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Tag Archives: Micro fiction
CCC284: Stop Look and Listen
Everyone knew Bob only had two speeds: Fast and Sleep. Always in such a hurry, Bob he didn’t do the “look both ways” thing before chasing across the lane. Eventually the inevitable happened. He collided with a cyclist. Bob suffered a … Continue reading
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CCC276: Larry the Master Tiler
Larry was a master tiler. Never a more talented man. But he never could play it straight. Always punching for the joke, that was Larry. He left instructions for when he died, that he wanted to be buried behind this … Continue reading
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CCC231: The Things You See
The things you see when walking your dog. Dead bodies – they’re always found by dogwalkers. And couples coupling. I’ve never encountered either. But I did see this. Is it a drug deal? Or a trade in diamonds? Amsterdam is … Continue reading
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CCC223: No Goblins Today
Spindle-Legs called to Nimble-Fingers, “Come on, let’s hurry it. The swings are free, the goblins aren’t here today!” The two play-friends had just hitched themselves onto the high swings and were working them into an exhilarating arc, whooping and laughing … Continue reading
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Intrigue
It was cryptic, the script which lay before me, written in an Elizabethan Secretarial Hand. By the spymaster himself? Could it be? It was well preserved; it must have been the best quality vellum, and first time used, not marred … Continue reading
CCC218: Waiting
The photographers lined the bank, standing just clear of the water, their humble identities lost amongst the pressing media reporters. For the waters of this lake had been steadily rising these past few days – and it wasn’t because of … Continue reading
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CCC209: Guilty
Footsteps behind me Someone following Gaining on me I hasten I mustn’t be caught with what I’m carrying Clip-clop, slip-clop, the cobbles slippery with the wet leaves of autumn The creature in my arms struggles to be free Hush, my … Continue reading
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CCC205: 10,000 Fairy Lights
There had been sightings, but none around here – they’d been mostly in the south. So imagine our astonishment when the field ahead of us lit up like 10,000 fairy lights. After two years of darkness, the sun had found … Continue reading
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CCC204: My Wish
I had expected to be alone on that shore. It wasn’t that I was doing anything illegal. No drug smuggling, no digging up protected plants or stealing Little Tern eggs. I just didn’t want to be seen. I didn’t want … Continue reading
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CCC193: And All the Land Was Tidy and Paved
It all began one hot summer. The grasses browned and crisped; people trod the dried grasses and rubbed them away. Next year the grasses tried to grow but…you know how it goes. Two hot and dry summers later, the parish … Continue reading
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