FLASHES of inspiration. SHORT deliberations. STORIES for all.
ALL WAYS by Kelvin M. Knight Cars screeched to a halt at the sight - all four lanes. Those clouds, plummeting, unwinding, parting. Camera phones clicked. One man rushed to the boot of his car and pulled out a tripod with a 360 degree camera attached - which seemed odd considering all eyes were focussed … Continue reading ALL WAYS
My first collection of flash fiction stories - FAITH in a FLASH - was published yesterday on Books (formally iBooks). Here's what readers are already saying: I do not think there is anything else like this anthology. Varied and wide-ranging stories and characters yet all drawn together by faith. The author has poured his heart … Continue reading FAITH in a FLASH – my first collection of flash fiction stories – Books version
THIS NOTHINGNESS by Kelvin M. Knight Try blindfolding me - I will work those bands loose. Try gouging out my eyes - still I will see. Gag me, suffocate me, starve me, decapitate me. I am still here. Here where I belong - in my beloved Mother Country where I feel everything. These years of … Continue reading THIS NOTHINGNESS
This week Pegman is back in the USA, at the Garnet Mountain Fire Lookout in Big Sky Montana. Your mission is to write up to 150 words inspired by the prompt. What you write is up to you–contributors post anything from poetry, to every flavor of fiction, to personal essay. All we ask is that … Continue reading BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW
BLOG INTRO Last night I began reading a new short story collection, one by an author whose flash fiction I have thoroughly enjoyed this year. The seven stories from Ellie Scott’s “Merry Bloody Christmas” that I read last night before going to sleep had a profound effect on me this morning. When I woke, … Continue reading FACING THE MORNING
This week Pegman takes us to Frankfurt, Germany. Germany is unique among European countries in that there is very little street view. Hover your Pegman over the map of Germany and you’ll see what I mean. The Pegman challenge is to write up to 150 words inspired by the week’s location. You can use the … Continue reading FRANKFURT FESTIVAL
PHOTO PROMPT © Nick Allen He lubricated this cog and that, knowing he’d performed these actions countless times, but unsure why. Duty, maybe, dictating he keep these cogs turning smoothly? Listening to the whirring sounds become a symphony, he hobbled to the next shaft, then the next. With every step he yearned to remember, yet … Continue reading OILING THE WIND
