You know, you have those days (weeks, months) when you think you are the worst writer in the world and no one is ever going to publish you again. Or is that just me? Those weeks when you’ve gotten more rejections than acceptances, or worse, when you haven’t submitted anything in a long while and …
This piece came from one of the excellent workshops I took with author Grace Palmer. The Price of Cookies The boy wandered the aisles of the shop and the clerk watched him. She didn’t watch closely; her feet hurt after seven hours on shift, and she didn’t want to go to the trouble of leaving …
I love these little challenges – 50 word stories, 100 word stories. Here’s a 29 word story I wrote the other day. It had to be about a road trip. Sprawled in the passenger seat, she laughs. “A road trip? But where would we go?” My fingers, aching to touch her face, curl around the …
A 100 word microfiction piece. The Swarm You swing toward the airlock, gripping for the rung you know is there. A twitch on your skin could be the drip of sweat under your spacesuit. Your fingers wrap around the bar and you wrench yourself up. Legs fly free as the itch intensifies. Get out. Brennan’s …
Here’s a micro piece that was rejected from a fifty word story site. I mean, maybe it’s not as good as my story of the week fifty word story, Homecoming, but it’s not bad for fifty words 🙂 Unheard I didn’t care when she talked about her dreams. I didn’t notice new haircuts or compliment …
Finnian Burnett 