Calling Home “Hey pops. I’m just calling in to check up on you. How’s your week going?” Labored breathing came in through the line. David waited patiently. It had been a long time since the conversation had been lively. “Oh…David…thank you for calling me…It’s been a while since you called.” It hadn’t. David calledContinue reading “Flash Friday #14”
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Flash Friday #13
Dog Pile The old man sat facing the fire. He didn’t even glance at the ever-growing pile of money. Fool. Three years of planning, three years of scrapping together a team which could steal this much money. Trustworthy guys, the sort which could steal twenty million and not take a dime until they were safe.Continue reading “Flash Friday #13”
Flash Friday #12
World Building “The key to building a world is the structure,” Grand High Architect Vlgin said to the class. Outside the thick windows the outline of a planet made in steel, vast bands of latitude and longitude miles across describing a world forty thousand miles. The awed class of students watched the megaproject. Their teacherContinue reading “Flash Friday #12”
Flash Friday #7
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”
Michael Frutig 