Here's a silly story I wrote in response to a microfiction monday prompt last month - the prompt was "paint" and because of other things I was working on at the time, I ended up using some minor knowledge of nautical camouflage for the finale. There are ways I could integrate this history better into … Continue reading Greyish Mauve (flash fiction)
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Wax and Wane (flash fiction)
The shoemaker’s children did not have no shoes – they had the very best of shoes.Not fancy shoes, not made with glass or glitter, not stiletto-heeled or flat canvased, not bearing blinking lights or tiny wheels. Simply perfect shoes. Every half-moon night, the shoemaker created these shoes.Good quality material. Built by experienced, fairly-compensated and still-curious … Continue reading Wax and Wane (flash 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.
Kilmeny MacMichael 