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Flash Fiction – And Then It Came

February 6, 2019February 11, 2019 Shyla Fairfax-Owen

It's 7:07 pm. The house is still. The forest is quiet. But Lucia is about to break a rule.

Tagged fiction, flash fiction, horror, mental health, Monsters, Stories11 Comments
Stories and Poems

Word of the Day Prompt: Sibilate

September 24, 2018September 27, 2018 Shyla Fairfax-Owen

100-word story I settle into the soggy grass beneath me; above her.

Tagged death, drabble, flash fiction, horror, horror story, micro fiction, resurrection, Short Story, Stories, word prompt, zombies2 Comments
Stories and Poems

Word of the Day Prompt: Chiliad

September 17, 2018September 17, 2018 Shyla Fairfax-Owen

100-word story “What was that?” Beth whispered into the hollow dark.

Tagged drabble, flash fiction, horror, micro fiction, Short Story, Stories, Stories and PoemsLeave a comment
Stories and Poems

Word of the Day Prompt: Interregnum

September 14, 2018September 18, 2018 Shyla Fairfax-Owen

100-word story It has been eight years since the interregnum began.

Tagged apocolypse, drabble, dystopia, flash fiction, micro fiction, Short Story, Stories, Writing, writing challenge, writing promptLeave a comment
Stories and Poems

Strapped

September 12, 2018September 19, 2018 Shyla Fairfax-Owen

She straps down my arms at my sides. My hands would hang limp if I'd let them.

Tagged fear, flash fiction, illness, medical, micro fiction, Short Story, Stories4 Comments
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