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

'Flying to Aotearoa' by Val Harris

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Above the land of the long white cloud, where the sky is blue, and it laughs aloud; where a sunshine path arcs east to west. Moving on and o...

'Why Doesn't Anyone Listen to their Mom?' by Sally Simon

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Mother never told me why she didn’t like my boyfriend. Why she’d say one thing to his face, and another to mine. And I never truly understoo...

'Coming of Age' by Sue Smith

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When Luke is five his mother gives him a picture of a tree. Silver brown branches carry a myriad of leaves. Luke traces the outline with his...

'Why' by Jaime Bree

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Why, oh, why did I? It's a question even I can't answer, yet, so many people want to know why. Why did I choose that path? Why did I...

'I am Whole and Ubiquitous' by Luanne Castle

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I’m not the flip side of the sun, although that’s how I’m presented in cloth books for babies. I’m not merely the monarch of silver or shado...

'The Rose at the Ends of the Earth' by Donna M Day

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If you find it, it’s because you’ve been asleep for so long, you’re not going to wake again, at least in this world. You will know it on sig...
Monday, 17 June 2024

'Mum's Rules' by Val Harris

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I’ve got a hunch mum might be having one of those breakdown things.  When we arrived home from school yesterday, like, she gave us both a ce...

'The Last Day on Earth' by Cheryl Markosky

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She doesn't put chia seeds on her yoghurt or go to the gym. She doesn't do downward dog, the Sudoku or sort the recycling.  She igno...

'How To Go Crazy' by Julia Ruth Smith

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It started the day I put sweet raspberry jam on cheese biscuits, a smile on a crooked face and my friend said gently, ‘Oh Judy, that’s not h...

'People Also Ask' by Allison Renner

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 Why didn’t you ask for help? Why would he do this to you? Why didn’t you leave? Why did you marry him? Why didn’t I see the signs?

'Snow Day' by Donna M Day

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Why did they call it global warming when it was going to get colder? Why did it take so long for you to start saying climate change instead?...

'And Now It's Here' by Allison Renner

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We line up two by two, ready to board the ship. There is no flood this time, only parched land beneath our feet. Crunch, crackle, as we step...
Sunday, 16 June 2024

'Because' by Marie Little

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From the moment I woke, Why? Was in the air. The dawn chorus questioned me from beyond the curtains: Why-why? Why-why? Jasper’s little needy...

'Diamond Despot' by Scott MacLeod

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You did not get to where Jimmy was by saying yes. Rules was rules. Jimmy ran a tight ship at the stadium. He was a wiry 75, tanned to the co...

'Why Bother' by Nick Fogg

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“Why bother?” “Why not?” “Because I can’t be bothered, that’s why.” “Why d’you say that? Why can’t you be bothered?” “Because I don’t see wh...

'Bhoomi Devi, the Great Earth Mother Has Had Enough' by Sumitra Singam

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Bhoomi Devi found a pull in her jumper, and because she was out shopping, she didn’t attend to it immediately. This meant the pull caught on...
Saturday, 15 June 2024

NFFD 2024 Prompt #22: Face of the Earth

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  Prompt #22: Face of the Earth EARTH prompt E Welcome to The Write-In!  This year, we're celebrating the 2024 National Flash Fiction ...

NFFD 2024 Prompt #17: Like Nothing on Earth

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    Prompt #17: Like Nothing on Earth EARTH prompt D Welcome to The Write-In!  This year, we're celebrating the 2024 Nation...

NFFD 2024 Prompt #12: Ground Rules

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        Prompt #12: Ground Rules EARTH prompt C Welcome to The Write-In!  This year, we're celebrating the 2024 National Fl...

NFFD 2024 Prompt #7: Ends of the Earth

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    Prompt #7: Ends of the Earth EARTH prompt B Welcome to The Write-In!  This year, we're celebrating the 2024 National Flash Fiction...