Description: #Audio. #Flashfic.  #BasilandZoe A relationship switches gears. Excerpt: “Basil,” I made his name into something like an admonishment. “You’re my friend, too, aren’t you? I wouldn’t have invited you if I didn’t want you there.” I moved closer to the tiny bench he was occupying. “Move over a little.” He did as I asked, […]

Description: #Audio. #Flashfic.  #Horror.  Eternity means different things to different people. Excerpt: Ever the storyteller, Diego chose to tell different stories with his paintings. Instead of capturing encounters between gods and men, he focused on the earthiest of the earthbound. The kind who most people made a point of never seeing: the poor, the ugly, […]

Description: #Audio. #Flashfic.  #An exercise in description Excerpt: “Fix me,” the timepiece seems to whisper, as the daylight turns to night and the shadows lengthen on the wooden floor. “Make me useful again.” Links and References Read the text of this piece at MissMeliss.com Learn more about the Dog Days of Podcasting Learn more about […]

Description: #Audio. #Flashfiction #A completely human, earthbound moment. With tea. Excerpt: They’d rented their first apartment together – a horrible sixth-floor walk-up with a toilet that whistled for three full minutes after every flush and a claw-foot bathtub that rocked back and forth when you stepped over the side to get in it. Links and […]

Description: #Audio. #ShortShort  A challenge to write a story about birth. Excerpt: “Am I being kidnapped?” he asks, only half-kidding. “Nope. Rescued.” The corpsman is the size of a linebacker, black, with dark eyes that are difficult to read. His looks make him more likely to be on a football field or at the door […]

Description: #Audio. #Monologue Use an idiom or cliche as a literal impetus for a play. Excerpt: I look in the mirror and I see myself reflected back, and if I look more closely, look into my own eyes, I see my own reflected reflection. I search for purpose and find only algae and plankton, as […]

Description: #Audio. #Flashfic.  Incorporate and anecdote into a story. #BasilandZoe #origin Excerpt: “Thank you, Zoe, I accept your invitation.” He joined me on the bench and we were quiet for several minutes but then he broke the silence. “Were you aware, that the term ‘jellyfish’ is not accurate?” “I’m not sure what you mean?” “These […]

Description: #Audio. #shortshort #Experiment with writing in second person. Excerpt: You’re kind of reeling because a few hours before, while you were eating burgers and drinking beer at a really great diner near the arena, she came out to you, and you’re not sure if you reacted the right way, because no one’s ever come […]

Description: #Audio. #Flashfic.  #Use the first line of an existing work to inspire a story, but go in a completely different direction. Excerpt: “The princess from Betelgeuse and the prince from Hattaras Six? They’ve agreed to move forward for the good of their planets. The trade agreement that was part of the marriage contract was […]

Description: #Audio. #Flashfic.  The assignment was to use an obituary to inspire a story. Excerpt: The kissing part had been amazing. Forty-seven years of her kisses. Slightly fewer years of weekly trips to the Ocean View Lanes for bowling with their usual group. The group was just couples at first… then it was couples and […]