Pages

▼
Showing posts with label 2023 Prompt #9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2023 Prompt #9. Show all posts
Monday, 26 June 2023

'Wednesday and all the ones before' by Leia Butler

›
Empty house, dinner for one, nothing good on TV, 'Not enough storage' popping up on your phone. Scrolling through, trying to delete,...

'Make a Wish - No, not that one' by Suzanna Lundale

›
I was unsurprised to wake and find myself alone in the house. Our final words to each other were far from fond goodnights. They were more li...

'Empty Nest' by Jonathan Beck

›
  An audience has gathered on the banks of the river and crowded to the edge of the bridge, staring at the small inflatable with its figures...

'Roll Back the Clock' by Rowan Bell

›
And they’re off! You can hear the crowd going wild as the race begins, a few filthy cars crossing the start line over the course of half a m...

'The Fire Was Too Hot' by Donna M Day

›
  When it was too late, they cried.   When they still had time, they drank coffee stirred with bamboo spoons from styrofoam cups.   ...

'To Have Him Back. Back, Back and Back' by Mairead Robinson

›
  She nods when the coroner folds back the crisp white sheet, whispers, ‘Yes, it’s him,’ as her eyes close, and in those few swaying moments...
Sunday, 25 June 2023

'Moving Day' by Allison Renner

›
We’re standing in the living room of our first house; it looks as empty as I feel. He sneezes as soon as he walks in the door.  “You think?”...

'A Simple Request' by Sravanthi Challapalli

›
 It was her turn to blush as she realised how her request had come through. As relief unknotted the frowns on their faces, they sent for som...
Saturday, 24 June 2023

NFFD 2023 Prompt #9: Roll Back the Clock

›
Roll Back the Clock Welcome to The Write-In!  This year, we're celebrating the 2023 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology theme of tim...