Author Archives: LEESAWRITES

She stood emotionless, gazing through the streams of water, frozen in a time which she would never be able to explain. Her arms hung down by her side, blood dripped onto the concrete from the tips of her sprawled out fingers. Her hair, wet and matted, part of which covered more than half of herContinue reading “Life without parole- FB-FWG- 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below. Triggers: Rape, violence, suicide.”

“Top window, to the right.” Joana pointed. “He’s in there, I swear it. We were walking through the courtyard and out of nowhere, two men appeared, hooked their arms under his and carried him off. There was nothing I could do.” “What’d they look like?” The policeman held a small pad and pencil, preparing toContinue reading “Starring Martin Javenelski- FWG-FB 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below. No triggers.”

He resembled a skeleton as he sat in front of a folding table, under a small tent. The ground was soggy from an earlier rain but the metal legs of his chair held him above ground just fine. He wore a black suit – a tie to match hung around his collar. His silver-framed glassesContinue reading “It’s ElEcTrIfYiNg- FB-FWG 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below. Triggers: Death”

“He’s home!” Tranya waved down to the street below. She followed his movement, to the second window, third, and then fourth. Her voice squealed with excitement. “He’s home! He’s home!” She jumped up and down, her pigtails followed. “Tranya, come here,” her mother reached out, missing the girl as she slipped through her arms. HerContinue reading “Daddy’s Home – FB-FWG- 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below.”

Cloyd Berkeley drew his knees up under his chin. His bare back scraped painfully against the tree as he nervously rocked like a boy. He realized, as a man, he could’ve used a mother. They were coming…… Earlier in the evening, he watched his long-time neighbor, Mr. Fenty, try and ward off at least aContinue reading “Lake Killings – FWG-FB – 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below. Triggers: Murder.”

Drenched with fear, I wobbled across fifty-two snow-covered, rickety wooden posts, I know because I counted them. They say this is where heaven meets earth. A slip to the right and I would be frozen in the knee-deep waters of Lake Onega, a slip to the left and…… My arms fiercely fought to keep meContinue reading “Figurehead- FWG-FB- 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below. Triggers: Death”

She scurried across the crowded ground, snagging her habit on a few dead branches as she neared the abandoned chapel in the woods. The cross, symbolically missing from the triangled roof, confirmed her mischief. Devoted to her convent, at twenty-six, she believed the Lord was tempting her. She had seen him many times, performing maintenanceContinue reading “Thou shall not… FB-FWG – 3oo word flash fiction based on the picture below.”

“THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A COLORED MAN.” He pulled his 1959 Chevy Impala around back of the only building left standing after the demolition of the old hospital and construction of the new. His headlights shined upon the blue door, a haunting reminder of how he was denied the opportunity to act as aContinue reading “Dr. Shadow – FB-FWG – 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below. Triggers: Racism”

I left home for the West Coast at seventeen, never loved the ocean but it called for me….That’s how I ended up with the deep-blue modeling agency. My headset was staticky, finally, Joel’s voice came through. “Reach for the Nemo-looking fish,” he snapped a few photos and pointed up, time to move. I memorized theContinue reading “Too much weight- FB-FWG 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below.”

Penelope Peterson, short and thin, plummeted into the front seat of her grandmother’s Rooster red, rolling, ridiculousness. She’d fought tooth and nail to get her driver’s license without a tidbit of training. She somehow managed to persuade Theodore Blankenship, a month into his dream job at the department of transportation, to fib and give herContinue reading “A Blunder – FWG 3oo word flash fiction based on the picture. Triggers: Murder/Death”