Three Short Stories

June 26th, 2010 § 0 comments

For the past three weeks, I’ve been participating in the FridayFlash group over on Twitter. The whole concept is run by J.M. Strother and is a great way to get readers for your work. I’ve noticed a large spike in traffic to all of my websites which, of course, means more readers. In order to better manage my traffic and keep my FridayFlash fiction separate from the rest of my writing, I set up a blog at Posterous (highly recommended, if you need a quick blogging platform that’s easy to set up).

The Machine

Samson Little looked up at the skyscraper.

The machine sat inside the giant building. It sat beyond the revolving doors, past the lobby with the marble floors, and up the elevator to the forty fourth floor…

Read the rest of The Machine.

A Curious Scrap of Paper

Just like any other day, Elias waited at the bus stop for the bus to arrive. While he waited, he sat on the bench and scraped a piece of folded paper off of his shoe. The small scrap of paper clung to a sticky spot…

Read the rest of A Curious Scrap of Paper.

The Penny Pincher

“Whatever helps you sleep at night.”

David stroked the cold polished metal of the hospital bed’s frame. He looked down at the old man and smiled. “I have no trouble sleeping.”

The old man struggled…

Read the rest of The Penny Pincher.

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