Early in May, we collected my daughter after her third year of college. After we unpacked the car, my daughter proceeded to the pantry where she hung off the door like she always does to peruse the shelves. She said, “I missed your pantry,” and this story popped into my head. I wrote it forContinueContinue reading “Mom’s Pantry”
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Flash Fiction: Hunger and Socks
A lot of my flash fiction is stored on a tumblr blog. I fell out of the habit of using tumblr before they started censoring my fun but sometimes head over there to scroll through my old posts. There are nearly 50 slices of story there, many of them ideas for something greater. I’ve beenContinueContinue reading “Flash Fiction: Hunger and Socks”
Flash Fiction: “88 Days” and “Mine”
I used to write a lot of flash fiction, at least one piece a week. Last year, when I wasn’t writing anything, people suggested I try flash fiction again and I thought about it but didn’t get very far. This year, now that I am writing again, I have the urge to flash. I willContinueContinue reading “Flash Fiction: “88 Days” and “Mine””
Bird Chatter
Once upon a time, Lex Chase hosted something called Flash Fiction Fridays on her blog. To those invited to participate, she would send a picture, a random sentence, and the encouragement to make of it what we could. “Bird Chatter” came from the following prompt: “Something about him is…off.” It’s not the weirdest thing I’veContinueContinue reading “Bird Chatter”
Flash Fiction: “Dad’s Side of the Family” and “Falling”
One of my favourite aspects of flash fiction is the chance to explore another story for a while without having to commit. The world-building happens on the fly, while you’re writing, and the characters inhabit only that moment, or those moments during which the story happens. It’s like visiting another world for just a littleContinueContinue reading “Flash Fiction: “Dad’s Side of the Family” and “Falling””
Kelly Jensen 