stories
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Pip: Born To Write — where flash fiction, craft confessions, and strong opinions about parking all coexist peacefully. Mara: Chris Chonos has been busy this week. We're covering original fiction, writing process, reader opinions on books and heroes, and a little local exploration. Let's start with the stories — Silas is back, and he's not…
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“Excuse me, did you drop this?” Maggie turned around and saw a young boy with shaggy brown hair holding her ribbon in his hands. She walked back towards him and said, “Thank you, young man.” She ran her hands through his hair. She felt a shiver going down her spine and felt the familiar warm…
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I’m back on track to keep up my writing routine. I am using an app called Daily Prompt. It feels good to be back in that habit. There are successes this week with some more of my book write and I actually have some ideas for the ending. I am going to start writing that…
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Another piece of free writing. I just did this on the fly. An eeriness washed over the theatre as the lights were brought down to match the mood. Mark turned on the fog machine and watched as the mist rolled down the aisle. The reaction always made Mark appreciate his job as a special effects…
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The bits and pieces continue with Silas arriving in Fort Williams Canada. He is a young man starting his adventure. The railway station was packed with men working on the continuing expansion to the western plains of Canada. A young, strong man of sixteen jumped off the train as it pulled up to the station.…
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Another adventure of Silas. His world is changing and leading to new adventures. Sister Ann had been sick for several months, and Silas was at her bedside every night. He thought about how she had been his biggest cheerleader. He remembered the day she told him stories about his mother, and how she had visited…
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Pip: Born To Write — where flash fiction, life prompts, and airport complaints all share the same desk, and somehow it works. Mara: It does work, actually. Chris Chonos has been putting in the pages this week — fiction, poetry, personal reflection, and a few writing-tool experiments. We'll move through the writing practice, then the…
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“Please take the package,” Bill said. Tom shook his head vigorously and brought his arm to his chest tight in refusal. “I don’t want the package,” he said point-blank. Tom wasn’t taking no for an answer and pulled out again and put it to Tom’s forehead. He cocked the hammer back and asked if he…
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This piece I wrote is about a young boy called Silas who is a dreamer and wants to see the world. I truly enjoy flash fiction and can see this as a good start to something that could be in my book. I like to write ideas out in flash fiction sometimes. It is a…