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Flash Friday 8-1-14 A biter, crunchy, assualt in Flash Friday Aug. 1, 2014, 9 a.m. | Public The door opened, he came in with the bitter cold, a stiff wind and a pea coat. I hadn’t seen him in t...

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“The wolf boy he come down off the mountain, bound himself in iron —“ “Why grandpa?’ “Cause blood can’t magic through iron, no he come —“ “Why grandpa?” “Cold iron is done, gray, already been mag...

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“It’s that thing that hollows out a man’s bones, howls in his ear, send to the holler with a bellyful of hard corn and an eye to the devil …” “Wait, what thing?” “Time. Sex. Money. That thing tha...

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The day the world ended my watch stopped. No, no, sorry, I have that backwards. It was cause and effect. The watch no longer measured time, in a very real, but singular, relative way, all the hou...

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It’s 2013, late in the year, American ground troops are in Iraq, and a man, let’s call him John, kneels on the floor in a roadside motel outside of tupelo. He’s naked, not erotically, a premature...

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There’s this shrink I know, he says we dream in black and white. Maybe it’s a vet and it’s dogs that dream in black and white. I talk to more shrinks than vets. I don’t like talking about dreams....

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Of course the traditional flash friday holiday is halloween, but you know, either way someones stockings are ending up on the mantle. “So, what’s it like, eating brains? Do you get … aroused?” “A...

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Ever since the accident, Charlie, the Bass man, has been drinking his whiskey through a straw. There’s a cigarette burning on the piano but no ones on the stage but the house lights and someone’s...

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She walked by a cell phone on the sidewalk. It was lit and a man’s voice was coming from the small speaker. She hurried past so the sound of her heels would be indistinguishable. She thought as...

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Ever since Facebook started offering to share old memories … shit. You know how facebook offers to share old posts? A lot of them are linked to OD. This came from a Flash October prompt. I like i...

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“ Why you peeing in a cup mister?” “Parole officer. Why are you?” “Mom. Why does prole ‘cifer want your pee?” “Because he’s a sad little man. Why does your mom want yours?” “She doesn’t. She just...

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Here and then I was riddled by the sun and set to mark by some unseen hand. My bearings, ciphered, proved me here and now; then. We walk through time in a straight line; I teeter, crooked. Once I...

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“If you don’t love me, be kind and lie,” her voice all ripe almond and death. “Be kind” pastilles, vanilla, cloying and coy. And death. I saw my own body as if from above, pale and balding, outl...

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“So, what about your parents?” “God I hate small talk.” “Me too. Let’s just have sex.” “With each other?” “Big talk.” “Ok. I didn’t know my parents.” “Orphan?” “Don’t give me that face, see what...

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She wore a large iron key around her neck; an ornate bow, a long skinny shoulder, and the cuts were deep and wide where they hung in her cleavage. People asked about it often. Men. Men caught sta...

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He bought a seat at the corner table with a girl and a horse, broad shouldered beast with hair at the ankles. Every time he raised the pot he’d say ‘What the hell, just fun tickets, right?’ The g...

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“Wait, wait, hold up cowboy …” “Honey, I’m about to ‘spode … um, with emotions or something.” “We can’t go any further until …” “What, baby, anything.” “You have to understand, I am Not A Slut.” ...

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“Did U get my texts?” “No. I didn’t get all 127 of them.” “So, whadda u think?” “Very erotic.” “Really?” “Damn you auto correct. EROTIC. Damn. Necrotic. Fuck. N e u r o t I c. Yea, darling, you’r...

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Some random motherfucker says over my shoulder “Hey, buddy, you’re leaving your prints.” He meant on my phone. He probably thought he was a specific motherfucker and technically he was right, ran...

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He was propped up on motel pillows in Lincoln Nebraska, watching Telemundo with Serbian subtitles, drinking cough syrup and waiting for the cops to bust down the door. In the drawer of the night ...

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“You look really familiar.” “No I don’t.” “Yes, really familiar.” “Well I’m not.” “I’ve seen you somewhere before.” “Impossible, I haven’t been anywhere. I’ve been out of the country, off planet....

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“… So kids that’s it, I’m a cop, cops are your friends, we protect and serve.” Miss Klein coughed. “Oh, I’m Carries dad.” She coughed again. “Um are there any questions. Every demon spawn punk as...

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I know it seems long, but I just started typing, less than thirty minutes. I swear I’m going to keep writing shit until I write something I like XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX “You are on a subway pl...

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The first engine whined, the second keened, and the moon pulled at me; a dull yellow glow in a low cloud. A few bumps down the runway and we were up. The smuggler grunted. “I haven’t flown one of...

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“What’s new, Chester?” “Nothing sir, just the names. Crazy has a short half-life and a shorter news cycle.” “Ok, what’ve you got?” “A born again rock star, page three, metro.” “Help me out.” “Sec...

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