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I remember thinking my dad was a giant marshmallow every time he walked through the gate after another journey through space. I was to young to comprehend the white bubbly suit with the fishbowl helmet he wore, but what I did understand was the gold locket he kept in his pocket. one side held aContinue reading “The Reveal- FB-FWG 300 words”

“Penny Harpenshire, you silly girl. Those are not eggs.” Mother scolded my little sister for thinking that everyone on the hill received one large egg from the postal service. I threw my hands up. “Well, what do you think it is then mom?” Penny ran towards the thing. “Stop!” We both shouted. “I’m not sureContinue reading “Thing- 300 word short story based on the picture below. FWG-FB. No triggers.”

We secluded ourselves in the decades old, rusted metal bunker. I didn’t think it was a good idea for Jax to open the door. He insisted that the information we were hearing over the radio had to be true. There was now enough clean air to keep mankind alive. “They wouldn’t tell us it wasContinue reading “Boys will be boys- 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below. FB-FWG -No triggers”

I cupped my hands around the side of my eyes, and peered through the window. My husband tripped over a stone and fell towards me, pressing my face slightly into the glass. I turned around and with all my might pushed him. He stumbled backwards but managed to keep his balance. “I hate going anywhereContinue reading “Times up- 300 word flash fiction based on this picture. FB-FWG I’m trying something a little different.”

I flopped down in the passenger’s seat of mom’s car and sighed.  Once a month she took me to the farmhouse tucked in the middle of nowhere. We drove down the dirt road and then through the feet tall grass to get to my grandfather’s barn.  She would beep the horn eight times and waitContinue reading “Two dollar bill- 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below- FB-FWG. No trigge”

The wrinkles around her eyes, the gray hair and the limp she possessed gave away her age. She led my brother and I into the parlor and offered us something to drink. “Won’t you sit with an old lady for a moment?” She asked. My brother lifted his eyebrows signifying he wasn’t feeling the place.Continue reading “That House- A 300 word fiction based on the picture below. FB-FWG”

My cane hitting the concrete floor reminded me I was seventy years old now; my body and mind scarred from years of imprisonment. I took many a beating, night terrors caused me to cry in my sleep. Weeping in the big house was looked down upon, made ‘em think I was weak. The light stillContinue reading “Nobody’s Grandpa- 300 word short story based on the picture below. FB-FWG”

“Hand me the other can.” Ralph looked at Mindy and grinned. He was a little giddy from the smell. “Go on now, get me the rest of it. I know you got it hidden somewhere.” Mindy folded her arms across her chest and struggled back to the old aluminum trailer, rust on every side. HerContinue reading “Excuses, Excuses- 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below. FB-FWG Trigger: Drug use”

“He struggled over the wooded, dirt covered terrain, dragging one leg, and gripping his side trying to keep his wound closed. His sword: heavy, he left it lying on the ground. It now hangs here by the spiral staircase.” We all turned in that direction. “The fog rolled in blocking his view. The feel ofContinue reading “Surprise Homecoming – 300 word flash fiction based on the picture below. FB-FWG”

I got a small crew of assassins together about a month or so ago. We set out to slay the dragon that was burning all the small villages in Rovascotia. He even managed to take the lives of the Queen and her staff, transforming her castle into his den. He towered at least seventy feetContinue reading “A Rare Find- 300 word short story based on the picture below. FB-FWG”