Tag: SHORT STORY
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Scavenger
-brought to you by FICTIONARY, written by Tom Burton Mr Morgan is watching me. ‘Work faster, boy!’ he bellows over the clack-clack of the looms. I heap loose fibres into the sack, just like every day, and hold my misery tightly inside. He moves to the next worker, busy amidst whirring spindles. He’s yelling…
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Twenty Words Tuesday – Week 5
TWT’s 4th-Week prompt was -Misplaced, thank you for reading. If you haven’t had a chance to read the 20-word stories of previous week, click here. There were two entries last week and both of them were beautifully crafted. I am sharing my favorite one below. Hope you’ll enjoy. Thank You, everyone, for participating. I learned the hard way…
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Love Needs Translation
-brought to you by FICTIONARY, written by K. Hartless “Does Lars speak your love language?” Rawa’s chewing gum beeped. “Hold that thought,” she said and sprinted to the closet bio receptacle to spit it out before rejoining her best friend. “So, does he?” Rawa searched the wrinkled lines on Lola’s forehead. They reminded her of…
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Twenty Words Tuesday – Week 4
TWT’s 3rd-Week prompt was -Nostalgia, thank you for reading. If you haven’t had a chance to read the 20-word stories of previous week, click here. There were three entries last week and all of them were beautifully crafted. I am sharing my favorite one below. Hope you’ll enjoy. Thank You, everyone, for participating. The world may change us.…
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Twenty Words Tuesday – Week 3
TWT’s 2nd-Week prompt was -Vivid, thank you for reading. If you haven’t had a chance to read the 20-word stories of previous week, click here. There was only one writer who participated last week. He wrote multiple tales for the prompt; I am sharing my favorite one below. Hope you’ll enjoy. Thank You, Jude, for participating. Astride the…
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Twenty Words Tuesday – Week 2
TWT’s 1st-Week prompt was -Renovation, thank you for reading. If you haven’t had a chance to read the 20-word stories of previous week, click here. As there was only one writer who participated last week, I am sharing her story below. Hope you’ll enjoy. Dollhouse One rainy Saturday in winter, Louisa Rose was redecorating and rearranging her…
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Orange Crush
– a tiny tale brought to you by FICTIONARY. She is off limits, Nandini reminded herself again for the 74th time in the last…9 minutes as she flipped her hand to check the time. Yes, she was counting. And yes, it was that bad. She had an orange rubber band across her brown wrist which…
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Twenty Words Tuesday 2.0
Greetings folks! This was supposed to be the Week-48th of the famous TWT. However, with the new blog I’ve decided to upgrade this challenge too. Come, join in! All you need to do is: Sounds easy enough, right? Below is my 20-word story, I hope you’ll like it. Now, hop on the wagon and tell me…
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Creativity & Gossip
Greetings, old friend! How is the new year treating you so far? Yes, I am talking to you. Now, don’t feel shy. Did you honestly think that I wouldn’t notice the insane amount of creativity that you have up your sleeves? See, so you know what I am talking about. I wanted to tell you…
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In Conversation with Janie Reynolds
Janie, a practicing osteopath, lives in Eastbourne, UK, with her teenage daughter, and a music producer son. She won the Faber & Faber ‘Hard Lines’ short story competition at the age of 19 while training to be a journalist in London. But she left journalism to study psychology and philosophy at Middlesex University. Her non-governmental…
Bookish Bubble 