Altar egos

This piece was written for the Six Sentence Challenge, with the prompt word of 'confetti'. Brad realised later that he should have been expecting it but when he arrived at the church for his second wedding, he was surprised to find a shiny black hearse wrapped in a black ribbon and bow (and filled with …

SPIN cycle

This piece was written for the Six Sentence Challenge, with the prompt word of 'control'. Here at Splendiferous* Pharmaceuticals and Incomparable Narcotics (SPIN), we understand the pain and misery suffered by people who have an impaired ability to take charge of their lives in the way that our handsome and beautiful blonde smiling models have, …

Coming to terms with syllogism

This piece was written for the Six Sentence Challenge, with the prompt word of 'term'. The term ‘syllogism’ in itself contains three terms (the major premise, the minor premise, and the conclusion); the most famous example is ‘All men are mortal, Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates is mortal’ but here’s a few more I’ve …

Swinging from tree to try

Written for the Six Sentence Challenge, with the prompt word of 'tree'. Tirty-tree – number between tirty-two and tirty-four in Ireland Bigotry – larger than a smaller tree Symmetry – Caution: Sap just under boiling point Sweltry – a particularly good tree Poultry – produces very little timber Psychiatry – used for treating mad cow …

Means and ends

This 99 word piece was written for the Carrot Ranch weekly challenge, with the prompt of 'never-ending'. When she said to me our relationship was never-ending, my first thought was she’s saying ‘We’ll be together until death and beyond'. Later we had an argument over something I considered trivial and I started to wonder if …

All above board

This piece was written for the Six Sentence Challenge, with the prompt word of 'board'. Big Sister’s first act after she was elected as Prime Minister was to establish the Social Crimes Commission (which would soon become known as SOCC and lead to the expression ‘I’ve been SOCCed’) and it didn’t take long for the …

Steady rhythm

This piece was written for the Six Sentence Challenge, with the prompt word of 'rhythm'. Sheila said ‘I love your enthusiasm, Jim, but you’re a bit rushed; a girl prefers it if you take it slow and steady.’ Jim, a little nonplussed, replied ‘But you said you liked your partner to a be a bit …

Sweet crocodile

This piece was for the Carrot Ranch 99-word weekly challenge, with the prompt of 'baby ducks ate my lunch'. That skinny German tourist’s leg didn’t really agree with me yesterday. Mostly gristle and I’ve still got lederhosen stuck in my teeth. Parked the rest of him under a log for a few days to mature. …

Match a pitch, you

These pieces were written for the Six Sentence Challenge, with the prompt word of 'match' From the Bungle Bungles Bugle Classifieds Hatch Donna E. Mobile, born to Concetta Verdi and Homer Mobile in their camper van, somewhere between Yackandandah and Teddy Bear’s Gap, brother for Apple and Orange. Abel Paradise-Gardener, born to Eve Paradise and …

Delicious irony

This is the micro fiction version of an earlier story of mine, mined for the 99 word Carrot Ranch weekly challenge with the prompt of 'disappearance'. When you humans brought us monstera deliciosa inside, you had to feed us copious amounts of blood and bone fertiliser to keep us green. Slowly that altered our genetic …