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Friday flash fiction – The Nonemyr Play (A Gleaming Principalities Tale)
“Do you mean to tell me that your masters’ gift to Princess Naomi is a – a play?” Flopknot’s fuzzy little nose twitched with a profound irritation which careless onlookers might misinterpret as adorable cuteness. It was the sort of … Continue reading
Friday flash fiction – Five Points of Ingress to the Land Beyond This One
The first point of ingress to the land beyond this one is a gap in the berry hedge to the west of Greatbury Manor. One must enter from the inner side, so not just navigating the estate’s maze of orchards … Continue reading
Friday flash fiction – The Dimble Family Fungus
Smetter’s Crusted Toadstool (Malus sienkiewiczii) fruits once every seven years. On each occasion, it heralds a new apocalypse for the Dimble family. Nearly half a century ago, Letitia Dimble’s great-grandparents Bertram and Millie were lost when their greenhouse spontaneously combusted … Continue reading
Friday Flash Fiction – The Last, Greatest Gig of the Shrieking Alpacas
The Shrieking Alpacas played their last, greatest gig at the Wisdom Street Hotel on the night of the twenty-ninth of February. They had nothing left to prove after the five song setlist brought the house down. Song One was “Ignorance” … Continue reading
Friday Flash Fiction – Slipjack Junction
It struck me as an unusual business, burying Jeremiah Bench in a salt-packed grave with a silver dollar under his tongue and cherrywood stakes through his hands and feet. Reckon something about Bench’s hideout must’ve spooked Sheriff Gunderson into his … Continue reading