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Are you still a writer if you don't write?
I used to, but now I mostly think about it and plan to do it again some day....soon.
I can just about stretch to single post stories here though I think.
I used to, but now I mostly think about it and plan to do it again some day....soon.
I can just about stretch to single post stories here though I think.
For once she is completely alone.
She folds her clothes neatly and leaves them at the base of the dune then, watched only by the stars, she slips naked into the dark water and swims steadily away from the shore.
#vssdaily #dune #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
She folds her clothes neatly and leaves them at the base of the dune then, watched only by the stars, she slips naked into the dark water and swims steadily away from the shore.
#vssdaily #dune #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
February 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
For once she is completely alone.
She folds her clothes neatly and leaves them at the base of the dune then, watched only by the stars, she slips naked into the dark water and swims steadily away from the shore.
#vssdaily #dune #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
She folds her clothes neatly and leaves them at the base of the dune then, watched only by the stars, she slips naked into the dark water and swims steadily away from the shore.
#vssdaily #dune #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
I could see him through the window. I slowed my breathing.
And pulled the trigger.
The bullet found its mark. A beautiful kill.
And the rush!
I know she'll be gone when I get home and I'll miss her always. But I'd miss this more.
#fromoneline #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
And pulled the trigger.
The bullet found its mark. A beautiful kill.
And the rush!
I know she'll be gone when I get home and I'll miss her always. But I'd miss this more.
#fromoneline #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
February 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I could see him through the window. I slowed my breathing.
And pulled the trigger.
The bullet found its mark. A beautiful kill.
And the rush!
I know she'll be gone when I get home and I'll miss her always. But I'd miss this more.
#fromoneline #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
And pulled the trigger.
The bullet found its mark. A beautiful kill.
And the rush!
I know she'll be gone when I get home and I'll miss her always. But I'd miss this more.
#fromoneline #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
The final night fell like thick blankets. No moon or stars, no hint of clouds.
The world outside was draped in velvet shadows.
The darkness numbed me, so I drew the curtains, stacked logs in the grate and shut myself away.
#vssdaily #velvet #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
The world outside was draped in velvet shadows.
The darkness numbed me, so I drew the curtains, stacked logs in the grate and shut myself away.
#vssdaily #velvet #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
February 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The final night fell like thick blankets. No moon or stars, no hint of clouds.
The world outside was draped in velvet shadows.
The darkness numbed me, so I drew the curtains, stacked logs in the grate and shut myself away.
#vssdaily #velvet #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
The world outside was draped in velvet shadows.
The darkness numbed me, so I drew the curtains, stacked logs in the grate and shut myself away.
#vssdaily #velvet #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
I came home to find you working at your desk.
I'm happy you're back, I really am, but I'm also afraid.
You looked up at me with different eyes and, though my mind is hazy since the accident, I'm sure I remember seeing you die.
#vssdaily #different #vss #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
I'm happy you're back, I really am, but I'm also afraid.
You looked up at me with different eyes and, though my mind is hazy since the accident, I'm sure I remember seeing you die.
#vssdaily #different #vss #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
January 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I came home to find you working at your desk.
I'm happy you're back, I really am, but I'm also afraid.
You looked up at me with different eyes and, though my mind is hazy since the accident, I'm sure I remember seeing you die.
#vssdaily #different #vss #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
I'm happy you're back, I really am, but I'm also afraid.
You looked up at me with different eyes and, though my mind is hazy since the accident, I'm sure I remember seeing you die.
#vssdaily #different #vss #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
The needle stung as it pierced the vein. But only for a second, then a cool numbness began to spread up his arm.
"What will happen?"
"You'll go deep." She said, "Don't fight it. But come back. Tell us what's in there.”
#vssdaily #needle #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
"What will happen?"
"You'll go deep." She said, "Don't fight it. But come back. Tell us what's in there.”
#vssdaily #needle #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
January 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The needle stung as it pierced the vein. But only for a second, then a cool numbness began to spread up his arm.
"What will happen?"
"You'll go deep." She said, "Don't fight it. But come back. Tell us what's in there.”
#vssdaily #needle #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
"What will happen?"
"You'll go deep." She said, "Don't fight it. But come back. Tell us what's in there.”
#vssdaily #needle #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
I drop my bag and jump back to the platform as it bursts open. The doors slide shut, muffling the screams as the first wasps swarm angrily out into the crowded carriage.
#vssdaily #swarm #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #commute
January 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I drop my bag and jump back to the platform as it bursts open. The doors slide shut, muffling the screams as the first wasps swarm angrily out into the crowded carriage.
#vssdaily #swarm #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #commute
"Where is the machine?"
I shrug, "Gone. Tomorrow? Yesterday?"
He scowls, his finger hovering above the softly glowing button.
I close my eyes. You can only watch yourself die so many times.
#vssdaily #button #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
I shrug, "Gone. Tomorrow? Yesterday?"
He scowls, his finger hovering above the softly glowing button.
I close my eyes. You can only watch yourself die so many times.
#vssdaily #button #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
January 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Where is the machine?"
I shrug, "Gone. Tomorrow? Yesterday?"
He scowls, his finger hovering above the softly glowing button.
I close my eyes. You can only watch yourself die so many times.
#vssdaily #button #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
I shrug, "Gone. Tomorrow? Yesterday?"
He scowls, his finger hovering above the softly glowing button.
I close my eyes. You can only watch yourself die so many times.
#vssdaily #button #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
He found treasure on the beach. His prize glistened as he raised it proudly from the sand.
"It's just a stone," his mother said without looking up.
He dropped it with a sigh and trudged away across the beach.
#vssdaily #prize #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #stone #beach
"It's just a stone," his mother said without looking up.
He dropped it with a sigh and trudged away across the beach.
#vssdaily #prize #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #stone #beach
January 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
He found treasure on the beach. His prize glistened as he raised it proudly from the sand.
"It's just a stone," his mother said without looking up.
He dropped it with a sigh and trudged away across the beach.
#vssdaily #prize #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #stone #beach
"It's just a stone," his mother said without looking up.
He dropped it with a sigh and trudged away across the beach.
#vssdaily #prize #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #stone #beach
The storms carry whispers in from the wastelands beyond the flood line.
Pilgrims come to listen for answers. When the winds recede I help them to forget.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #storm #whisper #wasteland
Pilgrims come to listen for answers. When the winds recede I help them to forget.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #storm #whisper #wasteland
January 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The storms carry whispers in from the wastelands beyond the flood line.
Pilgrims come to listen for answers. When the winds recede I help them to forget.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #storm #whisper #wasteland
Pilgrims come to listen for answers. When the winds recede I help them to forget.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #storm #whisper #wasteland
I heard faint music beyond the wall so I snuck out.
Now, alone among the mist cloaked trees, there is only silence and the snow is deeper than I had believed.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #cloak
Now, alone among the mist cloaked trees, there is only silence and the snow is deeper than I had believed.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #cloak
January 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I heard faint music beyond the wall so I snuck out.
Now, alone among the mist cloaked trees, there is only silence and the snow is deeper than I had believed.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #cloak
Now, alone among the mist cloaked trees, there is only silence and the snow is deeper than I had believed.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #cloak
We pressed on, leaving the fool searching happily for beetles in the warm sand.
Now we are lost and starving, the horizon still far beyond our reach, our path home swallowed by the shifting dunes.
#vss365 #fool #beetles #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
Now we are lost and starving, the horizon still far beyond our reach, our path home swallowed by the shifting dunes.
#vss365 #fool #beetles #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
January 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We pressed on, leaving the fool searching happily for beetles in the warm sand.
Now we are lost and starving, the horizon still far beyond our reach, our path home swallowed by the shifting dunes.
#vss365 #fool #beetles #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
Now we are lost and starving, the horizon still far beyond our reach, our path home swallowed by the shifting dunes.
#vss365 #fool #beetles #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
When the storm finally passed we ventured above ground. The farm was gone but we found a child sleeping peacefully amongst the shattered timbers.
#vssdaily #peace #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
#vssdaily #peace #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
January 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When the storm finally passed we ventured above ground. The farm was gone but we found a child sleeping peacefully amongst the shattered timbers.
#vssdaily #peace #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
#vssdaily #peace #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
So still was the hall that they thought themselves alone. Yet shadows slept in the thick dust, rising in slow spirals as they passed.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #dust
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #dust
January 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
So still was the hall that they thought themselves alone. Yet shadows slept in the thick dust, rising in slow spirals as they passed.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #dust
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #dust
Spring is here.
The sweet scent of rebirth on the warm breeze.
Green shoots burst forth, the woods fill with birdsong and, in their slowly thawing graves, last winter's dead begin to stir.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #sweet #zombie #undead #spring
The sweet scent of rebirth on the warm breeze.
Green shoots burst forth, the woods fill with birdsong and, in their slowly thawing graves, last winter's dead begin to stir.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #sweet #zombie #undead #spring
January 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Spring is here.
The sweet scent of rebirth on the warm breeze.
Green shoots burst forth, the woods fill with birdsong and, in their slowly thawing graves, last winter's dead begin to stir.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #sweet #zombie #undead #spring
The sweet scent of rebirth on the warm breeze.
Green shoots burst forth, the woods fill with birdsong and, in their slowly thawing graves, last winter's dead begin to stir.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #sweet #zombie #undead #spring
After the storm we found him standing on the sand, staring calmly out to sea.
He is dehydrated, sunburned and will speak not a word.
Of the boat there is no sign, and of his crew mates we do not like to guess.
#vss365 #guess #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #survivor
He is dehydrated, sunburned and will speak not a word.
Of the boat there is no sign, and of his crew mates we do not like to guess.
#vss365 #guess #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #survivor
January 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
After the storm we found him standing on the sand, staring calmly out to sea.
He is dehydrated, sunburned and will speak not a word.
Of the boat there is no sign, and of his crew mates we do not like to guess.
#vss365 #guess #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #survivor
He is dehydrated, sunburned and will speak not a word.
Of the boat there is no sign, and of his crew mates we do not like to guess.
#vss365 #guess #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #survivor
She leans forward, kissing the blood from his lips. She tastes the question that they hold as well, though he is too weak to speak.
"I'm sorry." She lies.
#vss365 #promise #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
"I'm sorry." She lies.
#vss365 #promise #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
January 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
She leans forward, kissing the blood from his lips. She tastes the question that they hold as well, though he is too weak to speak.
"I'm sorry." She lies.
#vss365 #promise #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
"I'm sorry." She lies.
#vss365 #promise #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
There are crows in the city but no-one sees. Perched on roofs and ledges, black feathers ruffled by the breeze.
Waiting... for what?
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #crows #feathers
Waiting... for what?
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #crows #feathers
January 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
There are crows in the city but no-one sees. Perched on roofs and ledges, black feathers ruffled by the breeze.
Waiting... for what?
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #crows #feathers
Waiting... for what?
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #crows #feathers
There are pale lights amongst the trees. They hang motionless until I draw near, then flicker and vanish, leaving patterns of frost on the young leaves.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #frost
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #frost
December 29, 2024 at 5:43 PM
There are pale lights amongst the trees. They hang motionless until I draw near, then flicker and vanish, leaving patterns of frost on the young leaves.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #frost
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction #frost
She is a very old flame, little more than an ember really, and yet the softest of breaths clears away the cold ashes and he is consumed.
#vssdaily #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
#vssdaily #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
December 26, 2024 at 8:23 PM
She is a very old flame, little more than an ember really, and yet the softest of breaths clears away the cold ashes and he is consumed.
#vssdaily #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
#vssdaily #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
White feathers pattern the water. Where before there were swans, now there are only ripples hiding dark shapes writhong just below the surface.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
December 26, 2024 at 7:05 PM
White feathers pattern the water. Where before there were swans, now there are only ripples hiding dark shapes writhong just below the surface.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
My mirror gains time like a broken clock, showing reflections of an ever more distant future.
Unable to look away I watched myself grow old and die.
This morning, the glass went dark.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
December 25, 2024 at 2:41 PM
My mirror gains time like a broken clock, showing reflections of an ever more distant future.
Unable to look away I watched myself grow old and die.
This morning, the glass went dark.
#vss365 #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
I am sick of winter, of the cold and the dark. I long for the scent of spring, though I know, when the snow melts, the bodies will be found and I will hang.
#vssdaily #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
#vssdaily #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
December 21, 2024 at 1:07 PM
I am sick of winter, of the cold and the dark. I long for the scent of spring, though I know, when the snow melts, the bodies will be found and I will hang.
#vssdaily #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
#vssdaily #vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
If this was a code how would you break it? Encrypted in cycles, keys always shifting, hunched behind your eyes like a fever. Like a virus?
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
December 20, 2024 at 7:19 PM
If this was a code how would you break it? Encrypted in cycles, keys always shifting, hunched behind your eyes like a fever. Like a virus?
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
The young men killed a bear at the edge of the forest. They say it fought ferociously but when they opened the carcass it contained only smoke.
Now the hunters stare, silent and unblinking, into the fire and a sickness spreads in the village.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
Now the hunters stare, silent and unblinking, into the fire and a sickness spreads in the village.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
December 19, 2024 at 7:41 PM
The young men killed a bear at the edge of the forest. They say it fought ferociously but when they opened the carcass it contained only smoke.
Now the hunters stare, silent and unblinking, into the fire and a sickness spreads in the village.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
Now the hunters stare, silent and unblinking, into the fire and a sickness spreads in the village.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
A flight of birds splits the sky, spilling out storm clouds like entrails. A feather falls, darkness hard on its heels.
He lies down and closes his eyes, hoping only that his small fire will survive till daybreak.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
He lies down and closes his eyes, hoping only that his small fire will survive till daybreak.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
December 16, 2024 at 7:55 AM
A flight of birds splits the sky, spilling out storm clouds like entrails. A feather falls, darkness hard on its heels.
He lies down and closes his eyes, hoping only that his small fire will survive till daybreak.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction
He lies down and closes his eyes, hoping only that his small fire will survive till daybreak.
#vss #tinytale #flashfiction #nanofiction #microfiction