Category Archives: Flash Fiction

January 27, 2016

By Heart

By Kat Myrman

 

PHOTO PROMPT © Jan W. Fields

 
Eleanor would miss the wooden floors that moaned under her steps and the warm smells that filled the kitchen, wafting to the chamber room hallways through the dumbwaiter shaft.

She scanned the room, eyes stinging as she held back salty tears.

The spinet was all that remained. It would stay. The new owners had fallen in love with it, offering a fetching sum in addition to paying the asking price. Besides, it was too bulky to move.

“One more song for the road?” Her fingers knew every note by heart. She closed her eyes and imagined him listening.

kat ~ 27 January 2016
(98 Words)

A bit late for the challenge but this photo byJan W. Fields spoke a story to me. There is a new photo and stories waiting to be told this week. Thank you to Rochelle Wiseoff-Fields for each week’s Friday Fictioneer Story Prompt inspiration. You can read other stories HERE.

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January 25, 2016

Failure…A Six Word Story

By Kat Myrman

Photo Credit: https://flic.kr/p/6xyFnt

 
A Six word story challenge from Nicola Aukland, A Sometimes Stellar Storyteller. The prompt this week: Failure.

If you’d like to read other stories (though it might be  depressing…just sayin’!) or enter your own tale of regret, click HERE. 🙂

It was her moment! She froze.

~ kat – 25 January 2016

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January 19, 2016

Frozen

By Kat Myrman
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Photo Credit: A Mixed Bag 2010

“It’s been there for over a week! Once the snow melted I thought someone would come move it.”

“No sign of movement anywhere near the car, you say?” The Sheriff wanted to be sure before calling the tow truck.

“Nothing. But I have noticed this strange light…”

“Go on…”

“At first I thought it was a flashlight, but nobody has been out there in this weather. This little ball of light just bounces around near the door and then…there! You see it?”

“Hmmm…that is certainly odd. Maybe I better have a closer look.  You stay here Mrs. Martin.” As he opened the door, there huddled in the front seat was the frozen body of an older man. An autopsy later revealed that the poor guy had likely died of a heart attack.

As for the strange light, Mrs. Martin only saw it once more. As the coroner’s van took the body away, the ball of light appeared brighter than she had ever seen it. It made a spiral or two and then zipped over her head disappearing.

“How strange,” she thought. But it left her with a peaceful feeling. Maybe that poor guy was finally at peace too.

kat – 19 January 2016
(200 Words)

A story in response to Sunday Photo Fiction’s Challenge based on the photo above.  If you would like to enter your own story or read the other submissions, click HERE.

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January 19, 2016

The Honey Tree

By Kat Myrman
The Honey Tree

Photo Credit: The Storyteller’s Abode

“No silly, honey doesn’t grow on trees!”

“But you said we was goin’ to the Honey Tree, Auntie Sue!”

“Yes I did! It’s a special store on Shore Drive. And this is the perfect time of day to visit. When the sun is setting, it gives the store fronts an amber glow.”

“Whatsa namberglow?”

“Amber glow, Sarah. It’s the color of the buildings when the sun sets just so…like gold…do you see it?”

“Oh, I see it…oooh…I like amber glow!”

“Well the reason we’re going to the Honey Tree right this minute is because I heard that the beeswax candles you buy at sunset are magic. You can make a wish when you light them.”

“Any wish, Auntie Sue?”

“Any wish.”

“And your wish will come true?”

“Well I guess we’ll never find out unless we try.”

“You know what I gonna wish for Auntie Sue?”

“I think I might. I’m gonna wish that too.”

“I wish that mommy will get better. That’s what I wish.”

“Me too sweetie…me too…”

kat ~ 19 January 2016
(175 Words)

A story for Priceless Joy’s Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers (FFfAW) Challenge based on the story above. If you would like to read other stories or submit your own, click HERE for the link.

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January 17, 2016

Amusement – Six Word Stories

By Kat Myrman

Here are a few takes on Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s weekly Six Word Story Challenge.  The prompt this week is “Amusement”. Read others stories or enter your own by clicking HERE.

Dogs fetch to humor their masters.

Romance novels were her guilty pleasure.

Watching paint dry was more fun.

kat ~ 17 January 2016

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