Back in February, I wrote a story prompted by the theme "love and loss" and the word "evening." A later draft of this story is currently out there in the world looking for a home. This passage, which will introduce you to the speculative romance's dorky and homesick main character, was cut from an early … Continue reading Excerpt from “Crooks”
Category: fiction
Microfiction Monday
My cool regional online writing group has started a challenge - to write a story under 300 words following a prompt each Monday. I surprised myself by jumping on the first prompt and coming up with... something. This actually started out as a somewhat humorous story, but, it seems, it's easiest to take things to … Continue reading Microfiction Monday
Park Ranger Love Story (Flash Fiction)
Park Ranger Love Story (Transcribed and maybe a bit altered from a maybe true story recounted by a ranger at Pacific Rim National Park) by Kilmeny MacMichael Once upon a time not that long ago, somewhere here in the Americas where mountain lion roam, a woman was out hiking. And when she came around a … Continue reading Park Ranger Love Story (Flash Fiction)
Institution (a teeny story)
Eowanna was yawning when she saw the lady in the moon, the lady untangling her hair with her fingers and looking lonely in the dark. Then Eowanna reached up and gave the lady in the moon her favourite hair brush. It was a special brush, with its heavy handle and backing made of the universal ebony; with its stiff and sharp bristle teeth made from the edges of clouds.
Advent (Flash Fiction)
Story written by Kilmeny MacMichael At the top of the road where the box canyon drops, there is a tall, grey chain-link fence. And an unreasonably large gate, locked against a precipice of grey rock, under a blanket of white fur from the sky. I’ve been here before. It is a place for poor family … Continue reading Advent (Flash Fiction)