The American is a noir tale in which an expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In this episode, a rush home is thwarted by public transportation leaving too much time to think #serial #flashfiction

He went to the Caribbean expecting a #libertine life filled with rum, sex, and drugs. Instead he found a pirates’ den filled with cutthroats who laughed at his naivete. They were so entertained, they decided to give him what he wanted. Just not in anyway he wanted it. #vss365 #flashfiction

A lover, a bon vivant, a word that doesn't see a lot of sunshine these days. What's your #libertine? #flashfiction #vss365 #promptshare

The American is a noir tale in which an American expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In this episode, a rush home is thwarted by public transportation leaving too much time to think #serial #writing

Unboxing my baby with my baby. A Lion's Head by D.M. De Alwis... The other baby is Ms. E.

Beth tried to tell the villagers the creature was no monster. But townsfolk gave chase with torches and pitchforks until they cornered it. Now she kept her eyes closed as she could hear their screams over the crackling of the fires, the #ash falling from the sky like snow. #vss365 #flashfiction

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. If you don't take it out and use it, it's going to rust. #ash #promptshare #vss365 #flashfiction

This isn’t a hard-and-fast rule, but if a sentence starts with ‘per’ it’s usually a bummer.

The #clash of metal comes every night, so loud as to wake any in town. The village elders say stay away, for the calamity is caused by skeletal knights battling in the graveyard. No one knows why the died or still fight, but to question is to join them. For the dead envy the living. #vss365 #flash

People, ideas, army, clothes. They all #clash. What's the story there? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction

Jardin scoffed at the priests that would #associate stars with gods. They were just lights that moved, no different than a walker with a lamp. Why waste animals in sacrifice to things that would never listen? This was the argument she screamed as they tied her to the stake. #vss365

A person or a thing? An connective idea or partnership? What's your #associate? #promptshare #vss365 #flashfiction

Charles Schulz's PEANUTS began it's multi-decade run 75 years ago today. 🥂

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

A place of water in the desert, or just a place of comfort and safety from the turmoils of life? Is your #oasis literal or something else? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction

You have to admit, this sounds fun. #audio #podcast

The ice in the air, the sun in the sky, the snow under his skies. Nothing could #reinvigorate like it. It was beautiful. But he really should have watched out for that tree. #vss365 #flashfiction

Does the growing chill in the air #reinvigorate you? Or do the shorter days enervate you? What do you do to keep your spirits up as we enter spooky season? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction #skywrite

Glasgow nights #imspiration #urbanfantasy #noir

I got through the entire weekend without anyone being mean to me or being mean to anyone. Of course, I stayed offline.

In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the door. Behind it is a detective that handles the strangest cases in the Paris of the Pacific Northwest. In this chapter, Aggie gets to know some of the new neighbors of an old house. #serial #flashfiction #audio

An inventory, or the #stock of a gun, a broken branch, things you need and things you don't. What do you take #stock in? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction

Kiss Me Quick, by Karl Kramer. Cover art by Robert Maguire.

Some phrases are so well-known, you don't need to say the whole thing to be understood. E.g., you can say "birds of a feather" without saying "flock together." -“When life hands you lemons…” -“Great minds…” -“When in Rome…” Such partial phrases are called 'anapodotons.'

When things come together or we make something completely new. Or when you stitch together corpses to make a living man. That's #synthesis! #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction

Fog, #noir, and the fantastic. NYC by Phil Penman

Char tried to #rein in her children, but they wouldn’t listen, bouncing from one thing to another until they crashed back into sleep. It was only in the liminal space of insomnia that she could see that someone had stolen her children – and replaced them with monsters. #vss365 #flashfiction

The Meeting Place #Noir #Urbanfantasy

Marco Rubio and Netanyahu's administration are to meet to discuss Gaza's future. Bitch, with Netanyahu in charge, Gaze doesn't have a future. He's ignoring Israeli's desire to free the hostages and stop the war to save his own ass.

#Rein it in or let it go? Master and control or free and feather? What would you rein? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction

You trusted me. The #vss365 prompt for 15 September is: Rein. “You gave too much #rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.” (Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles) #prompt #rein

Did you know? In the Victorian era, America’s first comic strip celebrity was a street urchin called the Yellow Kid. The Yellow Kid represented an Irish-American slum child at a time when Irish immigrants were still widely mocked as brutish, dirty, and unassimilated. #Victorian #history

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The American is a noir tale in which an American expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In this episode, the American sets an ambush to get some answers of his own. #serial #audio #flashfiction

Who isn't #exhausted these days? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction

A #flashfiction piece for you on the importance of stories. matthewcmclean.com/2025/09/11/t...

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Cover Reveal! September 15th! Issue 89 of SmokeLong Quarterly! Ten killer flash by ten amazing writers. And we're thrilled to feature new CNF by Aimee Bender, our first featured author in the SmokeLong Master Series. Cover art by Mario Loprete.

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Picking up his kitten, he could feel the change in his pet, a lightness, as if something had gone missing. When she didn’t open her eyes, the infinitesimal weight became #unbearble. #vss365 #flashfiction

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Your horror belongs in Dark Descent. 🖤 We’re after microhorror—under 500 words—that hits quick and lingers. Link in bio. #readingcommunity #horrorcommunity #writingcommunity #booksky

Thoughts and prayers, buddy.

What is #bearable to one can crush another. What makes the difference in that weight? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction

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The #power of graft is irresistible. Jerry was a good cop in a good town, but one that had been dying since the mill had shut down. Then the oxy started showing up & he tracked it to a local doctor. A discussion was had, arrangements were made, and now no one buys it in town anymore. #vss365 #flash

New York is about money, D.C. is about #power. But aren't they the same? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction

Something you read? Or something you wear? What's your #article? #promptshare #vss365 #flashfiction #skywrite

In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in the Paris of the Pacific Northwest. In this chapter, an old house pops up in a new neighborhood. #skywrite #serial

He was #conscious until the last moment. She made sure of it, keeping her eyes locked on his as she held him under the water. She wanted him to know who had killed him. He already knew why. #flashfiction #vss365 #skywrite