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  • Crane

    “Did you see the crane fall at the marina?” “A crane fell in the marina? No! I haven’t heard of it. Oh my gosh!” “Yeah, it was sort of sad. Funny too.” “Funny??!!! How could you see funny on such a tragedy?! A crane falling is a huge deal! Did anyone got hurt?” “Hurt??? Heck Read more

  • She was born in a flower pot at the city. Too much noise, too few flowers. So, off she flew, away from the city. But all she found was a desert. Big red rocks, dangerous looking lizards, spiders, scorpions, snakes…. Not much water… Only a few low woody bushes…. She felt hungry, thirsty and afraid, and started to regret Read more

  • Isolated

    They lived in an isolated island. The rest of the world was very close, though, separated from their island by a narrow canal. In years past, some tried crossing the canal to the other side, but were swallowed alive by the sea creatures that populate the passage. But it hasn’t been like this forever. Legend says that Read more

  • Gunslinger

    He is crossing the desert after the man who killed his father. The crossing is though, but the need for revenge keeps him going. After days in open desert, he finally reaches a village. The story of the murder and his seek for revenge travelled faster than he did, though, and the townsfolk knew who Read more

  • Rebirth

    She wasn’t really superstitious. Or maybe she was, just never admitted. The kind of person that follows the Spanish saying “Yo no creo en Brujas, pero que las hay, las hay”. Like she didn’t believe in ghosts, but would not put her feet on a cemetery at night. She graduated on Economic studies and worked for Read more

  • Berkeley to Bahia

    It was the year of his 70th birthday and he had a dream. To take the bike and some friends and ride from the place where he was living, Berkeley, CA USA, to the place where he was born and raised, Salvador, BA Brasil. He was a capoeira mestre and had several pupils or peer Read more

  • Firefly

    It was the night before the vernal equinox. The wood fairies were busy in wrapping up winter and getting everything ready for spring. In the bark of the trees, pupae are about to hatch, just in time for the equinox festival. Now, the day has come! Night and day have the same length and life Read more

  • Giggles

    They were hiking up the mountain, when a rock slide blocked the trail just behind them. They heard the noise, run back to check. “On no! How are we going to go back now? Do you think we could climb over?” “I guess it would be too dangerous. The rocks may not be settled.” “What Read more

  • Snow Prince

    This post was written in response to the Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, with photo prompt by Sonya, from Only 100 Words. It was created to be read with Cookie Swirl C’s (hehehehehe) voice. Although for Cookie Swirl C my Elsa would sound more like Anna, and the other way around, but oh well…. (Yes, that’s Read more

  • Revenge

    The world was colorful and happy. Except for Griswald. Griswald lived in the gray forest and liked it like this. He didn’t care about colors and happiness. For him the entire world could be gray. But that was not really his problem. As long as people didn’t bother him, he would keep quiet on his Read more

  • Goddess

    After he has been summoned by the spirits and left to the forest, she felt lost for a while. She knew that he wasn’t a bad person and that he would never have turned to the dark spirits on free will. Was he trying to save her and their baby from the red mark? He Read more

  • Photographic essay

    We’re 7 in our photography classes. So our teacher assigned to each of us a color of the rainbow for our essays. I got red. Red???? Seriously???? I would have liked to have green, and go to a forest for nice pictures with the sun rays finding their way in through the tree branches full Read more

  • Butterfly heaven

    She was born in a flower pot at the city. She didn’t like it there much, though. Too much noise, too few flowers. So, off she flew, away from the city. But the city was in an arid area and all she found was a desert. Big red rocks, dangerous looking lizards, spiders, scorpions, snakes…. Not much water… Read more

  • Meinem Deutschland!

    It’s been 20 years now he has left his home country, Deutschland. That was when he married the love of his life and moved to the USA to build a family with his American bride. They have a happy family, with two amazing teenage boys, a fun dog, a nice house, good jobs. Then one day, he Read more

  • The Closing Night

    It was the opening night of the great and spectacular illusionism show. The public was excited. But only Aluin knew it would actually be his closing night. So many years bringing magic and awe to people’s life, made him feel his own life was lacking some of that wonder. Knowing the tricks took the magic away and consumed Read more

  • The red mark

    The day was supposed to be joyful. The big day party was about to begin and the boats were arriving full of guests. All seemed well and excitement was in the air. Then suddenly, as the gates were about to open so the festivities could start, a scream was heard coming from the house. There Read more

  • The view

    This has always been the view from my room. A pretty walled garden, full of roses. I can’t smell the roses, but that’s actually good, as I can’t stand their sweet smell. But I still like to view the view. Last week, a new person moved in. It’s a lady who likes to paint. She’s now Read more

  • Rodeo

    It is the morning of the rodeo. The horses are still calm. Billy has no horse assigned to him yet. He tries to look at each horse in the eyes. They don’t seem very fond of cowboys, bastards who tickles their flanks and don’t deserve to ride them. Then Billy notices a young horse that seems more Read more

  • Boi Bumba

    Catirina is at the end of her pregnancy and her baby is due soon. She had rough times during pregnancy, when she craved ox tongue. Francisco killed their master’s prized bull to satisfy her cravings, enraging master, who went after them. But Francisco and Catirina managed to resuscitate the bull with the help of shaman wizardry, making Read more

  • Gold Rush

    “I’ll take this train to Seattle, then a boat to Alaska, find some gold and come back to marry you. Love you. Don’t forget me. I’ll be back.” After a month, she stands at the train station waiting for some news. She gets a letter. “Dearest Maggie, I miss you so much. I stayed in Read more