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Category Archives: Flash fiction
The implausible green star hunter
None of us will ever forget the day we saw it. Though we may live to regret having done so. We weren’t looking for it, as such – naturally not: why would one deliberately try to find something that can’t … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Fantasy, Flash fiction, People, Science, Science Fiction
Tagged aliens, astronomy, David Kipping, green, green star, Kermit, little green men, technosignature, transcription
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Pursue excellence – but accept that you’re only human
Perfection is an unrealistic goal; but if all we ever strive to achieve is just what’s good enough, and sit back on our laurels once we’ve accomplished that, not only is perfection out of reach, excellence is, too. Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Computers and Internet, Core thought, Flash fiction, memetics, Strategy
Tagged excellence, good enough, interview, only human, perfect, recursion
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A warning from the future
We sleep during the day, because anywhere but under the second skin it’s too hot to do anything else. At night we rise, to continue construction of The Project. Some talk of redefining the words ‘night’ and ‘day’ to reduce … Continue reading
Squad action
“We’re going to need more men on this!” “Sir! Yes, sir!” The one that had spoken peeled away from the column and headed back to base, double time. The rest of them continued to reconnoitre. That boy will go far, … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Flash fiction
Tagged Flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, squad, Wind the frog!
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Heister
I’d been tracking this elusive character all over the world for two years now. Everywhere he hit, he left a photograph bearing the legend “always smile! PONY BROWN” as a calling card. After banging my head against the wall as … Continue reading
Posted in Drama, Flash fiction
Tagged #Whatdoyousee, always smile!, Flash fiction, Pony Brown
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The centrepiece
“No, it’s not the colour, the colour’s just fine.” “Is it the lights? I could add more lights.” “No, no… there are just the right number of lights.” “Too many fountains? Too few?” “That’s not it.” By this time, I … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, balance, Flash fiction, Just for laughs, Phlyarology
Tagged Flash fiction, Fountains, Friday Fictioneers, Symmetry
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Round trip
The old man in the shop in Turkey assured me that this camera was the best that money could buy. “It literally transports you back to where you were when the picture was taken,” he said to me, as I … Continue reading
Come on feel the noise
It’s a truly beautiful day in spring, and the annual festival is in full swing. I can feel in my bones the thump, thump, thump of the drumming. I can see the swaying bodies of the crowd, watch those at … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, Flash fiction, Poetry
Tagged band, Cum on feel the noize, Flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Quiet Riot
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Topsy-turvy
It was only the fourth time we’d tried using the interdimensional portal. The other three times had revealed views of barren landscapes. This one was completely different. We’d hit the jackpot this time; the visiscreen displayed what was clearly a … Continue reading
Posted in art, Fantasy, Flash fiction, Phlyarology, Science Fiction
Tagged Flash fiction
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Cabinetto reshuffle
I’m celebrating Towel Day (now just eight days away, froods!) early with an attempt at Deb Whittam’s ’42 Words’ challenge #5 (‘cabins’). I hope you like it! After The Fall we learned to live in harmony with nature. We harvested … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, balance, Biodiversity, Core thought, Energy, Environment, Flash fiction, Health, Strategy
Tagged 42 Words, cabin, fantasy, Flash fiction
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