Inhumanity: Flash Fiction: A One-Minute Tidbit of Life

Inhumanity: Flash Fiction

Inhumanity: A Tidbit of Life

This is one of my flash fiction pieces, published in Tiny Moments Volume III, available via Bronze Bird Books.

Tiny Moments includes “gems where the mundane becomes extraordinary and the familiar, surreal” capturing “the essence of fleeting moments, unseen worlds, and human resilience.” Stories offer “glimpses into the beauty of imperfection, the bittersweet nature of memory, and the finer edges of endurance. From poems that adopt the perspective of insects as miniscule adventurers to heartfelt evaluations of grief and loss …”

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Again: Free Humorous Microfiction of Exactly 100 Words

Again: 100-Word Microfiction

According to Wikipedia, a drabble is

“a short work of fiction of precisely one hundred words in length. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author’s ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in a confined space.”

Here’s a humorous example in second person imperative.

Does it tell a story?

You decide.
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Share Your Free Tales of Winter or the Festive Season

Free Stories of Winter

Time to Share Your Free Stories of Winter or the Festive Season

2023 is almost over.

Whether you observe Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, or another celebration during this festive season, I invite you to share links to your free family-friendly stories and poems.

  • They can be about snow, winter (including winter sports and activities), or the festive season itself.
  • They can be written by you or another author, living or dead.
  • Of course those of you in the Southern Hemisphere don’t have snow, and I’d like to hear from you, too. How do you spend December and January?

Here are a few links to get the snowballs or skateboards rolling and the reindeer or kangaroos dancing.

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