Tag: flash fiction
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Shakespeare
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2 minutesI’m sitting there, sipping a coffee, checking the weather for the day ahead. Within an hour I’ll be out of here and deep into the Ayrshire countryside. There’s a guy up at the window. Got his nice new shiny MacBook out, sitting in the window.…
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This Will Do
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1 minuteYou wake up in the morning. It’s freezing outside the duvet. There’s frost on the window, even though you’ve got double glazing. Fat lot of fucking good that’s done. You’d think somebody had left the window wide open. You lie there for a while. Your…
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Broken Strings
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1 minuteStevie counts it off. Drum sticks. Holding them above his head for the full effect. And we hit the riff. Just like we rehearsed it. That riff that I found at 10pm sitting on the couch watching the TV. And I look out at the…
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Fuzzy Warlo Is Hitting the Streets
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3 minutesI woke up early. My head felt like the bed had slept on me rather than me sleeping on it. Why do you wake up early when you have no reason to and sleep in when the 5am alarm goes. I slept in my jeans…
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Football
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1 minuteI can’t help but notice the stars are shining. I take a walk past the football ground. Here’s hoping for a good season. I sit on the front step. The shutters are down and there is no one around. I remember coming here as a…
