flash fiction – Page 22

Mem Test

February 22, 2019 LittleFears16 Comments

Brass Ep. 34

“It’s a long way to Brass,” sighed Copper. “We’ll need some extra spares.”

Iron mewed an agreement as Copper led them into St Francium school. A map hung on the wall inside. It looked as familiar as everything else that was falling apart around here.

She used to strip the RAM and hard drives out of computers. She had some good memories.

Shout out to John of Nowhere Tribune for buying me a cuppa ko-fi yesterday and thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Erics Roof

February 21, 2019 LittleFears9 Comments

“They’re not pests,” cried Eric. “Get off my roof.”

Jim looked down the sight of his air rifle.

“Don’t,” begged Eric.

Jim squeezed the trigger. The pigeons took off and came towards them. He took aim and squeezed again. The gun didn’t fire. His finger crumbled into seeds.

Eric stepped back as the flock descended.

Ahh, I still love the idea of pest control being eaten by pigeons. OK, so that’s a re-hash of the pigeon shamans previous story. Here’s the thing. I put 18 new prints onto my Etsy store. I then didn’t post about them again since listing day.

My problem is, I’m bad at writing marketing copy for my own art. So instead, I figure posting them with stories is better. Kinda… Right?

Oh, and this week, I finally got about to making mocks of all my images in different frames. So hey, I have something to talk about and point too!

Linky to my store: etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleFears

Shout out to Bob, the Penguin for buying me a cuppa ko-fi yesterday and thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Photo Mem

February 21, 2019 LittleFears20 Comments

Brass Ep. 33

Copper turned away, starting her journey to the city of Brass. Unable to watch her home and old life sink further into the earth. The rot of these lands had hounded her for so long she couldn’t remember what life was like before.

She could visualize scenes, but they never related to her current situation. Copper pans with the lady. Building alongside Iron.

It was like she had a photographic memory. It just never developed.

Photo by Pablo García Saldaña on Unsplash.

Shout out to Bob, the Penguin for buying me a cuppa ko-fi yesterday and thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Lineage Dwarves

February 20, 2019 LittleFears30 Comments

“So she plays a dwarf?” asked Fuen.

“Yep,” replied Yuffie. “She’s trying to gather a hunting group of us, all under four foot tall.”

“I see,” replied Fuen. “That’ll be a little party.”

HAH! Boom! Fantasy race puns to the face! Take that, readers!

Awful game. Repetitive grind, all female characters in high heels, all male characters in OTT spikey armour. But, eh, we all have a guilty games pleasure on tablets now, right? Could be worse. Could be Candy Crush or Farmsville…

Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Ladder Climb

February 20, 2019 LittleFears15 Comments

Brass Ep. 32

As Copper and Iron left the house, it began sinking into the ground. Copper gasped when she realised it was going to take her vintage ladder collection with it.

Iron placed a consolatory claw on Copper’s leg. Her new friend may be a mute, but Copper was glad she wasn’t facing this alone. She knew when this was over she’d be able to rebuild her life and ladder collection.

Step by step.

Photo by Biao Xie on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Music Machines

February 19, 2019 LittleFears24 Comments

Brass Ep. 31

“You can’t talk, can you?” sighed Copper as they headed towards the exit. Irons silence offered a reply.

Copper grabbed her Hi-Fi’s keyboard as she left the house. She’d heard voiceless robots would only communicate with keyboards synchronized to musical devices.

She immediately chastised herself. Clearly, that was stereotyping.

Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Sat Nav

February 18, 2019 LittleFears17 Comments

Brass Ep. 30

Iron stepped out of the bath and shook herself off. “We need to leave,” said Copper, filling her bag once again with supplies. The rumble of buildings collapsing up the road urged them into action.

Copper grabbed the map and looked for her sat-nav. She darted into the kitchen where she’d left it plugged in to charge and update.

Cursing herself for a silly mistake, as it was now in sync.

Ooo, now that’s one that works better over voice!

Shout out to Dee who bought me a Ko-Fi the other day (Jenny Haynes and DeesDaily). Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Iron Nick

February 17, 2019 LittleFears44 Comments

Iron Nick

By Peter Matthews

Iron Nick was really quite cheesed off. His boss kept badgering him to work harder. He was getting pretty steamed up about it all.

Lucy, meanwhile, was egging Nick on. She advised him to tell the boss where to stick his lousy job.

It became so heated that the three of them got together to sort things out once and for all. If we can’t agree, the boss said, I’ll have to get the board to make a decision. Really, it’s Iron Nick. He must decide.

Sorry boss, Nick said, I quit. I have more pressing matters to attend to!

Story by Peter Matthews of pollymermaid.wordpress.com. Check out his blog for more of Peters ponderings. Thanks for the tale, Peter!

Different Levels

February 15, 2019 LittleFears21 Comments

Brass Ep. 29

Copper awoke to the sound of the houses over the road collapsing. She peeked outside. A dim pre-dawn light revealed the entire terrace was gone.

She grabbed a freshly charged battery and hooked up the mechanical creature. “I remember now. You’re Iron,” gasped Copper.

Flicking a switch, Iron’s eyes lit up red. “I hope you remember, we built an extra floor of a house together,” sighed Copper.

That was another story.

Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Politics Puns

February 14, 2019 LittleFears30 Comments

Brass Ep. 28

The mechanical creature in Coppers oil bath needed an overnight soak. She hooked a battery up to her charger and stroked its face.

“I know you,” said Copper. “I just can’t remember where from.” Punchlines about vague memories of ambiguous election promises filled her mind.

Copper didn’t approve of political jokes. She knew too many of them got elected.

Photo by Aron Van de Pol on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.