Sharry Miller

Five Sentence Fiction - Flowers

A little magick for this Friday the thirteenth, and for Lillie McFerrin's Five Sentence Fiction challenge this week. Visit her site, and you'll be able to find more stories prompted by "flowers." Love Potion Sunshine and flowers, lightness and joy: love potions should contain all of wonders of life, Estrella thought, but maybe not just the wonderful. Perhaps a little reality should be included to help ensure that the relationship which arose from the potion’s... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Locked

Busy life has intervened over the last several weeks, and as a result, I haven't written a bit of flash fiction for Five Sentence Fiction or Visual Dare in over a month. I've looked at the last few prompts, including this week's FSF, locked, but haven't been inspired. This morning, however, as I looked at the great photo Lillie McFerrin used to accompany "locked," I realized that inspiration was not going to happen on its... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Charmed

He bowed low in front of her, and asked, “May I have this dance?” She gazed up at him, confusion clouding her eyes as she looked at this handsome stranger whose white curls contrasted with his navy blue suit and whose bright turquoise tie perfectly complemented his brilliant smile. After a moment, the lines in her face smoothed, her eyes snapped with humor, and she said, “I’d be delighted.” He stepped behind her and wheeled... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Accident

I couldn't resist continuing Sylvia's story from last week. It was just inevitable that an accident would occur during her journey. “Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!” Sylvia screamed through gritted teeth and pulled off her helmet, unwilling to even look at her snowmobile where it sat smashed up against the trunk of a big spruce tree with a crumpled cowling, skis jutting apart at odd angles, and a shattered windshield. Scrubbing her hands through her... Read more →

Five Sentece Fiction - Goggles

Sylvia pulled ski goggles over her helmet and settled them on her face, her fingers working their way around the rim to ensure that the goggles covered the edges of her balaclava completely so that the subzero wind wouldn’t freeze her skin. She was grateful for amber-colored lenses – the flat light made it hard to see the snowmobile trail as it wound through the spruce trees, and it was critical that she not get... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Festival

Trapped by Mirrors The hairs on the nape of my neck stood on end and I could all but feel his breath as I ran faster than I ever thought possible, so fast that every exhale brought with it the copper taste of bursting capillaries. I nearly missed the door to the circus tent, its outlines hidden in the garish red and white stripes of the canvas walls, but I veered just in time to... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Shadows

Every week I read flash fiction prompts and struggle to come up with unique twists on them in an attempt to write a bit of prose that's different or unexpected. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. On days like today, I'm not sure I like how my brain works, but there it is. photo source Shadow Games “Bet I can jump my shadow,” Bobby said as he bent his knees and sprang up as high... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Angles

Independent Heather was sure she’d covered all the angles: her parents never checked on her during the night, photo source she’d overridden the alarm on the downstairs window, and Jason would meet her around the corner so no one would see a car hanging around their house. She’d stuffed a few personal things in her backpack, but she wouldn’t need much. Jason had promised he’d taken care of everything; they’d be living on easy street... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Edge

New Friends Sadie peered over the fence rail and watched the children next door jump on a huge trampoline, a tear trickling down her cheek and her stomach hurting as she wondered how they could ever like her when she, a Chinese girl just adopted by an American family, was so different? “Hey, girl!” one of the boys yelled. “Wanna play?” His sister ran over to the fence and asked, “Why are you crying? Come... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Paradise

It's Friday, so it must be time for Five Sentence Fiction! This week, Lillie McFerrin gave us the word paradise to work with. I'm still intrigued with Laurel and her ability to channel memories and stories, so I thought I'd add a bit to her tale, and maybe shed a little light on her abilities (not that I know all the answers). The related posts links at the bottom of the page will lead you... Read more →