Bridge Cold mist obscured the other end of the swaying bridge. Mountain winds blew against the creaking wood, shivering the bridge. The stone was slick with water. A small group of men stood on the outcropping, looking into the mist. The crouched against the boulders to hide from the wind, and from what was comingContinue reading “Flash Friday #31”
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Flash Friday #30
Chess Weasel opened the window to the study and slipped in. The large mansion had once intimidated him. Now it was his home. Or as close as it came to one other than the streets. Raymond was where he always was. Sat behind his big desk. Dark wood. It felt like stepping into a library.Continue reading “Flash Friday #30”
Flash Friday #28
Bobbing The storm grew dark and the sea grew green. Waves ten feet tall sloshed over the quay. Crates were thrown against the stone. Thunder roared. In the café, Benny watched it all. He got terribly sea sick and couldn’t go out with his grandfather. What a life, the sea sick son of a sailor.Continue reading “Flash Friday #28”
Flash Friday #27
Buying Oneself “Hi there,” said a small mousey man. He was so short that he could barely see over the countertop. “Hello. Hi.” Behind the desk a dower woman sat on a high stool. Behind her were reams and reams of binders. Thousands of them. Each one a life. She wore glasses around her neckContinue reading “Flash Friday #27”
Flash Friday#26
Beneath the Walls Aethshus watched the walls. It was fast becoming a habit. There was little else to do once he had looked over his equipment. Today was a quiet day in the siege, one where neither side tried anything. Most days should have been like that, only this siege was unlike any other. ForContinue reading “Flash Friday#26”
Flash Friday #25
Earworm A little tune bobbed through the hedges. The singer, a woman in a red hat, sang the words. “One day, one day you will be mine, baby.” Behind the hedge there was a man in thick denim. He trimmed the hedge and heard the woman singing. The tune wormed its way into his mind.Continue reading “Flash Friday #25”
Flash Friday #24
Chains The large thunderhead loomed menacingly over a prison in an older part of the world, a prison which had once been full of thousands of prisoners, but now only held one. The prison might have emptied, but its guard remained the same. A thousand men guarded its walls and its only occupied cell.Continue reading “Flash Friday #24”
Flash Friday #23
Beneath the Walls Aethshus watched the walls. It was fast becoming a habit. There was little else to do once he had looked over his equipment. Today was a quiet day in the siege, one where neither side tried anything. Most days should have been like that, only this siege was unlike any other. ForContinue reading “Flash Friday #23”
Flash Friday #22
Djinn Night fell on Mar-ha-shesh, and in the Apricot Palace silence fell. Tomorrow the host would march out the Sun Gate and win the Qvizartch-Sha-shen the great trading city of Na-ha-lamh. Wealth would be his, and the rich lands of the Begemot would be laid bare before him. All things happened as the Qvizartch-Sha-shenContinue reading “Flash Friday #22”
Flash Friday #21 (On a Saturday, oops)
Briefing “Good day pilots,” the commander said, stumping into the room. “Good day, sir,” they all answered. It wasn’t. A miserable rain pattered against the windows. “I have the next assignment for this flight wing.” Nes looked around at her comrades. They were exhausted. Non-stop sorties did that to pilots. Worse was the lack ofContinue reading “Flash Friday #21 (On a Saturday, oops)”
Michael Frutig 