Tag: flashfiction
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Laughably Ever After
“Dr Twinkle?” “Speaking.” “Do you do weekend emergency out calls?” “Nope. Only weekdays. And only to the Kid’s hospital. Why?” “I need a doctor for a party.” “Have you tried datingdoctors.Com?” “A clown doctor,” I replied. “And how did you get my name?” she asked. “You tried clown ties on me. In the kid’s hospital […]
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Book Meet
Buff notebook, fine point pen. A grubby dog-eared novel more well-read than me. “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville. I’d already made sure they had a spare. All I had to do was wait. I kept my head down. The only sound I could hear was the scratching of my pen on paper. I was meant to be […]
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One for Each Pot….
“One for each person,” she thought she heard. “And one for the pot,” the whispered reply. Yes she thought. You again. She turned her head away, the easier not to hear.She stood on tiptoe, stretched up and opened the kitchen cupboard. “I could’ve done that for you,” he said. She shook herself off. She reached […]