A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! The slave girl was mute but literate, a librarian silenced by barbaric surgery. She and the scribe fell in love through notes. "We're almost surrounded." The parking lot squirmed with pigeon sized caterpillars flicking deadly stingers. "It's... Continue Reading →
Fifty Word Fantasy: A Knock Away
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WIP-it Wednesday: August 9th, 2017
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! It’s been an eventful week. On Thursday I received the critique feedback on the first draft of Cretaceous Queen and started working with them. By about midnight, I had a second draft and sent it over to Madicienne and had... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “Four Billion Years of Regression Hit the Time Traveler”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! "Alright Ede, time to sneak-" "I AM VERY STEALTHY!" "Ede, you need to-" "BE QUIET! GOT IT!" "Oh, we're so caught already..." #1lineWed They took his child away. They killed his wife. And after decades of war... Continue Reading →
Fifty Word Fantasy: Storied Heroes
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WIP-it Wednesday: August 2nd, 2017
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! After three weekends of writing, I finished a first draft of Cretaceous Queen on Sunday afternoon. :-) It totals 9,300 words currently, taking it beyond the realm of a short story to become a lean novelette. I’m happy with this,... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “Words are Magic, and Those That Weave Them Well are Wizards”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! "To read is to conjure thought and image from nothing. Words are magic, and those that weave them well are wizards." #1lineWed #writerslife "He thinks he's in control, but really he's just an unwieldy puppet with a... Continue Reading →
Fifty Word Fantasy: Savior
Text is Copyright © 2017 by Jason H. Abbott, All Rights Reserved. Art elements are original, open source, or in the public domain.
WIP-it Wednesday: July 26th, 2017
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! Cretaceous Queen –my epic tale of magical girls, superheroes, dinosaurs and giant alien robots– is just shy of six thousand words as of today. I hadn’t expected the short story to get this long, figuring that it’d top-out at around... Continue Reading →
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