle had taught her to play a few simple songs. She wiped dust off playbills even an old lp still in its cardboard jacket laying atop the instrument. Lost in the magical moment, she sat in the dusty repository on […]
