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ktfabler (35)in #fiction • 6 years ago
FAIRY INVESTIGATION - a micro story and prequel
Elsbeth's fairy, no intellectual lightweight, listened to the underground rumblings from her bluebell swing. The Vines planned an insurrection. With a PhD in Logic, double minor…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiftywords • 6 years ago
THE ASCENT From Here
The following micro-fiction piece (just #fiftywords), is for Kimi's #365daysofwriting challenge. You can see the prompt at her DAY 101 post. Depending when you check out Kimi's…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiftywords • 6 years ago
SUICIDE SURFING at The Emerald Crystal Cove
Fifty Word Challenge Entry - “Forest” The micro fiction story, below, is an entry in @jayna’s Fifty-word challenge. The prompt this week is ‘forest.’ I chose to use it to tell…
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jayna (74)in #challenge • 6 years ago
Fifty-word story roundup and new prompt!
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed a #fiftywords short story this week! It was really interesting to see what came out of the mouse prompt . (Note to self: When…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiction • 6 years ago
THE SCREAMING HUMAN SIREN and accident at the school grotto
It was Saturday morning. We were having cereal around the family dining table. Old Daddy by now was finished cleaning catfish after a successful morning, fishing with cronies.…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiction • 6 years ago
TELEPATHY: How to Say Goodbye
“Daddy?” I spoke this with my heart. His eyes fluttered open. Then fixed their gaze on mine. Pierced me with their message. “I’m unable to repair it this time.” He meant his…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiction • 6 years ago
NATURE'S REVENGE: a Fairy's Warning
The weeds climbed over from old lady Rose Briar's cottage next door. Grew until they wound their way into my garden. Thorny, thick vines took over my yard. I cut, and cut with…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiftywords • 6 years ago
‘BRING CATS BACK-OP’ - Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is…
This micro fiction story is an entry in @jayna’s Fifty-word challenge. A Magical Realism nod to the Mission Impossible TV (original if not remake) series, as well as a wink to…
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ktfabler (35)in #fact-fiction • 6 years ago
STILL DAZZLING after all these years
A freak Midsummer snow flurry, complete with arctic winds across the Great Lakes, decided my wish for me. Bookie and I were sunbathing on the sand dunes behind my Lake Shore…
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ktfabler (35)in #story • 6 years ago
BREAKING THROUGH a Long Line... to Myself, Part 2
MY SLOW AWAKENING TO THIS WORLD As the first and (for a time) only child, I had all the requisite honors, including my own body guard. Our ten-and-a-half month old cocker…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiftywords • 6 years ago
Out From Darkness ...to Light
Good old Spring the Slinky felt (indeed was) useless. He sat in darkness, with other unused toys at the back of the closet. Fifty years later, a broom came. Made a lucky sweep.…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiction • 6 years ago
CURTAIN CALL - one for the "Halls of Memorobilia"
I didn't need this job. I just liked driving. And meeting new people. However, I wasn't prepared when I arrived to pick up this fare. A group of circus performers, still in…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiction • 6 years ago
HARD KNOCKS and Soft Landings, part 2 of 2
In Part One, a mysterious car slowed down to toss a small box toward Gwen's little homestead. It was still rolling down the berm when her dog Twink discovered it. image credit:…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiction • 6 years ago
HARD KNOCKS and Soft Landings, part 1 of 2
Twink was making his daily perimeter check. Just as Maisie had taught him. That was a long time ago. He often wondered what it was like for her after she’d crossed over. Still…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiction • 6 years ago
MONDAY WASHDAY BLUES - A Gobbler Brothers’ Tale
The Gobbler Brothers learn quickly that life on the farm isn’t all about grazing, mocking the chickens, or gossiping on their new perch. No. They have to pull their weight along…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiction • 6 years ago
Good fight, short life; a long journey continues
Image credit: kellepics at pixabay.com The bark of her Elvin longboat glistened in the dew. Her secret party slid along silent waters. Morewyn stood on the prow, pointing her…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiction • 6 years ago
HONEY THE (NOT) FARMER’S WIFE - A Gobbler Brothers Tale
The Gobbler Brothers came into this world finding it strange indeed. Yet they took to it with zest, as only turkeys can. Check out their debut, "Rescue Me." "No, Me." "Honey,"…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiction • 6 years ago
"Rescue Me." - "No, Me." -- A GOBBLER BROTHERS Tale
"Peck." "Peck-Peck." "Hey, Brother?" "What?" "You hear something?" "Yeah." "What is it?" "It's me. Peck-Peck-Peck." "What are you doing?" "Doing? I'm breaking out of…
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ktfabler (35)in #fiction • 6 years ago
UP A TREE and Scared Frozen, part 4
Freckles continues recounting how his family helps Old Guy through a terrible ordeal. To read from the beginning, go here for Part 1, or here for Part 2, and here for Part 3.…
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bhop42moro (46)in #fiction • 6 years ago
The Mango Seedling
Source Clothes, shoes, books, twenty years’ worth of memories… a small pile for two decades of life. I throw everything onto the bed. I grab the two sacks I had brought…
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