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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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Litopia March Flash Fiction Competition

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Flash Fiction Writing: Borscht. March #1

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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Litopia March Flash Fiction Competition

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Flash Fiction Writing: Shocking Find. February

February 14, 2022 / M E Lucas / 0 Comments

Another fifty-word flash fiction writing post composed for February. This piece is a brief story about a murderer, burying a body, and electric shock.

Shocking Find

The mains’ exact position was unknown, but laws dictate electric cables require encasing and protection. The shock punishment nearly killed him.

After the bang and street blackout, a neighbour unearthed him disoriented in the flowerbed.

He scans the view through prison bars and wishes he’d buried her in the woods.

50 Words.

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Litopia Website February Flash Fiction Competition

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