Flash Fiction Friday

Hey there! I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. I actually have a somewhat season-related flash fiction response this time to this prompt:

She never spoke, never made a sound, but the look in her eyes told me what was about to happen. She was going to bring up politics at the dinner table. Conversation had lulled and we had already avoided that general topic three times over between Uncle Larry’s racist joke and Grandpa’s nickname for the new brother-in-law.

You could intervene, my little shoulder angel seemed to whisper, she hasn’t been home in a while and doesn’t know what she’s getting herself into.

Naw! My little shoulder devil piped in. It could be fun to watch.

And it was, poor thing.

You can read the other flash fiction responses at these lovely blogs below:

Kat!e Larson - katesnovelidea.blogspot.com

Quinlyn Shaughnessy - qsstoryblog.blogspot.com

Lady Violet - ladyvioletsblog.blogspot.com

Ginny Romney - romneyrants.blogspot.com

Flash Fiction Friday 2

Here's this week's prompt:

And here's my 100 word response:

It was an impulse buy and my heart was thumping vigorously for the recklessness of my actions. I was desperate to hide it. Once home, I headed straight for the basement, hiding my folly in a loose wall panel. I turned to find my secret deed scrutinized by my black cat Pluto. His sagacious one-eyed gaze bored into me. But surely my cat would never reveal me? I ran upstairs to greet the sounds of my beloved returned home, only to be stopped cold by the screeching meow of Pluto, leading only to exactly where I hid it.

I drew heavily on Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Black Cat which I highly recommend reading.

Sorry this isn't more festive for the holiday season. Hopefully you'll be able to find some Christmas cheer in the other Flash Fiction posts found here:

katesnovelidea.blogspot.com

quinlynsblog.blogspot.com

ladyvioletsblog.blogspot.com

romneyrants.blogspot.com

Thanks for reading!

Flash Fiction Friday

So... I know it has been over a year since my last post....BUT I recently joined a group of lovely and talented writers that should get me posting at least once a week (yaay!). It's called Flash Fiction Friday. What happens is each week we get a new prompt and every Friday we each post our 100 word response to that prompt. And don't worry, you won't have to get bored with only my ideas each week because I will link all the other responses with my posts so you can see what everyone came up with.

Here is this week's prompt:

My Flash Fiction:

The creature sat lazily in the high branches of a tree, picking its sharp yellow teeth with its long, ragged fingernails. A closer look would reveal gray skin long since void of any warm pigment and blood red eyes that shone with anything but humanity. Voices carried to the top branches, the creature tensed with excitement. It seemed the jogger it had been stalking must have felt its presence and brought a friend for protection. Silly humans, it thought as it swooped down from its perch. No one stands a chance against the ancient thirst of the Wendigo once it has found its prey.

The other responses for this week can be found at these AWESOME blogs:

katesnovelidea.blogspot.com

quinlynsblog.blogspot.com

ladyvioletsblog.blogspot.com

romneyrants.blogspot.com

Thanks for reading! You can find more out about the ancient legend of the Wendigo here.