We Quills are back with more flash fiction fun! (Do you hear that crowd cheering?)

Robin Lythgoe, author of As the Crow Flies, is the person we must thank for our excellent prompt this time around.

Please take a look at what we each came up with for a flash fiction story and, if if the picture that served as our prompt encourages you to write one of your own, we'd love it if you shared it with us.

Coming in at roughly 650 words, I kept within my personal challenge not to exceed 1000 words for a flash fiction tale. (And as I've mentioned before, that is much more difficult than you might think . . .) So, here goes . . .

It is Truly Magic
by Patricia Reding
Copyright Patricia Reding 2021

Some say it doesn’t exist.

But they are wrong.

It does. It does.

“It does!” Nellie cried, as though repeating her mantra, whether in her mind, or verbally, would make it so.

She pulled her boots on, then wriggled her toes, testing the fit . . .

For more head to http://www.patriciareding.com/blog-po....

I hope you enjoyed that. Now, let's see what Robin Lythgoe's imagination has drummed up for us . . .








Robin is running a bit behind, but is sure to catch up! For now, check out her site at https://robinlythgoe.com.

Last, but most certainly not least, is P.S. Broaddus, author of A Hero's Curse. Take it away, Parker!








Gogs
by P.S. Broaddus
Copyright P.S. Broaddus 2021

People don’t talk about it, probably because they don’t remember, but being eight is the hardest age. Even harder than being a junker. Or a evaporative farmer, or whatever we are now.

I guess it didn’t start right when I turned eight. So maybe it’s eight and a half. (Turning seven was even awesomer, ’cause that’s when I got my goggles, and my nickname, “Gogs.”) Even so, turning eight was pretty good . . .

For more, head to https://www.psbroaddus.com/2021/02/05....