Written in response to https://fivedotoh.com/2022/11/28/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-195/ Astra stood in front of his four faces: this was a task all students had to do before they progressed in the world of work. He wondered, not for the first time, how he managed to stay sane. His parents spoke of school in a tangible way. Teachers in frontContinue reading “The Four Faces of Me”
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Running in the Rain
This is written for https://fivedotoh.com/2022/08/22/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-181-2/. We are always busy running through the rain, but it is easier with a friend. Every day, we walk in the rain, not understanding that there are many others trudging to a weathered tune. We don’t see other people, just focus on our own troubles as the rain pelts onContinue reading “Running in the Rain”
Feeding The Birds
I grew up near Windsor, and many a happy weekend was spent walking by The Thames and feeding the ducks, geese, and swans. Not the seagulls, they were mostly by the sea, although they have come more inland in the last few years. I took my children swimming, when they were younger, and they wouldContinue reading “Feeding The Birds”
Leaving Home
Written for https://fivedotoh.com/2022/08/01/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-179/ ‘It only seems like yesterday we were taking the training wheels off your bike,’ Terry’s mum said. Helping sort out the boxes, it was her way of staying close to her daughter. So grown up, it didn’t seem possible she was moving in with her boyfriend. She hadn’t even got the weddingContinue reading “Leaving Home”
Beano World
‘Wow, it was such a great idea to have a museum dedicated to all our comic heroes. Dennis the Menace in bronze.’ ‘Even better when you can stand underneath and have a water bomb thrown at you, very funny,’ James said, keeping his mint condition comic safely in its plastic wallet. America had its DisneyworldContinue reading “Beano World”
Time Travel
A time machine wedding, where you can see your future life ahead of you. Not for everyone, but a chance to see the good times, the bad times, and whether you want to be part of the tangled test of time. Sometimes, those who didn’t want to share their future, could walk away before itContinue reading “Time Travel”
Darlene
I would have happily married Darlene if it weren’t for her annoying habit of telling me what to do. If I want to sit in front of the television, binge watching Greys Anatomy, then that was my privilege. When she was cleaning the house from top to bottom, waking me up at six in theContinue reading “Darlene”
Pedal Power
”Good idea to get those rocket powered bikes,’ Toby said, ‘Nought to sixty in ten seconds flat.” ”Yea, glad we invested in the keep the elderly fit again scheme.” 2042 had been a tough year, the retirement age moved up to eighty, they had to keep healthy somehow. Meat product were banned, and their allotment,Continue reading “Pedal Power”
Home Sweet Home
Thank you Fandango for your Flash Fiction Challenge. Daddy promised he would be home today, in his lorry. He promised me he would bring me a dolly all the way from Paris. Yet, I watch the fog drift in from the east, and see nothing but the bridge meander into the distance. I sit here,Continue reading “Home Sweet Home”
That’s Amore
The painting below is called The Guitar Player by José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior and was found at Wikimedia Commons. Singing the song of love, remembering a youth filled with sharing, and growing as a couple. Remembering the children, as they toddled, marched, and flew the nest. Now the two of them sang like they did whenContinue reading “That’s Amore”
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