Author Archives: stevenpaulw

Because I am wanting to do something different for this blog in the upcoming year…  At one time in 2012 there was a plan, idea placed in my head to write something ongoing (well, this was with someone at the time).  But I’m revisiting that idea… I’m debating writing a series of ongoing flash fictionContinue reading “Ongoing”

Bad Santa Blog Hop:  Twelve Drinks (Don’t own the picture, found it on the web) The smell of bourbon was almost as intoxicating as the taste; Nick’s eleventh glass still wet his lips as he turned catching the attention of the waitress with his hearty smile.  Only four others were being entertained all dressed theContinue reading “Bad Santa Blog Hop: Twelve Drinks”

Visual Dare #32: Disobey  (For more of this weeks Visual Dare check the link) Marvin trudged through the snow, determined to get home a survivor of war, when many others perished.  They told him it was the harshest winter the kingdom had seen and he should wait until the snows cleared. He saw the horse comingContinue reading “Visual Dare #32: Disobey”

Triple Visual Dare #4 (click to see others to this weeks challenge) Kyle felt the cold breeze of ocean air across his face, hands in his sweat shirt pockets.  It was fall, and though the air was warmer here than where he was raised he still felt the bite of winter.  It was Thanksgiving, andContinue reading “Triple Visual Dare #4”

Triple Visual Dare:  #3 (Check the Link for others from this weeks Visual Dare) The cemetery was nearly five miles from the nearest road and eighty years since the last person had been buried there.  Jayne discovered it by accident and used it as a place to escape his troubles and write.  Many days fightingContinue reading “Triple Visual Dare: #3”

Blog Flash Day #24:  InThe Woods “Who are you?”  Miranda did not have to see his face to know he was smiling.  He brought his hands to his hood and started to reveal his face… She came back to reality, still having a hard time catching her breath wishing she could remember his face.  SheContinue reading “Blog Flash Day #24: In The Woods”

Five Sentence Fiction – Blush He had spent more time looking at her photograph than he wanted to admit, with every thought another question found its way into his head and with each passing second there was a new answer in its place all about his future…their future.  He had told her exactly how heContinue reading “Five Sentence Fiction – Blush”

Blog Flash Day #23: Cooking “I was there the day you got the scar on your wrist trying to use a grill even though you were only ten.  I was there to ease your tears until I knew I had to leave, before your mother and uncle came home.  They would have been more aggressive inContinue reading “Blog Flash Day #23: Cooking”

Blog Flash Day #22: On Holiday “I remember your mother, laying out on the beach and enjoying the sun while you played in the ocean.  I remember your tiny hands, as I gave you an ice cream cone.  Your mothers call when she realized you were no longer in sight.  Such smiles…such happiness…but look at youContinue reading “Blog Flash Day #22: On Holiday”

So I wrote this for a previous Five Sentence Fiction and thought it didn’t fit the word of that week (so didn’t use it)…but I think it fits for this one.  So here it is. Five Sentence Fiction – Night He sat looking out over the countryside, every voice in his head screamed at himContinue reading “Five Sentence Fiction – Night”