The voyage of the Beda – a story overheard
The voyage of the Beda. In the sauna, the heat, the steam, the subdued lighting… If you’re lucky you also get to hear some interesting stories.
Story
This sub-category of Articulations collects all my posts with short stories and flash fiction.
Tala’s Story
I wrote this short story at the end of January 2016 as my submission to the first round of the NYCMidnight Short Story Challenge. The task was to write a fairy story involving a psychic and a birthmark.
As he stepped through the door
As he stepped through the door, the air was filled with the sound of bells. Joy, he thought. Joy! And stood on the top step of the short flight down to the street and drew himself up straight and raised his head.
Changing Guard in the hive – flash fiction story
Changing guard: What do the Queen Bee’s life guards talk about in the guardroom of the hive when it’s time to change shift?
On the clock tower – a flash fiction story
From the top of the clock tower you can see far out across the greavel desert and watch the setting sun. What else to do at the end of the world?
Time’s arrow thuds home – flash fiction
Time’s Arrow travels in a straight line before it thuds home, doesn’t it? But in a piece of flash fiction perhaps it doesn’t have to.
The successful novelist – flash fiction story
The successful novelist whose career started on guard duty outside the palace, observing the passers-by and inventing stories about them.
Mind over matter – a flash fiction story
Mind over matter: Believe you can and you can walk through walls, leap through a piano – as long as you don’t lose concentration.
The Camelopardophant in the Zoo of Heraldic Beasts
The camelopardophant isn’t the most cheerful of the heraldic beasts in the zoo. Flash Fiction for the Friday Fictioneers.
A pride of princesses
A Pride of Princesses. Penny the tomboy gets the boys to join her and dress as princesses. A piece of flash-fiction for the Friday Fictioneers group.