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What’s so fascinating about watching a building come down? Why do people record the twisted carnage of brick and steel, watching the demise on YouTube or live from an office window? I lean against the windowsill, my head spinning from hours on the computer. Behind me, two contractors are joking. “I used to work in [...]
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Title: Pearls of the Soul Word Count: 2500 Warnings: Sex, character death Author’s Notes: Written for the Brigits_flame July contest, prompt, “Bad Advice.” To be honest, this one freaked me out a bit. I think it works, though, so I’ll be curious to see what you all think of it. “Breathe in, little one. Breathe [...]
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Title: Time Series Word Count: 477 Author’s Note: Verging on horror, but no specific warnings. Written for the weekly brigits_flame contest on LiveJournal, prompt: snapshot. Image 1 The upper right corner is obscured by the tip of the photographer’s finger. A young woman is in the center of the frame. She is jogging along a [...]
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Title: May the Road Rise to Meet You Word Count: 788 Author’s Notes: Written for the brigits_flame contest on LiveJournal. Prompt: Loathing. It’s 12:30 AM and you’re talking in the next room. I can hear every word, despite the fact that quiet hours started 90 minutes ago. I’m going to have to knock on your [...]
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Title: Flat Word Count: 747 Author’s Notes: Written for the brigits_flame contest on LiveJournal. Prompt: Random Acts. Based on a night a few weeks past, though some details have been tweaked for the sake of the story. :) The wind hit me like an overly enthusiastic bear hug when I walked out of the bar. [...]
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Title: Just for Today Word Count: 294 Warnings: None Summary: She asks for one last favor. Author’s Notes: I wrote this back in December for the brigits_flame, and am just getting around to posting it over here. :) “Jon, can you do me a favor? Yes, I know you’re leaving tomorrow. I know you’re not [...]
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A new short story to kick off 2011! Enjoy! Title: Ridiculous Word Count: 1000 Warnings: Murder Author’s Notes: This was written for the December mini-contest at brigits_flame, using the Waterhouse painting below as the prompt. I chose this painting because one of the painting’s owners apparently decided to have the skull painted over (second image). [...]
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Word Count: 930 Warnings: Language, frank talk about sex Prompt: The Road Less Traveled Author’s Notes: Written for the brigits_flame contest on LiveJournal. My characters usually take forever to put together, but this one emerged fully formed and ready for combat! She’s quite fun to write; I’ll have to see if I can come up [...]
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Word Count: 475 Warnings: References to an abusive relationship Author’s Notes: Written for the brigits_flame contest on LiveJournal, prompt Then and Now. “I don’t know that I can ever forgive myself for staying as long as I did. Three years. That’s… 1095 days of my life that I can never get back. A bit more, [...]
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Word Count: 986 Author’s Notes: This piece came out of one of my medical adventures this past week. It was written for the weekly brigits_flame contest on LiveJournal, using the prompt “Henchman”. Level 1: The Entry As you weave your way through the labyrinth of buildings in the medical complex, you cannot help but feel [...]
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