by sharricharan | Feb 1, 2016 | Flash Fiction, Writing
PROMPT : SOBBING Quiet, muffled sobs, as if he wasn’t supposed to hear them at all. Wizard Clayburn slowed his steps by a slight fraction. He didn’t dare appear to be dallying outside the hallway of the youngest princess, but thinking of his own two daughters at...
by sharricharan | Jan 31, 2016 | Flash Fiction, Writing
PROMPT : GRIDLOCKED “You have got to be kidding me!” Kevin groaned. He slumped over the steering wheel, forehead pressed to the sun-warmed surface. All he wanted to do was get home in time for his little sister’s birthday party. Considering that he had the...
by sharricharan | Jan 30, 2016 | Flash Fiction, Writing
PROMPT : GLADLY Preena dug her fingers into the wet ground, biting back a smile at the familiar texture. This was something that she loved doing, but could never let the High Master know. He wouldn’t approve of the students actually enjoying themselves as they...
by sharricharan | Jan 29, 2016 | Flash Fiction, Writing
PROMPT : SPUN The wooden hut was empty and worn. There were a few signs of life—the stump of a fat candle, wrinkled curtains tied back and heaped coals on the hearth. “I don’t think anyone’s here, Thatch,” Mika dropped to a crouch beside the giant fireplace. She...
by sharricharan | Jan 28, 2016 | Flash Fiction, Writing
PROMPT : CHOIR “Hurry up, Dana! If we’re late for Choir practice, I am SO blaming you!” Yuki stood by the front door, hopping from one foot to the other. Her shiny black hair swished in time with her graceful, if hurried movements. Dana rolled her eyes. “I’m coming,...
by sharricharan | Jan 27, 2016 | Flash Fiction, Writing
PROMPT : MONSTER “But I don’t know how to control it, see?” I explained to my Cousin Mara, clambering up behind her on the rocky outcropping close to the cliff’s edge. “It’s like—I don’t know—like there’s something inside of me.” “A monster,” Mara said, softly. “We...
