Category Archives: Fiction

Five-Hundred Word Challenge 656: The Meat of it all

The coffee was good and now it is time to get into the meat of it all, but that keeps on moving away and so I must chase after it and see where it leads me. I head on over … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 40: The Galactic Ocean

The vast and open World Ocean presented itself and that was probably the best thing, for some of the time – not all of the time; only some – it was limitless and the possibility and potential that it presented … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 652: Frog Things

So there was this frog and it was sitting by a river, doing the things that a frog does. What it was doing seemed unknowable, but I imagine that with enough studying of the frog and its actions (as well … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 651: Up the Mountain

Up the mountain they had to head, for down was where they had already been and the only way to the very top of where they wanted to go was, of course, up. You couldn’t go down any further; at … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 650: The Target. The Goal.

The ocean was as vast and beautiful as it had always been. A long time since they had traversed this location. Far too long. As always, the rainforest seemed to suddenly pull back to reveal a grand, open expanse full … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 648: Denounce the Day

“Some days just drag on, but that’s not why we’re here. We’re here to denounce the day and our worries and get to the business of getting on with the day and solving our worries, or something like that. We’ll … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 646: Only Waiting

And so the day drags on like the knuckles against the ground, but instead of scraping the skin away and causing more harm than good on a physical level, this is just a drag that seems to stretch out for … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 645: Invitation of the Night

So it was there, the darkness, that was ushered in by the invitation of the night and so all that could be done is stop and stare into it to see if any shapes would find themselves interested in formation … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 634: The Timer Starts

So the timer starts and I await for the moment to strike which just so happens to be when the timer starts. Need tor ace through it all. Need to work out as to how my fingers are gliding over … Continue reading

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Summer was yet to Begin

This was written during last year’s NaNoWriMo, which I managed to finish on time. Had a few slips, played catch up for most of the month. As with the prior years in which I had participated, the story was shaped … Continue reading

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