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Fantasy, short story9 Comments

The Walker

December 13, 2016December 12, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

Trees reached out, arching over her head and their branches melted into the night. She walks alone except for the bright coin of a moon and the cold pricks of starlight studding the cloudless sky. Continue reading The Walker

Fantasy, flash fiction, short story12 Comments

Frozen Cherries, Cashews and a Twist of Trouble

December 11, 2016December 11, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

(This is a work of flash fiction. Enjoy!) I sat eating frozen cherries and cashews with one knee cocked ‘cause I lost my job after just one night. Okay, you caught me. There might be some dark chocolate too. What’s … Continue reading Frozen Cherries, Cashews and a Twist of Trouble

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story8 Comments

Don’t Lose it in The Fray

December 5, 2016December 5, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

I held his story in my hands and his life too. I would look after it in the coming fray. I knew how to save a life. Continue reading Don’t Lose it in The Fray

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story8 Comments

This night of witch light and woe

December 3, 2016December 3, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

Take this night of woe, bury it deep below wrapped it in this cold, snowy sheet. This night we return bodies to the dust we all spawned from, back to the black lab where our creator dwells. Continue reading This night of witch light and woe

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story10 Comments

Crushed for the first time

December 2, 2016December 2, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

For the first time, life went off script, left me staring at the one who’d betrayed me–my crush. Continue reading Crushed for the first time

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story10 Comments

Up in Flames

November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

I dreamed of a man standing alone in a mountain pass facing an army. He went up in flames. Continue reading Up in Flames

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story12 Comments

Melting into a Vision

November 29, 2016November 29, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

“You shall not pass.” A tear tracked down his porcelain cheek a moment before he exploded. Continue reading Melting into a Vision

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story14 Comments

free falling

November 26, 2016November 26, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

I was free falling without a hope,
without a lifeline to rope me in,
riding a unicorn sliding down a slick slope
towards a melee and a fantasy trope
Continue reading free falling

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story12 Comments

Recreational Betrayal

November 25, 2016November 25, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

I read the answer in his eyes,
skimmed the lies twisting his tongue. Continue reading Recreational Betrayal

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story14 Comments

Cold by the Floodgates

November 23, 2016November 25, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

I read on seeking a connection, finding it and the losing it each time he speaks to me. Continue reading Cold by the Floodgates

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story14 Comments

Pain, My Love, and My Tribe

November 22, 2016November 22, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

We’re strong enough to face a tribe called pain. Society told me love always prevails. Continue reading Pain, My Love, and My Tribe

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story14 Comments

Monday Melted Me

November 21, 2016November 21, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

My perceptions are winnowing,
contracting
to the chalk outline tying
me to this spot where something
delivered me into Death’s hands. Continue reading Monday Melted Me

Fantasy, short story17 Comments

Brave enough

November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

Our shock commingles.
We are separate and yet we are one.
Are we brave enough to fight fear’s tingle–
or has apprehension won? Continue reading Brave enough

Fantasy, OctPoWriMo, short story12 Comments

Lady Wise

November 16, 2016November 16, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

Sweet serendipity,
Lady wise and sylvan,
remove our iniquity
so we’re people of the Plan. Continue reading Lady Wise

Fantasy, short story12 Comments

Sheerin’ Away the City

November 15, 2016November 15, 2016 Melinda Kucsera

Midnight in the city
falling into ruins,
there lays a girl busy
weaving a spell to unpin
reality from its moorings. Continue reading Sheerin’ Away the City

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