Friday Flash 55: Chapter 2

Four blocks more; only the wipers spoke: swish thump...swish thump.

"Here," she said, "the white house."

He pulled in, noticed the sign on the gate.

"O'Connor?"

She sighed at the inevitable. "Annamarie."

"Owen," he said.

She wondered what to say next.

Thanks for the ride, but go away? My husband's a serial killer?

...

"Coffee?"


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I'm making it up as I go now, pure fiction. I asked my teenage daughter and my husband for help last week, at the supper table.

"I want it to be a romance," I said, "because I started it with how Mom and Dad met. But now I don't know what to make these two do. Any ideas?"

Oh, plenty ideas... mostly involving car wrecks, murderous ninjas, and zombies. I think I might be on my own here; or, expect ninja zombies to wreck their car shortly.

Anyhow, to join in the fun, write a story in 55-words(no more no less), post it on your blog, then tell Mr. Knowitall a.k.a. G-Man by leaving a comment on his own Flash-55 post. See you there?

If you like writing short, here are some paying markets for Flash Fiction beginning with "B" :

Big Pulp wants pulp fiction in all its forms, including adventure, humour, and romance—they also like comics, photography, and art. Have a look.

Bards and Sages looks for short speculative fiction (horror, fantasy, science fiction, etc) under 1,500 words, including serialisations.

Bound Off seeks original literary short stories for podcasts, between 250 and 2500 words. They pay $20 per story: not a bad rate per word at all.

Breath & Shadow accepts a wide range of creative writing from contributor with disabilities (which they define broadly—the link takes you straight to their guidelines).

Broken Pencil publishes a wide range of creativity; "we like it weird", in as little as 50 words.

Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens is a journal of the absurd and surreal. Er, obviously. Keep it under 2,000 words.

"C" you next week (ha ha).

Now it's time for me to bust down the refrigerator door and eat all the donuts!!

What, no donuts?

I hate dieting.