THE FAN (flash fiction)

Don Drysdale walked into the dugout and smiled at Maury Wills and rookie Charlie Neal, before throwing his mitt on the bench and giving everyone that smug smile.The night before, a bunch of fellas from the team were out sucking down bourbans at Toot’s Shor’s joint in Manhattan and made a little bet about that bouncy little fan with the cute overbite.Drysdale pulled out a torn cocktail napkin from his satin jacket and bragged, “You all owe me a finske...

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THE BEAST WITHIN (flash fiction)

He took their million dollar advance but now he owed them a book. Problem was that he was plum out of ideas and moreover, drier than August in Death Valley.So out came the scotch - used to work in the past - but this time it only made him angry and suspicious. Even the clickity-clack of his vintage Underwood and dopey trip to the cabin where he wrote the first one didn't spark the juices.When he saw his face on the cover of Entertainment Weekly,...

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RECOGNITION (micro flash fiction)

18 words. That's all we had to use to create a story on the latest Six Sentences challenge. 3 words per sentences. Six Sentences. This is what popped out.She didn't say.I didn't askDidn't matter, though.We both knew.She loved him.I didn't care.addthis_url=''; addthis_title=''; addthis_pub='avenutol...

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FROZEN IN THE KINGDOM (flash fiction)

Recently at Six Sentences, there was a challenge posted that had entrants use the concept of cryogenics. This is what I came up with...The Magic Kingdom was obviously filled way with too much sword and sorcery for Little Sally not to wander off at closing time.Intuitive and knowing full well her parents would find her eventually, she took a quick left turn at Captain Jack Sparrow's wooden knife sculpture (a new logo for the "Pirates of the Caribbean"...

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AUTHORS WHO CRAPPED OUT MASTERPIECES

Via Cracked.com: So what does it feel like to write something that will inspire audiences for generations? Apparently it feels like another day at the office, as it turns out some of the greatest works of all time weren't intended to be classics... and often were just dashed off for the hell of it.To read the entire list, click HERE.addthis_url=''; addthis_title=''; addthis_pub='avenutol...

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WAITING FOR THEIR HUSBANDS (flash fiction)

My latest piece is once again inspired by the work of the great artist Edward Hopper is 1929's "Chop Suey."Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1929Agnes and Edna met at Chop Suey, the first upscale Asian eatery to open up shop in the greater Wall Street area, and chatted as if they they didn't have a care in the world - and they didn't.Even though their financier husbands have been irritable of late, three Gin Rickeys were all it took to reaffirm their excitement...

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THE BEACH GIRL (flash fiction)

Somewhere around 5 a.m. Davina left the Vanity Fair party and completely blew off Elton's bash because something didn't feel quite right.She told the limo driver to head up the Pacific Coast Highway until he saw Paco's Taco's, an all-night gourmet stand smack dab in the middle of Malibu. For all the hoopla of winning her first Oscar - which she aptly tossed into the Pacific - she knew deep down nothing would change.It would only magnify only what...

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