Decision – A Six Sentence Story
“Ma’am, can you please answer the question.” After what had been several awkwardly silent moments, Ellen continued to stare straight ahead, unseeing – and quite obviously not hearing – anything around her. She was somewhere else entirely, oblivious to her surroundings and to the urgency of the inquiry. But Ellen knew that matters of such import…
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Choices – A Six Sentence Story Collection
I have something a little different for you today. Each week, Ivy Walker hosts a Six Sentence Story link-up over at her blog. Writers use a one-word prompt to develop a bit of flash fiction just six sentences in length. I have been writing mine over the last few weeks, but the last couple have…
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Hard Comes the Morning – A Six Sentence Story
The sound of sleet tapping on the windows in the almost-light woke her from a heavy, dreamless sleep, causing her to stir far earlier than she intended. Waking to the soft falling of snow and the blanket of silence that results would be so soothing, she thought as she stretched reluctantly beneath the covers. The…
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Six Sentence Stories – Fighting Spirits
It was only the strength of her will that kept her coming back – well, that and the need for a paycheck – so Andie steeled herself for whatever battle awaited her beyond his front door today. Andie had far greater ambitions than continuing to do physical therapy for this overgrown spoiled brat of a…
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The Return – A Six Sentence Story
The air carried a tortured warmth through the window, a gentle breeze that under other more ordinary circumstances would be pleasant enough, but here in the deep midwinter felt unnatural, out of place, and most unwelcome. A candelabra on the bedside table offered the only light save the distant flashes of lightning that silently heralded the storm’s arrival.…
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Six Sentence Stories – Losing Ground
Jack padded barefoot into the kitchen, still wearing the jeans and flannel shirt he had on three days ago, and poured himself a second cup of steaming motivation – or what he hoped would be, at least. He took a long slug of the black stuff, letting it burn his throat as it slid down,…
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Six Sentence Stories – Beneath the Surface
She stretched herself out and waited to feel herself floating, noticing the fading light and the chill of the light breeze skipping across her skin. She began to sink slowly, the breeze and all sound disappeared as the surface broke, then closed again overhead. Darkness grew ever closer, rushing up from below to meet her even as…
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So I Did a Thing…
I did it. I entered a short story writing competition. Yes. I. Did. I’m not sure what I was thinking, exactly, other than maybe “why the hell not?” And so I did it. At the last possible second, of course, right up against the deadline. But anyone who knows me at all will not be…
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Reveille – A Six Sentence Story
There would be no battle today. Try as he might to muster the troops, they were slow to form this morning and did not show face; they knew there was no real penalty for showing up late, aside from the steep one he would impose upon himself for failing to make them comply. But that was…
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Six Sentence Stories – An Unkindness
It was the grayest kind of day. It was the kind of day when the sky presses low upon the earth, urging its denizens into attentiveness – every sound just a bit louder, a bit closer, the outlines of the everyday carved into distinctly sharper focus against the backdrop of something…unfamiliar. A ceiling of clouds…
