Creative Writing

Ten flash fiction stories across the board from love to fantasy.

Cora Baxter spent most of her day sitting by the window watching the corn grow and waiting for her children to come home. She welcomed the daily visits from Neticia, who cleaned her house and brought food on occasion, and waited for Frank to come in from plowing the fields on the Farm-All tractor.

A person has an opinion on fishing, but this is written from the bait's perspective...

Two brothers have too much work to do and no time for fun. Until one brother come up with a brilliant idea.

An overview of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - imagined as written by a journalist from that time.

After a break in her career, when Alisha joined back, she was scared and lonely. This article describes how she used a trick to get her lost confidence back every time she felt like an imposter and thought she was not good enough.

After enduring the brutal initiation into the gang, Joel is faced with an even more terrible choice to make with a young life at stake. He seeks the approval of his estranged brother, but at what moral cost will he sacrifice?

Tia Reed was that chick. The one that would take your man and wouldn't think twice about it. But this time, the man she has her eyes on, is the one that the other woman DOESN'T want ... And he comes with attachments.

A fictional short in response to Bill's writing challenge

A bedtime story for preschoolers. Daddy comes up with a plan to keep the kittens warm during the cold months when they're outside.

‘Hear this, my friend. Love is a precious object. it cannot be given to anybody. Love is a respectful object. It is, but to suffer and enjoy. Love is a great and wealthy object. Mountains fall and ashes remain. It becomes a fire for the heart. It makes kings servants. Love is a confident object.

A humorous anecdote about a day in the life of a pen, from the perspective of said pen. Enjoy!

Set in the future when humankind must depend on benevolent aliens to continue to exist, the story unfolds on the night of an annual return of the beings to Earth.

A short story about a boy living in a family shelter for the first time. When thieves break in and steal the center's Christmas tree, Little Joe determines to find another just before the worst ice storm in years strikes. He wants to share with others what Christmas had been like at home.

In this bedtime story for preschoolers, Din Din and his family introduce the Mishits to their new home. What to expect? The story includes vocabulary that will prompt your preschooler to ask you questions, which can be points of discussion to amplify your child's vocabulary and worldview.

His name is TWO, and he is a secret agent of the United States government. After a few years of going out on missions, TWO's conscience began to nag at him. Leaving the spy industry can be tricky.

We all inevitably succumb to the earths pulls, but what happens afterwards?

This is the final installment of these flash pieces, plus I'm adding an after thought regarding what I am up to lately in the literary studies arena—including a rant about postmodernism's deleterious effect on life and art.

A young boy grows fast and furious and all hell breaks out...

Sometimes it's the most minute skin irritation that turns into a horrific struggle.

A story of three angels who are full of mischief and love.

This story is based on a man that has fallen inlove with his neighbors daughter. Read how we describes her.

A frightening Tale of what the world could be in the near Future. But with a chilling twist in the tail!

After I hear an audio file, I write a book that becomes a bestseller. A fellow author, however, warns me not to listen to the end of the recording but delete it. My nephews hear it at my place, but I am right there to stop it and delete it. Then my nephews begin to excel at writing English essays.

A short story inspired by Bill's third installment.

Being a teacher is not easy. Sometimes you encounter experiences that are distressing and heart-rending.There are times they are falsely accused of offences they have not committed. Sometime they are jailed. They end up rotting in a gaol.

4 boys go on a spontaneous trip to a hill resort in Malaysia, but they have to go through a quiet forest road before reaching there. What will happen?

A walk in the woods is always a pleasant thing to do after the rain, isn't it?

They are both mines.

A lady meets the wrong guy on her first date. He turns out to be what she didn't expect.

Here's the thing, it started off great. He respected my boundaries and he was so sweet. Everyone thought so. Everyone still thinks so. Except... in private he is not so sweet or respectful but he loves me. I know he loves me and I love him.

What do you do when your heart is ripped out of your chest unexpectedly? What do you do when your world tilts on it's axis? Is there anything you can do? Is the loss of the other half of your soul a thing you are meant to survive? Do people survive this?

The author comes to a new town where her Uncle lives. He always calls her a favorite niece. Then he has heart attacks, and he passes away. On Valentine's Day, a box of chocolates arrives, calling her a favorite. She can’t figure out who it can be.

A Halloween story that expands on the folk song "Faithful Johnny," along with bits of folklore to flesh it out.

Mother's struggling life and boy's limitless love for his mother are main highlights of this story and how their life changed is the secret which I unfold in this story.

Inspired by The Punisher; the excellent movie Punisher Warzone and the 2005 PC game in particular. A bit of Splinter Cell too.

Graveyard Whistler has been quite busy finishing his dissertation in Literary Theory for the PhD at the University of South Falls. He has decided to take a few hours off on Sunday to check in with a strange story he came across in a literary theory journal that specializes in mystical literature.

Another story featuring the character of Death

This is my response to Bill Holland's (BillyBuc) writing/photo challenge #5 (or is it another number?). A little tale about a man's life and his possessions. Let's follow him on his little tour, shall we?

An old man stands on the corner of a playing field, and for a moment he is the boy he used to be.

She is gone, forever.

One dark night the curious explore an unlikely place. The visitors then realize they are not alone among the field of graves.

The quest for knoweldge sometimes misses the learnings all around us.

This is a collection of on-the-spot flash fiction snippets of "supposed-to-be-novels" created as a challenge that I posted in my social media account.