This flash was written around a small kernel I cut from My Fair Vampire. In the novel I had Dori simply spy on the house instead of making contact. For the Flash, I had her take that much larger step.
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Jude was the one who came up with the bright idea of tracking down my long time MIA father, a man who’d given me up to child protective services because he’d chosen booze and drugs over me. I hadn’t had any contact with him in over a decade. Continue reading
AW Flash Fiction
AW Flash Fiction — The Library — 6/6/10
This is modified / edited from a middle grade book I started writing for my son. Not sure I boiled it down and concluded it all that well but it’s practice, practice, practice, especially trying to get the middle grade language down.
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Troy shoved his Yu-gi-oh cards into his backpack then stood. The library’s community room looked like it would burst at the seams if one more kid tried to squeeze inside. It didn’t smell too good either.
“Where are you going?” his friend, Joel, asked, looking up from his trading card duel with Ryan. Continue reading
Claire Gillian 