Call The pair of them were bathed in the blue light of their phones as the bar tvs blared the game. All around them people were going about their drinking moving on or forgetting their lives. That didn’t really register with them. For Chuck and Dale, this was quality time. “He’s going to make theContinue reading “Flash Friday #7”
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Flash Friday # 6
With the Terror Beast of Akuma Seven They were with the Terror Beast of Akuma Seven. With, trapped by, same difference. The large slug-like creature pulled itself off Emer, portly mother of two, and began oozing its way toward its last two victims. Emer lay screaming on the ground, just like the other fifteenContinue reading “Flash Friday # 6”
Flash Friday # 5
What Eats the Sun and Moon It was months of work through the caves just to stand here. Beyond that, it had been fifteen years since Sven set about trying to discover the lost treasure of the Oa’Koto’kiti people. Three times various teams he’d hired had given up and quit the job. Well, thoseContinue reading “Flash Friday # 5”
Flash Friday #4
(oops, a day late) The Beast Wears Faces There was a cave. A cold, wet cave. I shuddered as I walked the lonely road up twisted paths to reach it. I could hear the air coming up from the cave like vast gasping breaths. I climbed the narrow path, where few had been before. IContinue reading “Flash Friday #4”
Flash Friday #2
Beep Ernest’s back hurt. It hurt most days. He pulled it somewhere in his youth and it never recovered. Some days were better than others. Today was bad. He was sat at his desk, alone in his office. Office was a generous word, really. It was a blank white room without a window. A singleContinue reading “Flash Friday #2”
Michael Frutig 