Month: March 2022

Flash Fiction Writing: Two Forks. March #2

March 29, 2022 / M E Lucas / 0 Comments

Another fifty-word flash fiction writing post composed for March. This piece is a brief story about new friendships, shyness, and cake.

Two Forks

She’s here again, drinking coffee with her friends. She gives me a smile, and I nod with a grin.

And as usual, they all laugh, so I walk away.

Lost typing words, someone sits at my table. I glance up from my laptop screen.

It’s her, with cake to share.

Words: 50.

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March 28, 2022 / M E Lucas / 0 Comments

A fifty-word flash fiction writing post composed for March. This piece is a brief story about war, cold, hunger, renewed friendships, and soup.

Borchst

Cruel weather. Despite modern material ingenuity, once cold seeps in, harder to recede.

Months of stand-off, no washing water, barely to drink. No fuel, ammunition low. She approaches.

Bowl in hand, she smiles. He stares a moment as steam wisps rise.

Enough.

Discards Kalashnikov, takes off helmet, accepts her spoon.

Words: 50.

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