Flash Fiction Friday

The words still echoed in my head. “We will follow your passion.” They battled in my head with the body I was passionate about as that body rushed through brown leaves that had fallen from a million trees.   We […]

Jeb – my “Fathers”–was behind me. It was comfortable to feel him grow near the small of my back, leaving a million kisses along my shoulders as his hand clasped mine at my waist.  I leaned my head back.  “Do […]

There was a knock at the door, Mama turned to open it and in walked two people in robes. One was a course brown, and the other was a blue-grey linen. They covered their faces, all I saw were two […]

I turned to Mama. This time, she let me, as the scry rippled and clarified to pure, clear water. The stick was clean of my blood, and as I looked at my palm, I could see a drying line across […]

“She’s alive?”  I said quietly,  looking at Mama and Fathers. “It’s confusing. It could mean anything, really.”  The old man – Fathers – looked at the book, his eyes going hooded. “Let me…. let me get Jeb in here.”  He […]

“We brought magic to the shores of this new world, hidden magic.  Until your mother stole you away, we had lived for thousands of years unscathed.  Those who killed the Mother of the Glenn and her family rose up and […]

Mama handed me a book with my name etched on the front cover.  The cover was willow bark, not unlike the hat she had placed back on her head. “It’s all here, your life until now.”  I took the book […]

“It may be that you changed homes, changed lifestyles…” Mama Glenn drifted off, but her voice encouraged me to fill in what she didn’t know. I nodded.  “We did move to the wealthier side of town.  It’s where I met […]

Rain rattles against the high windows, and in the distance heavy thunder rolls. But I pay it no mind. Tonight I’m sworn to vengeance. This night, I have paper. Graphs and diagrams are all laid out before me.  I have […]