War and Pizza Store Menu

My entry into this week's Carrot Ranch 100 word challenge on the theme of pizza. PETA special – Contains no animal products but please note that wheat screams when it’s harvested. Four Seasons – Perfect for the procrustinator Meet Lovers – Could be anything but comes PDQ Blonde – Toasted open sandwich (they’ll never know) …

The temptation of Rabbi T.

This piece was written for this week's Flash Fiction 99 word challenge around the theme of a rabbit on the roof.   Rabbi Tannenbaum trudged through the snow and knifing winds until he saw the diner. Inside, he was greeted by an older blonde woman. ‘Cold enough for ya?’ she said, her smile frozen but …

Tap dancing

This my response to the 99 word Flash Fiction Challenge prompt of 'tapping'. He started with a shuffle on the kitchen table, skillfully avoiding the remnant spaghetti bolognaise, wine glasses and tootsie rolls. (Some time ago, ‘she’ became ‘he’ with a ball change when she was living in Buffalo.) Confident of his Shirley Temple rhythm …

Clarice of the light

This piece was written for the Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction 99 word challenge, with the prompt word of 'Clarice'. I have taken my inspiration from the Australian painter, Clarice Beckett. You can learn more about her here. ‘Oh, that Clarice. Fancies painting more than men. Imagine that? Still, she’s done the right thing by her …

Right-wing extremist

This 100 word piece was written for the Friday Fictioneers  photo prompt below.   ‘What’s with your new display. It’s a little one-sided, isn’t it?’ ‘It’s symbolic of my political views.’ ‘How so?’ ‘Do you see any red there left of centre?’ ‘Now that you mention it ….’ ‘No tomatoes, no pinko apples, no anti-capitalist …

Candles snuffed out

This 100 word piece was written for Friday Fictioneers with this photo as the prompt.   The opening of ‘Mme. Tussaud’s – The Musical’ was billed as a turning point in the history of the musical theatre but the cognoscenti, noticeable by their absence from the private boxes, begged to differ and the critics were …

A fishy lens

Photo: Dawn Miller This is my 100 word response to this week's Friday Fictioneers picture prompt.   Why aren’t you just happy to swim in the pond like all of us other fish? What’s the point of having an inbuilt fish-eye lens if you’re not going to take pictures? Inbuilt fish, gefilte fish. A load …

Blown sideways

Written for Friday Fictioneers 100 word photo prompt. We didn't care that the rain came in sideways, driven by the same scouring winds that had delivered the dust from farms hundreds of miles away for so many summers now and sent our own on a similar journey. As long as there was enough to drown …

Vivacious veracity

This piece was written for the monthly Blog Battle challenge around the word 'vivacious'. These pieces are normally meant to be around 1,000 words but any one of the following anecdotes provide a picture. Mrs. Chasen: [after spotting her son, Harold, hanging from a noose in the living room] ‘I suppose you think that’s very …

The Devil’s Elbow

This is my response to the Carrot Ranch's 99-word challenge for this month about 'wife-carrying'. Mick picked his way carefully along the narrow track. As he reached Devil’s Elbow Cave, he planned to lay his heavy load down and take a rest. But before he could do that a man and a woman emerged from …