The city stood still. A glitch in time. Cars froze on the road. Pedestrians, statues in mid-walking poses. The sound of water from the fountain echoed throughout the concrete jungle. Lights danced on the liquid mirror and reflected against the gigantic flower centrepiece. Its petals opened in slow motion. Two aliens looked around in … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Alien Problem
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Flash Fiction: The Vanishing Time
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. The children were told to stay indoors. Not safe to wander. A shadow cloaked the sun. The atmosphere crackled. The invaders close. The vanishing time. Only speculation rotated; same say alien experiments, others claim planets need populating, or … Continue reading Flash Fiction: The Vanishing Time
Flash Fiction: Delay
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for Rochelle's Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. Waiting. Waiting. Even spaceships run late. When was the last time one departed or arrived on time? A problem on Mars. There always is. Why not divert? Give us a Milky Way view? Because that would … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Delay
Flash Fiction: Beneath the Surface
PHOTO PROMPT © Jean L. Hays for Rochelle's Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. The government sealed off the area. A forbidden zone. Danger to the general public. Nothing to see here. But there is. A strong magnetic field surrounds. The air crackles with electricity. Explore beyond the ruins. … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Beneath the Surface
