June 2022 Flash Challenge, Day 30 “Tell my dad…,” But, you’re my son…, why can’t he say the words? ### Clark looks out the flight tower window again. It’s going to bad one; the black sky is fat with storm clouds. As if 497 needed more things to go wrong. They’d lost two engines in… Continue reading Flight 497
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A House of Sun, Sky, and Sand
June 2022 Flash Challenge, Day 28 A lot changed for Scott when he stole the disc from the Goldbergs. He had been alive then, of course. He was an artist with a fair amount of success centered around his endless sequence of portraits of his wife, Portia. They were cubist, realist, and impressionistic. She was… Continue reading A House of Sun, Sky, and Sand
Louisa’s Story
June 2022 Flash Challenge, Day 23 I was worried about Stuart. Everyone says twins are supposed to be alike, but we were fraternal twins; while we were alike in many ways, we were also different. Stuart had been the sensitive one. I was worried about him. When I walked through the door, I had hoped… Continue reading Louisa’s Story
Classroom
June 2022 Flash Challenge, Day 22 “I tell you, it’s today.” “You say that every day, Stuart,” Julia says. He does think a lot of days are the anniversary; maybe he feels guilty about Louisa. She was his twin. Perhaps he wishes he had gone with her. I study the light in the room. Stuart… Continue reading Classroom
Stories by Shawn 