This week’s new flash fiction is out now at Vigilante Crime & Pulp. Required elements: a distraught war vet, a microwave, and a house pet that is not what it seems.
As always I love it. You know even when life is busy and I'm deleting other people's I make a point of reading yours because they always make me smile x
Good one, Scott. Old Jake didn't mess around, did he? Popped the burglar just like that. You opened the door to the ending with this line: "He was ready to move up in class to bigger game." Thanks for the clue. It made the ending all that much better.
Nine pins, or ten. Makes little difference in a nightmare. Yikes! That's dark stuff, Scott. And very clever inclusion of the three elements of the prompt.
We never know where our stories are going to take us - even if we have the ending planned, it rarely goes in that direction. At least for me - I am always a little surprised.
As always I love it. You know even when life is busy and I'm deleting other people's I make a point of reading yours because they always make me smile x
Oh Scott, what a story, and what an incredible imagination, that was great 😃
Thank you and thanks for reading!
Thank you Diane I really appreciate your support.
Well, that was a fantastic piece, I must say. Damn troublesome, those microwaves.✨🦋
Many thanks, lot of credit goes to the mag for the great theme and feedback
Scott, remind me not to ring his doorbell to check in on his dog
Or the basement lol
Definitely not the basement
I wonder what my mother kept in the microwave I gave her ...
Ha, and don’t look inside that dusty bread maker.
Or the dusty bread box for that matter...
Whoa. Reeling at the twist with the dog. And the fate of the punk. Great read start to finish.
Thank you, it was a great prompt!
Yikes! You scared the stuffing out of me.
Thank you! Great prompt!
Good one, Scott. Old Jake didn't mess around, did he? Popped the burglar just like that. You opened the door to the ending with this line: "He was ready to move up in class to bigger game." Thanks for the clue. It made the ending all that much better.
Thanks , my friend. Gotta leave some crumbs. This one benefited from an inspired prompt and some sharp editing help.
Excellent. That ending!
Thank you Rosie, and thanks for reading.
Love the dark turn this took!
Thank you Madeleine! Definitely was nudged that way!
Masterful, as usual, Scott. Such rich details in character and plot, but not a wasted syllable. Thank you
Thanks as always, thx for reading!
omg!
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Nine pins, or ten. Makes little difference in a nightmare. Yikes! That's dark stuff, Scott. And very clever inclusion of the three elements of the prompt.
Thx yes a little darker than usual gotta go where the theme leads!
We never know where our stories are going to take us - even if we have the ending planned, it rarely goes in that direction. At least for me - I am always a little surprised.
Truth
PS. Oh... I am a little slow this morning. Just re-read your title. 🙄😂
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🎳 Strike!