Description: #Audio. #FlashFic Snapshots from a life lived near sand and water. Excerpt: A rare combination of undertow and rip-tide. A moment when she has her back to the waves because he’s got the camera out and pointed at her, and just this once, she wants to be an active participant in his art. The […]

Description: #Audio. #FlashFic Twenty years in the future, a diver is lost. Excerpt: In a recent paper Dr. Casey presented as biologist-in-residence at MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute), she theorized that the increased toxicity of near-shore ocean waters in tropical and subtropical climate zones had forced the former baitfish into new behaviors as a […]

Description: #Audio. #FlashFic Finding love when you’re madness controls your power isn’t easy. Excerpt: On their third meeting, though, the moon had been high in the sky after the official festivities of the ball had ended, and she’d been edgy and cross all evening, for no apparent reason. He’d tried to break through her prickly […]

Description: #Audio. #FlashFic A father and son have a long-overdue conversation. Excerpt: “Why didn’t you ever play music at home? Katie would have loved your music. You know she’s at Julliard now? And Mom… she kept that piano dusted and tuned for you, not for us. Why did you hide that part of you? Why […]

Description: #Audio. #FlashFic A little girl spends some time using her imagination. Excerpt: Anisa peered through the cardboard tube expecting to see just the flesh of the orange, but her grandmother stroked her hair and reminded her, “Use your imagination!” Links and References Dog Days of Podcasting website Read Kaleidoscope at MissMeliss.com Learn more about […]

Description: #Audio. #FlashFic A class project leads to some contention. Excerpt: Marco was the first to really be on board with the idea. “Actually,” he said, his slight Italian accent softening the other student’s name, “Zhack may be on to something. The women’s team – they used a Ouija board for their first round.” “They […]

Description: #Audio. #FlashFic The fifth witch tells her story. Excerpt: But not in Kansas, because, really? Kansas? Grasshoppers and wheat fields are just NOT her thing. Instead, she settles in Minnesota, where she’s attracted to places called Blue Earth and Faribault. She finds love with a tall wizard named Paul who has a pet ox […]

Description: #Audio. #FlashFic A woman tries to her sleep while her partner is on a remote mission. Excerpt: And when the chatter goes silent, when the signal is too weak, too far away, or the remote team is dealing with situations too sensitive to be broadcast to unsecure receivers, she has nights like this, where […]

Description: #Audio. #FlashFic His collection of storms might save them all. Excerpt: But Sam – that was his real name – went on collecting, stuffing sunrises into jam jars and snow storms into pickle bottles. He even managed to cram a coastal fog into a container one day, but it had been a wild capture. […]

#Audio. The bathtub mermaid babbles about her 6-week post-op ortho visit. Excerpt: On July 11th, I had the ACL and ALL replaced in my left knee, and my meniscus trimmed. 6 Weeks Later, I’ve finally been cleared to put weight on my involved leg, and go back in the pool. Links and References Dog Days […]