Category: Fiction

• #FridayFlash Lethargy

  ‘I’m bored of my despair’ said Sandra ‘I’m afraid of getting fat’ said Karen, licking the cream, watching the coffee swirl in the mug, holding the steam under her nose to help with the blackheads. ‘Shopping?’  said Sandra. ‘Bopping?’ said Karen. It wasn’t even raining. ‘Didn’t she die?’ said Sandra, looking at the actress on…

  alisonwells

  June 11, 2010

  #FridayFlash, Fiction, Flash fiction

  #FridayFlash, flash fiction, lethargy

• #FridayFlash Petrification

  ‘I want to send you for tests’ said the doctor. She turned round to look at him. She was buttoning up her blouse. He smiled and handed her an envelope. At home she steamed it open. It was matter of fact. It did not say This woman may be dying, please check. Neither did it…

  alisonwells

  June 4, 2010

  Fiction, Flash fiction, Uncategorized

  #FridayFlash, flash fiction, short stories

• #FridayFlash Ten Woebegones lie sleeping

  This is my first #Fridayflash fiction. The Woebegone is a creature from my novel-in-progress Housewife with a Half-Life. This is a newly written spin-off. Enjoy! Although they were quite commonly known in the alternates; it was many years before I came across a Woebegone. They were – as most things are in this cobbled together…

  alisonwells

  May 28, 2010

  Fiction, Flash fiction

  #FridayFlash, alternate worlds, Happiness, sadness, wobegone