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Showing posts with label 2024 Air. Show all posts
Tuesday, 18 June 2024

'What a Difference Two Years, Six Months and 15 Days Makes' by Madeleine Armstrong

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The first time I saw you, you were a screaming, red-faced mess. I didn’t want anything to do with you.  Everyone talked about love at first ...
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'Hum' by Willow Woo

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The black curtains open onto a white screen, and I see myself sprinting into the NYC marathon finish line, hands triumphantly in the air. I ...

'Things That Travel Through the Air on Any Given Day in America' by Andrea Goyan

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Birds, airplanes, falling leaves, butterflies, bees, mosquitos, plastic bags, cigarette butts, balloons, kites, soap bubbles, honking horns,...
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'Grate Question' by Scaramanga Silk

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The call came in last minute during this leg of the book tour. But here I am, in the studio of Number 1 radio station WDPK 83.7 FM. ‘The sou...

'Magnificent Cure for Insomnia' by Donna M Day

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Dear One, Imagine, if you would, the most wonderful sleep, as long as your heart desires and in the softest bed, even fit for a princess, yo...

'The Writer' by Lisa Williams

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I can conjure characters. Rogues and cads or someone delightfully sweet. I have a magician’s flair for creating scenarios with twists and tu...

'Woman, Resplendent' by Julia Ruth Smith

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What if she gets to the fork in the road and thinks fuck it and keeps on going, through the gorse and the pain, with her basket filled with ...
Monday, 17 June 2024

'Bioluminescence' by Barbara Renel

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She sits on the veranda as daylight fades. A lizard on the wall keeps her company. In the city, the nightly sound of gunshot punctuates slee...

'The girl who cried wolf' by Christina Tudor

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There'd been rumors of wolves circling the outskirts of the village. There'd been rumors that the wolves played tricks on little gir...

Zel in the Ivory Tower by Abida Akram

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 Bored, bored, bored, Zel sang to herself in her ivory tower in the middle of the forest. What a cliché this was. She was already in a castl...

'Yes, we are famed, & you know us as a pantomime of stepsisters' by Kay Medway

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Stepsisters. Seeing us as the perfect storybook pair, you have all had time by now to uncover and agree that we are often the best-placed ch...

Pirouette by Uju Obi

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The jumper flew across the room, landing with both arms facing the door. Anything is a sign if you want it to be. She laughed, and put it on...

'Burden of Knowledge' by Sean Hill

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Fionn bent over the water's edge. If the river looked so absolutely still. When his master Finnegas had cast the line in the shadow-lade...

'Reports On The Academic Progress Of Abigail Partridge' by Alison Wassell

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Reception Abigail is a lively, curious child with a real zest for life. It has been a pleasure to teach her this year, although she does nee...
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Sunday, 16 June 2024

'Little Red and the Wolf' by Lisa Williams

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A rush of wings marked the start of her journey. Black. Dark, as crows rose from the field past Grandma’s house. Trepidation. Would he even ...

'Sounds of Thank You' by Karen Walker

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Home—oh, too soon!—with jars full of Grandpa's cottage. The first time without him there. He didn't feel up to going.   Helen lives ...
Saturday, 15 June 2024

NFFD 2024 Prompt #21: On the Air

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        Prompt #21: On the Air AIR prompt E Welcome to The Write-In!  This year, we're celebrating the 2024 National Flash ...

NFFD 2024 Prompt #16: Out of Thin Air

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Prompt #16: Out of Thin Air AIR prompt D Welcome to The Write-In!  This year, we're celebrating the 2024 National Flash Fiction Day An...

NFFD 2024 Prompt #11: A Breath of Fresh Air

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    Prompt #11: A Breath of Fresh Air AIR prompt C Welcome to The Write-In!  This year, we're celebrating the 2024 National...

NFFD 2024 Prompt #6: Walking on Air

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Prompt #6: Walking on Air AIR prompt B Welcome to The Write-In!  This year, we're celebrating the 2024 National Flash Fiction Day Anth...