Jeffrey sat on a small bench with his dad in front of the house just for stargazing. The two of them would sit there for hours just looking up at the night sky. And every time, Jeffrey’s dad would point out the same cluster of stars. “Those 3 stars there, they make a–” “A triangle, yes, Dad, I know,” he…
Category: flash fiction
Created by FlashDogs in 2016, #vss365 participants write a tweet-sized short story based on a daily word prompt. Originally planned to last one year, the prompts are now given out by a new host every month, each with their own unique style and word choices. The hosts were originally scheduled by Voimaoy until the start of 2020, when Arthur Unk took over host scheduling.
Most word prompts come from https://vss365today.com/
group
Wesley bit back his tongue and closed one eyelid for the other. He’d lost track of how long he’d been out in the field. Too long, he thought. Too long to come back with nothing to show for it. He licked his dry lips. “Come on, come on, come on,” he chanted under his breath. His arms grew heavy holding…
wind
The wind shifted and I caught her scent on the breeze. I shook my head and turned towards the entrance. She gracefully walked into the room, unarmed, and alone. I shifted my weight to one leg and crossed my arms. She greeted me with open arms. “Of course. I knew you’d come around sooner or later. I trust you know…
crank
I rolled the vial over in the palm of my hand. I scrunched my face up at my dealer. “Crank?” I asked. “Like from the movie?” He nodded. “Hell, yeah. That will put you on front street for real.” I looked down at the vial again. It was easy to say that I was a bit unsure about it. “Didn’t…
march
“Now, this is made easier to remember through the acronym M.A.R.C.H. which stands for ‘managing awareness, readiness, carelessness, and hunkering’. Now the last one might throw you through a loop so allow me to explain…” I leaned over to my coworker sitting beside me. He leant his ear as I whispered. “Not only do we get a meeting with another…
trolls
“Shh… don’t look.” We both averted our eyes from the front door of the tavern. You didn’t even have to look; you could smell them coming in: trolls. I peeked over my shoulder just to get a glance at the towering figures that scoped out the patrons as they walked in. A full head shorter than them was a smaller…
spoke
“Speak the words,” she demanded. I held my breath. She turned on her heel and slapped me across the face. “Speak the words.” Her voice dripped with venom. Suddenly the door swung open behind her and her apprentice ran into the room. She snapped her head back to the door and sighed a bit of relief at her underling’s appearance.…
crush
“This pitiful thing?” He held my beating heart in his silver gauntlet. What once was a bright red, now beat slowly to a purplish black. My restraints held my arms tight behind my back. I could still taste the blood in my mouth. He chuckled again and crushed my heart in his hand. Each knuckle cracked as my heart squeezed…
tread
Jeffery grazed his index finger along the edge of the tire tread. He raised his hand to his mouth and licked his fingers. His mind’s eye saw a burst of images all at once. He sucked wind hard into the pit of his lungs holding it in for as long as he could. He felt like his eyes were going…