Well that’s another A to Z Challenge over. This has been my fourth year taking part on this blog and as always, it’s time for some reflecting on the challenge. The Good This year, I took part in the challenge with two blogs – this one and my writing blog. I thought that … [Read more…]
Welcome to day twenty-six of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy. Zero Never let it be said that I have zero compassion. You are focussing on the wrong things. Sure, you are … [Read more…]
Welcome to day twenty-five of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy. You You are my enemy. You creep along behind me, waiting for me to let my guard down, waiting to strike. … [Read more…]
Welcome to day twenty-four of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy. Xenophobia They are trying to steal my mind, my thoughts. They want to make me like them, a clone with no … [Read more…]
Welcome to day twenty-three of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy. Whisper I hear the whispers. They make me do things, things I don’t want to do. I keep thinking if I … [Read more…]
Welcome to day twenty-two of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy. Vanity It is vanity that lets people think I am ok, happy even. The vanity that makes me paint on a … [Read more…]
Welcome to day twenty-one of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy. Unloved Unloved, alone, he sits and cries. Orphaned, unwanted. Is he so bad that the world can’t love him? How … [Read more…]
Welcome to day twenty of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy. Trapped I am trapped, suffocating. I can’t breathe. My chest feels heavy, tight, like I can’t get enough air in no … [Read more…]
Welcome to day nineteen of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy. Strangers Last week, I met a man on a train. A chance encounter. We talked. I told him things about myself … [Read more…]
Welcome to day eighteen of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy. Regrets Regrets. I have so many. So much I would do differently. They eat at me, pushing me closer to the … [Read more…]