“In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.” – Laurie Halse Anderson
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I Won’t Forget About Ida (Flash Fiction – Part 3, Finale)
This is the third and final part of a piece of flash fiction about a missing friend and the narrator’s obsessive quest to find her. This final section is about 600 words and has a reading time of 2.5 minutes. Let me know what you think and thanks for reading!
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I Won’t Forget About Ida (Flash Fiction – Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a piece of flash fiction about a missing friend and the narrator’s obsessive quest to find her. This second section is about 315 words and has a reading time of 1.5 minutes. Let me know what you think and stay tuned!
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I Won’t Forget About Ida (Flash Fiction – Part 1)
This is Part 1 of a piece of flash fiction about a missing friend and the narrator’s obsessive quest to find her. This first section is about 400 words and has a reading time of 1.5 minutes. Let me know what you think and stay tuned!
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The Hiddenness of Things (flash fiction)
Here’s a piece of flash fiction about a homeless man and looking closer at the world. It’s about 424 words and has an estimated reading time of 2 minutes. Let me know what you think!
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A Cup of Tea on Halloween Night (flash fiction)
Here’s a piece of spooky flash fiction about a young woman’s splendid evening with her grandma with a strange twist. It’s about 770 words and has an estimated reading time of 3 minutes. Let me know what you think!
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A Blazing Light in the Woods (a poem)
A blazing light in the woods
From where did it come?
Light speed it easily exceeds
Then I heard a loud thump
From where did it come?
This brilliant, mysterious light
Then I heard a loud thump
Everything was bathed in white
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What You’ve Done to Me (a poem)
Look what you’ve done to me
Glittery blood under my eyes
You ignored my desperate pleas
You hastened my demise
Why have you done this to me?
I’m now dead to the world
You tossed me in black seas
I drift in the netherworld
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The Dreadful Guide of Souls (flash fiction)
Here’s a piece of horror flash fiction about despair and holy terror. It’s about 580 words and has a reading time of 2 and a half minutes. Let me know what you think!
Content warning: This one is rather dark and it contains mentions of suicide, self-harm, and substance abuse. Please skip this if these topics are triggering to you.
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Book Review: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
I’m always reading heavy and serious books like Kafka, the classics, or dystopian science fiction. So I decided recently to read something a little more light-hearted for a change of pace.
The book I picked up was from Rachel’s shelf – The Golem and the Jinni, a 2013 debut novel from Helene Wecker. The novel still has some serious themes, but it wasn’t the type of angsty existentialism I usually dig into.
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