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Fast Fiction 2008 - As Soon As You Start
Title: As Soon As You Start
Word: wine
Word count: 250
Requested by: Lisa Beauchamp
I’m here, after reading your letters again. It’s bad enough seeing you four times a year. Not even that, any more. You’re not visible often, not as obvious as you were. You seem slightly lost now, even though your outward façade is saying Look at me, look at how ( Read more... ) -
Fast Fiction 2008 - A Tale from the Shadows
Title: A Tale from the Shadows
Word: caffeine
Word count: 250
Requested by: Pip Driscoll
He stretched out beside her on the bed, his freckled skin contrasting with the green sheets. She ran her hand lightly through his red hair.
“Weren’t you a guitarist?”
“I stopped. My guitar’s haunted.” Eyes half-closed, he gazed at the fluorescent stars on the ( Read more... ) -
Fast Fiction 2008 - The Wonderful Thing About Pudding
Title: The Wonderful Thing about Pudding
Word: Bananarama
Word count: 250
Requested by: Monkey
Foundation first. The thick pale-biscuit liquid creates a flawless canvas on which to paint her incredible masterpiece. No brush; her thick fingers smear the glutinous fluid this way and that. Blush cream next, although within the hour, her plump cheeks ( Read more... ) -
Fast Fiction 2008 - Like A Raging Ocean, Frozen
Title: Like a Raging Ocean, Frozen
Word: clarity
Word Count: 250
Requested by: Huw Davies
It was in the pocket of the leather jacket, burning away there, cold. It blistered the skin of her fingers.
“It’s just a bead,” she said.
He tilted his head, and his tousled black-coffee hair spiralled forward into his eyes.
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Fast Fiction 2008 - Searching for Lost Gods
Title: Searching for Lost Gods
Word: hallowed
Word count: 250
Requested by: Rachel Green
Being in plaster is incredibly dull. Nobody comes here any more, so I don’t get to talk to anyone much. I’m not ‘in’ any more, you see. There’s the odd person (very odd person, they say in the newspapers) who comes for a chat, but nothing serious. It got ( Read more... )