Category Archives: Flash Fiction Stories

Happy Birthday InMon

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

The deadly paper is a society created plague. Desire to know all, blinded to truth, results in consequence. Trees shedding their life now fighting back. Poisoned ink dealing its swift blows. Deafening headlines bursting eardrums as unspoken words imprint the … Continue reading →

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In love with life…

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

In love with life… “So Eric, when was the last time you spent an afternoon just sitting there feeling the sun on your face or spent time running around outside in the rain?” I was paying this woman how much … Continue reading →

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Descension

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

This is just a little piece I wrote for Indigo Spider’s Sunday Picture Press. I had originally planned it to go a different way but then as I wrote it, it sort of morphed into something else. I am not … Continue reading →

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If wishes were dragons…

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

I have not taken part in that many challenges for the past couple of months or so now. I found myself busy with NaNo preparation and then NaNo itself. Then this week one of the InMon challenge prompts on BeKindRewrite caught … Continue reading →

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The Witch’s Grave

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

The Witch’s Grave I squeezed my eyes closed. I was sure I felt my heart in my throat. My fingers wrapped around the wheel and turned my knuckles white. My foot pressed uselessly on the brake. Sudden warmth spread through … Continue reading →

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Fall Foliage Drive – A Gentle Ghost Story

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

Months ago Ken Broad came up with the idea of a group of writers getting together and writing stories for Halloween all linked to one photo of an Edwardian girl who owns a an antique shop and all featuring haunted … Continue reading →

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Happy Eventually After

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

The following story was inspired by Sonia G Medeiros. She has been exploring fairy stories over on her blog and for September issued the challenge to retell, rewrite or expand on a traditional fairy tale. Unfortunately, this story wanted more than 500 … Continue reading →

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Dreams – A Creation Vision

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

For the month of August, I challenged writer’s to write a creation story. I have never participated in one of my own challenges but I have recently been working on a creation story for the lytes who live in my … Continue reading →

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The Bridges of Fantasy County

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

A big thank you to Ken Broad’s Picture This and Indigo Spider’s Sunday Picture Press for their fantastic pictures and prompts which inspired this piece and although I did a story for Sonia G Medeiros’s August challenge already, oddly this … Continue reading →

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Journey to Armillaria

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

This writing was prompted by Sonia G Medeiros and her fabulous August writing challenge. She has us thinking about alternate worlds this month which happens to be one of my favourite things to ponder. She wanted 500 words out of … Continue reading →

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