April Flash Challenge

prompts: I’m already halfway gone He came by the way that he walked 45 dyes her hair pink “The truth of the matter is that by the time you get the note, I’m already halfway gone” he says, trembling in his boots while delivering a devilish ultimatum. That’s the beauty of this kind of breakup…

1:28pm The problem wasn’t the simple fact that it had been raining for what felt like years and that puddles were already overflowing drainage ditches and flooding sidewalks all across the city. The problem wasn’t that no matter how many times I changed clothes or tried to use an umbrella, I got ...

I always hated this time of year. The bleating always froze in my eardrums and repeated itself on loop for some months following and I had enough trouble sleeping as it is. I prepared myself as best I could, but failed the preliminary tests I tried to give myself along the way. From the time…

This return to Friday flash is brought to you by prompts by Amygdala: Reckless, wasteland, clashing rocks Waves of heat steamed their way off the concrete, pulling into the parking lot slowly before a gentle commune with nature. The beach was calling to me – had been for some time. The steam blis...

Devon, graciously, agreed to provide my flashes for today, and she did her best to make them as tricky as possible. She's good like that. So, from the girl: flashes for my baby: 1)"I only listen to the blues while hand washing my delicates" 2) Late night infomercials, whiskey and a cheap blond wi...

Based on prompts by Haredawg: a contingency plan for when things go fubar, and amygdala - beer froth, maiden hair and maple leaves. All I knew at the moment was that it had seemed like a good idea at the time. Not so much now, no - with the mess of the bar, the waitress…

The sun rose high and bright over the flats this morning. I wish I could say I lived in a valley, or on a mountainside somewhere high above grasslands or country, but I don’t. The land here is as flat and barren as a rolled out carpet. A few bumps along the way where it…

Prompt: 1) rolling home to you – haredawg 1) earthstruck – amygdala They said it was the third star on the right and straight on till morning – neverland…some magical place where adults could live in their immaturity and never grow up. I think the aim was never grow “old”, personally – but either...

Based on prompts by Amygdala: Everything south of Bleeker Street; guy walks into a bar, you can’t bottle that I needed a drink, seriously. The problem was that everything south of Bleeker street in this old, dusty town was even more dusty – dingy. Made you feel dirty. Made you feel bad somehow, l...

based on prompts by Haredawg: The hare hounded by the hunt; sleep world the dreamer is rising; where in the medical temporal lobes would you find the amygdala? “Where in the medical temporal lobes would you find the amygdala?” The professor’s voice raised high, echoing in the cavernous chamber, s...