This is my response to Day 30 of http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/'s 30 Days of Flash Fiction, the list for which can be found at http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/221684.html?view=1245940#t1245940

Raquel thought her Dad and the old man, his father, looked worried. They probably were. After all, they’d stood here before in this room, or one very ( Read more... )

This is my response to Day 29 of http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/'s 30 Days of Flash Fiction, the list for which can be found at http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/221684.html?view=1245940#t1245940

Edita was standing watch in the small hours while Doc Tarascotti and Bennoli slept when she heard a gun cock in the darkness beyond the firelight.

“Keep ( Read more... )

This is my response to Day 28 of http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/'s 30 Days of Flash Fiction, the list for which can be found at http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/221684.html?view=1245940#t1245940

I’d gotten off Hamon a step in front of Commune Intelligence then the ship’d broken down and we’d been rescued to Ifra. I’ve been here less than ten ( Read more... )

This is my response to Day 27 of http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/'s 30 Days of Flash Fiction, the list for which can be found at http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/221684.html?view=1245940#t1245940

I fear that if my tale is a narrative you will dismiss it as fiction, thus I give you only a list of events in that week:

1.      Monday morning news ( Read more... )

This is my response to Day 26 of http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/'s 30 Days of Flash Fiction, the list for which can be found at http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/221684.html?view=1245940#t1245940

The young man known as Gabal put his horse between the mob and the girl they’d torn the outer garment from. Her hair and face were exposed to the world ( Read more... )

This is my response to Day 25 of http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/'s 30 Days of Flash Fiction, the list for which can be found at http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/221684.html?view=1245940#t1245940

Sayl was working in the library.  Her husband didn’t do much research these days unless he needed a fact for his book but those of her children and ( Read more... )

This is my response to Day 24 of http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/'s 30 Days of Flash Fiction, the list for which can be found at http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/221684.html?view=1245940#t1245940

“This hunk of junk isn’t going anywhere again once we land,” Darleton kicked the hull plating in frustration.

“It’s not meant to,” pointed out Twzimbe ( Read more... )

I came up with this while thinking about my response to Day 23 of http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/'s 30 Days of Flash Fiction, the list for which can be found at http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/221684.html?view=1245940#t1245940, and listening to Nickelback's "This Afternoon".

The music blared across the back fence: electric guitars, drums and ( Read more... )

This is my response to Day 23 of http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/'s 30 Days of Flash Fiction, the list for which can be found at http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/221684.html?view=1245940#t1245940

They were at the rendezvous before the Terrencians. Somewhere in the distance, Nettlebrake from the direction, there was bombing. The support section ( Read more... )

This is my response to Day 22 of http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/'s 30 Days of Flash Fiction, the list for which can be found at http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/221684.html?view=1245940#t1245940

They didn’t travel far to deliver Princess Christobella to her father. King Federigo was encamped, by arrangement, less than half a day’s walk from ( Read more... )