PHOTO PROMPT © Trish Nankivell for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. Note:Best wishes everybody! 2020 has been one hell of a ride for the planet. Here's to hoping for a better 2021! 2020 feels like being on a road to nowhere. A dusty Pilbara route hidden by desert land. Isolated, civilisation … Continue reading Flash Fiction: 2020 in the Review Mirror
Tag: Life
Flash Fiction: Numb
PHOTO PROMPT © Sarah Potter Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. TANNILLE: Why is everything I write crap? So flat, colourless. MUSE: You place too many restrictions on me. No more killing Muse, only be happy Muse, the world doesn’t need another sad story Muse, too dark Muse… TANNILLE: OMG you killed … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Numb
Flash Fiction: Doom and Gloom
PHOTO PROMPT @ A. Noni Mouse for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. Groundhog Day. The days blended into one. No distinct feature to separate. The dishes akin to a broken record. The TV playing in the lounge room ceased offering comfort. The news promoted a daily dose of dread. Reruns of … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Doom and Gloom
Flash Fiction: Gremlins
PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. Slumber parties are fun… for children. Parents on the other hand… Follow these rules to control the darlings. 1. Don’t let the kids get wet. The swimming pool creates muddy foot prints all over the house. Lock that … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Gremlins
Flash Fiction: Match Girl
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. Welcome to fantasy land. Remember the old times, leaving the house to eat? Spoiling the fancy tablecloth with rich food, drinking too much wine… How did they get the stains out? One of life’s mysteries. Laughter roared with fire on … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Match Girl
Flash Fiction: Junk
PHOTO PROMPT © C.E.Ayr for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. They cleaned out their grandmother’s shed. A hoarder of sorts. She called it collecting. Everything has value, a story. “You know she’s going to come back and haunt us for messing with her shit.” “It’s junk, not even charity wants … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Junk
Flash Fiction: Make a Wish
PHOTO PROMPT © Ceayr for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. Note: Apologies for missing last week's story. I opened my laptop to write. Alas, she is dead. My workflow is disrupted, but I am fortunate to have back-up devices while my precious is being repaired. This is why I … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Make a Wish
Flash Fiction: Life is a Stage
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. Life is a stage. Sometimes, lights beat down on us and we sweat under the scrutiny. Some, thrive, the centre stage thrilling. Others wish for a black hole to open and engulf them. The real power is backstage. The puppet … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Life is a Stage
Flash Fiction: Driving in Circles
PHOTO PROMPT © C.E. Ayr for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. Life. Sometimes we go around in circles. Never sure who to give way to. Some come for the ride with us, others trapped to move along in their own loop. Dizzy, the exit confusing, wait for another to lead the … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Driving in Circles
Flash Fiction: Buttons & Safety Pins
PHOTO PROMPT © Jean L. Hays for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here. “As cute as a button” her husband would say as she frantically whizzed around. Always running late. Never wore a watch even when they were in fashion. Why bother? Her mobile phone acted as her nagger - … Continue reading Flash Fiction: Buttons & Safety Pins
