Category Archives: Fiction

Five-Hundred Word Challenge 239: Tree in the City

Somewhere off in the distance, on the edges of the city in the factory district, behind the thick curtain of smog and cement sits a tree. At the base of this tree, the air is as pure as the air … Continue reading

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The Need to Walk

It was still the early hours of the dawn of the morning, when they set out to walk all the way to somewhere, anywhere that was removed from their current environment. Their mind was bitter. They needed to walk as … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 236: Lunch Time Thoughts

Those lunch time thoughts are coming back to me, flooding my mind like a flood into a place that floods from time to time when there is heavy rain, causing the water to overflow the banks of a river as … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 234: Looking for Something

There was a cool wind blowing hard across the desert landscape. Staring outward with intent whilst the wind caressed their face, a lone person was staring out across the vast expanse, looking for something that they could not quite put … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 230: The Pedaling Warrior

Riding down the freeway, the pedaling warrior of the sunset dips in and out of traffic like it is the business of no-one they ever knew, for they are beholden to no-one and no-one can try and stop their purposeful … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 224: TEA

So it had been a while before this morning since I had last had a tea and whilst I was drinking tea this morning, it got me thinking about just how awesome a beverage tea is, due to how much … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 218: There’s Mention of a Cucumber Somewhere in This Text

I have about five minutes to finish the shift and I need to get this done before I go so I’m going to try and summarise everything as fast as I can, but I’m not sure as to how successful … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 202: Nothing was out of the Ordinary

It was another regular morning. Nothing was out of the ordinary. It was as it had always been and nothing new would occur. Routine was not a necessity, but it was how everything seemed to fall into place and to … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 200: Cloud Story, then Stuff About Clouds

There’s a cloud outside somewhere in the world and I cannot see it for I am currently chained to my desk through the power of my desire to remain employed at my job. This cloud is being carried somewhere by … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 199: In the Shadow that Blotted out the Sun

On the open hilly area a gentle, yet tense breeze blew through the grass. Clouds passed by overhead whilst animals grazed in relative peace. There was plenty of sun shining through and the giant fish bowl full of fish loomed … Continue reading

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