Archive for February, 2008

Super duper short fiction

February 27, 2008

Still playing around with this new form my marvelous, talented friend Heather Fowler (Blatent plug! http://www.myspace.com/fowlerhm) who writes like an angel, turned me onto. Not sure if it suits my natural, overwhelming love of my own voice but I’m giving it a go for awhile.
Two more very, very, very short pieces today.
Decisions
I asked [...]

Saving the Turtles

February 26, 2008

Leatherback sea turtles survived the dinosaurs, but they might not survive the next few decades of unsustainable industrial fishing unless we act to reduce threats to their survival immediately.
Submit your public comment today to support critical habitat designation for leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean!
The population of critically endangered leatherback sea turtles in [...]

Micro Flash Fiction

February 26, 2008

Working In Hollywood
From behind his oak desk, with the towers of a city built on dreams behind him he said firmly, “Make him mid thirties, and white… and make her hate him.”
I borrowed confidence and replied, “The story is about his age, the projects and unrequited love… it’s what we cling to.”
“I cling to [...]

Taste- Flash Fiction

February 12, 2008

What a great day. That’s what I was thinking when we pulled up to the drive-through window at Church’s Chicken and pulled the order of leg’s, thigh’s and biscuits away from the pimple faced teenager and into the car. I handed it over to my wife and watched her as she happily picked through the [...]