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September 29, 2013 by

“He is a charlatan”, Mina sputtered , “How can you consider this?”

“Oh, honey he’s just a squirrel trying to get a nut, it will be fun”, Mona replied, “I see a tall dark man”.

Mina looked thoughtful, ‘What did Mona know?’

“He’ll reach you first, give him your hand”.

[49]

Charles patted his inner pocket, his ticket to another world as if it were charmed. All around him, the noise was overwhelming. The excitement of other passengers palatable, ready to embark on an adventure, a shiver ran down his spine.

He glanced to the bow; Titanic, he shivered again.

[49]

The air was crisp, the end of summer a tang running through True’s awareness, lifting her spirit just slightly. She sat outdoors, sipping coffee, twirling a curl and watching the final revelers stagger home, primitive passions finally spent. Cheshire smile bent perfect lips, she knew they would return tomorrow night.

[50]

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The final autumn words are the Hot Flashes, three in fact. Reach, Embark and Return. Each Hot Flash has a word limit of 50 words. Reach comes in at 49, Embark comes in at 49 and Return comes in at 50 .

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Fall Flash 13

September 12, 2013 by

It is past boarding time, the departure lounge was full of people waiting for the flight to be called. The attendants rested heads upon hands not even pretending interest.

Infants squall, hungry and hot their parents ignoring the angry glares of others. Children run wildly, tripping over luggage and legs sprawling across open spaces. The air grows fetid with each passing minute, sour milk, half-eaten lunches and unchanged babies filling the lounge with its own pungent mixture.

Glancing around Demi wonders why she agreed to this trip, zip lines through jungle canopies and Rum Punch by the pool doesn’t seem worth this hell.

Finally, the speaker sputters, “ladies and gentlemen, we are ready for boarding, do not get in line before your row is called, we are warning you.”

Demi sighed, “Row 45, travel isn’t what it used to be. It will be at least another hour.”

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The Flash word is Travel . The word limit is 150 words. This one comes in at exactly 145.

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Fall Flash – 10

September 4, 2013 by

Shattered silence, broken dreams the alarm screams inharmoniously as an arm snakes out from under the covers to slam the snooze button, nothing happens the world does not return to quiet.

Grabbing the pillow, Bobbie Sue covers her head, wills herself back to sleep without success. Flickering neon lights her room in mad flashes from the flop across the road. The discordant sound of alarms breaking her sleep, nothing but police sirens.

How did she arrive here she wonders as she looks around the dismal space she calls home, stained bedding, rough towels and falling plaster. The flicker of the neon warns her, the sun will soon be down, it is time to get up. The street calls, her choices brought her to this corner of Hell; the transformation of Bobbie Sue to someone called Peaches.

Broken dreams, shattered innocence. Could she ever go home again?

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The Flash word is Up . The word limit is 150 words. This one comes in at exactly 146.

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Fall Flash 9

September 1, 2013 by

Georgie took the hairpin turn at fifty miles per hour, one for every year he had been on earth and flew off the mountainside. Yesterday he would have taken the same turn at seventy-five. At his birthday, his Mother told him to grow up or she would cut him off.

He considered options, regress to his previous tight-ass ways or continue to have fun. He chose money over joy, look what it got him, damn.

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The Flash word is Regress . The word limit is 75 words. This one comes in at exactly 75.

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Fall Flash 7

August 29, 2013 by

Ruthie lay as if sleeping, peaceful like. She was beautiful in her Sunday-go-to-meeting dress, her white gloves and her hair all done up just the way she liked it.

Harold sat in the front, hands together and head bowed. Lovely Ruthie he thought, how I loved you.

“Don’t worry Harry; I’ll be just around the corner waiting for you.” Harry smiled quietly to himself as he heard her whispered words and the casket closed.

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Fall Flash 6

August 22, 2013 by

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It burned hot. Flames had reached up to what seemed the moon and stars. She could hear the glass in the windows cracking from the heat of that fire. The children thought it was pretty and watched as it ravaged the only home they knew, not understanding what it meant.

The Fire Department never arrived, she couldn’t pay, not since he left and services were privatized for her part of town.

They watched it burn.

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Fall Flash 4

August 18, 2013 by

“I find you guilty of murder; do you have anything to say before your sentencing?”

The judge stared down at the woman before him, his eyes shooting sparks of hot fury. He was clearly prepared to throw all the books at her.

She stood straight, proud in her orange. In clear, ringing tones so all could hear her, she said, “I was right to kill him, he beat me ten times. You let him go ten times to beat me again, the eleventh time I stood my ground.”

The courtroom gasped.

“I sentence you to Life, without Parole.”

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Fall Flash II

August 2, 2013 by

Decisions!

The door is wide open; it is simply a matter of taking a single step. What to do? Ruby was never good with choices, always had a hard time making them. Which way to go, forward or back this was the only decision.

“Come back to me”, she heard him cry out to her.

“Come home, it is fine to let go”, she felt the call in her heart.

The call was so tempting, the voice so alluring; she chose in that instant with that call to come home. One final breath and she let go.

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The Flash word is Come. The word limit is 100 words. This one comes in at exactly 97.

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Fall Flash – I

July 23, 2013 by

She twirled; her dress sparkled as it swirled around her ankles. She stared in the mirror, a vision in silver and white from head to toe, the pale pink of her lips the only color in the palette. She stared in the mirror, the icy blue of her eyes betraying her as a single tear trailed down her cheek.

“It is time”, her father says, “Time to go down and end this”.

“Must I?” She asked quietly.

“It is too late for regrets now, dammit. I told you to keep that aspirin between your knees!”

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The Flash word is Down. The word limit is 100 words. This one comes in at 95.

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Flash: Coffee

June 27, 2013 by

She stumbled, twice from her bedroom to the kitchen. Rubbing sleep from her eyes, she grabbed the pot while punching the grinder. The smell of ground coffee filled the air.

Looking down, she noted she was still dressed from the night before. Never mind, coffee first then solve the mystery.

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This week’s word is Coffee. The word limit is 50 words. This one comes in at 50.

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