Flash Fiction with a dose of Dante. 900 words. Oh, hell. Ten minutes to the end of my shift and here comes this lady. A last-minute Wanderer. I rise from my roadside chair and straighten my orange vest. Her features come into focus as she steps out of the Grey Area and approaches my post. “Cheers,” I say, launching into…
Category: Speculative Fiction
For Good Reason (Short Story)
A rookie poltergeist faces her toughest assignment yet—and this time, it’s personal. Written for YeahWrite SuperChallenge 14, October 2019. Prompts were: Location, outside a family member’s home and Object (which must be plot pertinent), a “pretty rock.” I never thought I’d write a ghost story in an open-genre competition but here it is! 980 words. *** Yellow? They painted the…