Moonlight cast a blue glow over the desolate quarry. The chain-link fence had been cut, dusty footprints formed a path leading into the disused mine, now a forgotten storage facility. ‘There it is!’ Jed and Sam’s phone lights rested on the unexploded bomb rumoured to be stored here. Sam’s beam picked out the stencil writingContinue reading “The Joke That Bombed”
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Having to make cuts…
I’ve had this short story for a couple of weeks now and don’t know what to do with it. I was aiming for ultra-short fiction but at 36 words this piece seems a little bloated somewhere around the middle. However, owing to the nature of the subject matter, I’m a little hesitant to cut anyContinue reading “Having to make cuts…”
Bang and the dirt is gone…
There was a challenge on a writing forum to produce a 50-word story that had to end with the phrase ‘With that – she shot him!’ I don’t advocate the use of handguns nor exclamation marks but here is my effort. ———————————————————————————– ‘The .44 Magnum, one of the most powerful handguns, delivers a large, heavyContinue reading “Bang and the dirt is gone…”
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