Categotry Archives: Fiction
Suzie’s House 169: A Tricky Quartet
Tracy hadn’t really looked at either of the guys while she was hanging upside down. She’d learned a long time ago it was better to pretend everything was normal when it was anything but. She might not even get grounded, since Mom was a few hundred miles away and Aunt Stephanie seemed to think these things weren’t her fault. For sure she’d get away with it if Lisa didn’t say anything. And Lisa wouldn’t if she got busy with something […]
Keeping Up
“Mama! Wait, wait, I can’t go so fast. Mama, wait.” “Hurry up, Honey. We are already late.” “Whahhhhh.” “I’m sorry. We’ll go a little slower.” “Look, Mama. Flowers! I want this one, and this one, and this one. Oh, look,” pointing into the distance. “A puppy!” “Wait, Honey, where are you going? Come back here!” Groan. “I knew this would happen.” The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction […]
Suzie’s House 168: A Rare Bird
She looked like a parrot with her hair streaked four different colors on top of blonde, including hot pink. It fluffed out all over the place because she was hanging upside down. Her foot had to be hurting from the rope tied around it. No wait. Was that a rope? Or a garden hose? The scary part was the way she didn’t seem to notice how bad she had it, just hung there with her arms folded across her chest […]
Testing
“Do you love me? How much? Will you come and see me even when I never visit you? Will you do me favors when I don’t have time for you? Will you prove your love, shower me with devotion, give me everything I want? Don’t you love me? Hey! Where are you going? You don’t love me at all.” The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is […]
Room for Two
Two men on a hill. “I am the king! You must die. “No, no. The king is I!” The next morning a woman found two bodies on top of a hill. “Tsk. He’d have lived if he were me.” Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included. I thought about calling this one “Room for Two if One’s a Queen” but thought that might give it a different connotation.
Suzie’s House 167: How to Catch a Bird
“Tracy, bring in the bird feeder will you? It must be about out by now.” Like most of the calamities in Tracy’s life, it started out that simply. When her aunt asked a favor, Tracy didn’t grumble. She simply rolled off the couch onto the floor then inched her way to her feet. It wasn’t like she really needed to see yet another re-run of Ed, Edd, n Eddy “TV is the bane of my existence. It’s the opacate of […]
Man Slut
“So. How’s it hanging?” The perpetual bachelor looked around. Cozy house, wife, kids. “Hanging? You haven’t changed in all this time, have you,” his friends said. “Got that right. Different girl every night. Great crib. I got it all.” “Really?” The guy patted his wife’s hands as she gave him a hug and grinned at one of his kids. “Yeah. I got it all.” He said it, but he didn’t sound so sure. The challenge, should you choose to accept […]
The Dog Biscuit Gods
She calls them the Dog Biscuit Gods. She says she throws them treats – ideas and dreams and words – then waits. They throw her books. Wish I had Dog Biscuit Gods. Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
Suzie’s House 166: Reaching Out Across the Grass
Owen watch Gene cross the grass in the park with a sense of pride and frustration. His boy was getting big. In a few more years, he’d be taller than his old man. He walked with too much confidence, though. That was all right. Once he got the boy home where he belonged, he’d make that confidence go back under ground where it belonged. Still several feet from the park bench where Owen sat, Gene stopped stock still. His head […]
Still a Slut
“Don’t go,” she said as her lover put on his clothes. He didn’t bother to answer, not even a look. “I love you.” “No you don’t. You’ll have another man in here by morning.” “Yeah? Well, maybe I should.” And she would, if she could. But as she got older “it” wasn’t the only thing getting old and going no where. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Click on […]
“Fixing” himself supper
The Boy routed around in the kitchen. Noodles? Maybe. Hotdogs? Nah. Leftovers? Never. Ah-hah! Cereal! With a yip of joy, he grabbed the box and ran. Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
Suzie’s House 165: How I Look To You
Rats, she was coming, and Ben was right behind her, too. Gene swung the backpack into his room where it could hide by being on the floor against the wall. If Mrs. Hammacker would read him the riot act about it, Lisa would be much worse. “Gene! Hey, Gene, do you know my cousin, Tracy?” “Tracy?” Gene shook his head. He didn’t know anyone named that. He didn’t really want Lisa introducing him to some guy either, cousin or no.
Slut
Twenty years later, with three children at her side she ran into two of her lovers in the grocery store. They were talking. About her. Her nineteen years of monogamy didn’t matter to them. Only the one year of infamy that included them. Her toddler didn’t care, by her teenager was all ears as she swung the cart around. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Click on the badge […]
Suzie’s House 164: Thinking About It
“That was random.” Ben watched his mother walk down the hall toward the staircase, and muttered to himself. “What?” Lisa came up behind him. The whole time he’d been talking to his mother, Lisa had been leaning over his desk, reading the story he wrote. Now she leaned around him and looked down the hall. “Nothing,” Ben glanced at her. “Just something my mother said. Um, Lisa, I need to ask you a favor.”
Proof of Desirability
She longed for a boyfriend, or at least a kiss. All the boys said, “When it comes to you, I can only be serious.” or “I’m not sure I’m ready to commit.” She thought they didn’t want her. Twenty years later, she remembered, and understood. She wasn’t the other kind of girl. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Click on the badge to go to the hub.
