Microfiction
The Whole
For Mackenzie Davis' "Send Me Your Photo/Ekphrastic" Challenge (links below): The ice on the lake is at least two feet thick. The temperature: twelve below zero. That’s Fahrenheit. Three o’clock in the afternoon. That’s going to be the high for the day. Fairly balmy compared to the past month & a half out here on the bay. The hole in the ice is fresh right over the deepest waters out here. Nothing has even begun crystalizing over the opening. Nor is there any steam rising from the surface.
By Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock3 years ago in Fiction
Dragon Lake
I raced through the forest, my feet bleeding inside my boots. My breath came in short, painful gasps. My heart beat loudly in my ears. Branches and thorns scratched at every exposed inch of my skin and caught on the thin fabric of my outfit. Yet I could not stop.
By Stephanie Hoogstad3 years ago in Fiction
Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day. Content Warning.
For twelve straight nights I have relived that magic moment in my dreams. The moment when Joe, on bended knee, presented me with a ring, and asked me to be his bride. For twelve straight mornings I have awoken to the sight of the beautiful rock on my finger, a new one each time.
By Cathy holmes3 years ago in Fiction
Doggie Dress-Up
They put the alpha hooman’s glasses on me…again. Sigh. What does a dog have to do to get a little respect out of here? First, it was the cloth with the skulls and bones on my head. Then it was the…what did they call it?…shirt all over my body. Then the “Christmas bow”—at least that one is only once a year.
By Stephanie Hoogstad3 years ago in Fiction
Gus the Bus
This story was inspired by Lucas Marcus, Facebook group: The Writer's Forum. Lucas posted the picture asking, "If this bus was a character in your book. What name would you her or him?" I saved the picture, because I liked it and wanted to see what I could do with it. Thus, Gus the Bus was born.
By Atomic Historian3 years ago in Fiction
National Without a Scalpel Day
On January 16, 1964, the specialty of interventional radiology and, by association, minimally invasive surgery, was created when an angioplasty performed by Dr. Charles Dotter resulted in a Band-Aid instead of a possible amputation. Today, hysterectomies are removed through the navel and gallbladders by robots.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
