Short Stories & Flash Fiction
Welcome to my collection of short stories and flash fiction. I will include a word count at the end of titles for your convenience.
Babbling blurbs, dribbling drabbles & snippets of stories
A fantasy poem done in the style of the lamentable Scottish Ballad (1:20)
Who remains when no one is left behind?
The wrath of grief.
She wasn't thirsty for champagne.
No heart is an island
The unexpected cure for athlete's foot.
Hiraeth Publishing writing prompt: Hunting with the pack.
Based on a prompt posted on X.
Short story entry based on theme: Aftermath
Trigger warning – implied drunk sex
Story Street flash fiction contest entry.
He promised to return to her after the war.
Forest and Fawn Romantacy challenge entry. Hiding from daemon troops, Princess Cerys comes across someone else hiding from them as well. Her plan to kill the daemon prince is temporarily delayed while she helps a handsome stranger.
Writer's Weekly 24 hour Prompt: She was on her annual trek to the Spring Fair to obtain that one essential item. She walked quickly, ignoring the tiny purple flowers dancing in the breeze. It had been a hard winter. While she knew it was wrong, this year she'd have to try to steal it...
Tadpole Press May writing contest entry.
Press 53 - 53 word May contest theme: a promise.
Gotham Writers March 25-word Contest Submission.
Prompt – at first glance
Gotham Writers April 25-word Contest Submission.
Prompt – comic
One sentence horror prompt: A summer serial killer known as "The Squirrel"
Gotham Writers’ 10 words or less Very Short Story Contest 2025 Entry
Story Street Review Short Story contest entry. Prompt: Summer Sadness
In my current WIP, A Sylvan Tale, our FMC, Nin, and romantic interest, Darach, have traveled to the Whale Rib Inn in Port Rowan while on their journey. While supping on watery stew and stale ale, a crew of pirates enters the tavern for food, lots of drinking, some games of chance, arm wrestling and singing some songs. This is one of the songs Nin and Darach hear the crew sing.
Entry in the Forest & Fawn's Faerie Short Story Challenge.
Summary: Alfhard, a fae, goes on a voyage to another world to find a new home for his people, and thinks he has found kindred folk.
Forest & Fawn Friday 100 word prompt challenge: an enchanting encounter.
Honorable Mention Winner in WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Summer Contest.
Prompt: Did she just see what she thought she saw? She stepped off the path, intending to only walk a few feet. It was only later that the group noticed she was missing. They quickly backtracked, yelling her name. Tensions rose as the sun began to set. And, that's when they, too, saw...
Archetype Editing's romantasy short story challenge. 2,500 word limit and must include two prompts:
Event: A masked ball.
Object: A staircase.
Warning: graphic sexual content and mild gore