Oh, did you think think I was done with #DecFic?
Not quite... here's one last piece for this year, and it's all about moving forwards:
Where The Sky Begins
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The final #DecFic! Merry Christmas, everyone!
Time for a Christmas classic (sort of):
The Terribly Pretty Glass Shoes
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Almost there, folks! The penultimate #DecFic.* A piece about telling the truth through stories…
A Multicursal Puzzle
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(*Why yes, since you ask, I am pleased with this phrase which is perfectly innocent and yet manages to sound suspiciously filthy)
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For today’s #DecFic, a piece about finally opening up…
That Which is Kept Locked Away
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Today’s #DecFic is a story about doing things the hard way, and why that matters. It seems particularly relevant right now.
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For today’s #DecFic, a story in the form of poetry – something to warm my chilly little editorial heart 😉
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Last piece of #DecFic horror (probably) before the final run to Christmas…
The Last of the Eggs
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Since I’m doing horror this week, an all-time favourite of mine for today’s #DecFic
Magma on the Inside
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For #DecFic on the 17th of December, a piece that I first wrote in 2023, and which was later published @pseudopod.org. It’s about the horror of giving everything to machines.
It feels more relevant every day.
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Another piece of horror for 16th Dec’s #DecFic:
When I Was Young I Did Not Need Magic
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It’s the last full working week before Christmas, and six days to the winter solstice. In short, it’s the dark heart of the year.
So, time for some horror. For today’s #DecFic, there are…
Never Enough Pockets
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#DecFic for the 14th of December: we’re deep into panto season now, and it’s behind you! Or all around you…
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For today’s piece of #DecFic #FlashFiction, some…
Excerpts From the Browser History of Item 662-70519MP, Location 2
This piece won the Writers’ Forum Magazine flash fiction competition, and was published in issue #213, July 2019
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Today’s #DecFic is ‘We Have Now’. This story was first published in the anthology ‘24 Stories: of Hope for Survivors of the Grenfell Tower Fire’ in 2018
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#DecFic Day 11….
… Comments On A Spell Of Recall, Revelations and Realisations, Posted at r/ididnthaveblackthorn
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For today’s #DecFic, one of my all time favourites 🎄
A Little Something For Christmas,
also published at @castofwonders.org in December 2018
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For the 9th’s #DecFic…
They’re Clinging On The Starboard Side 🚀
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For today's #DecFic, a story from the other side of the year.
House Unhaunted.
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For the 7th #DecFic, have you heard of the Management of the Adoption of Gifted and Ingenious Cats? 🐈
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For today's #DecFic, something we might all need reminding of in December: The Oldest Magic There Is....
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Tomorrow is #SaintNicholasDay, often celebrated on the evening of December 5th (so, tonight). This seems like the right #DecFic story for today… 🎄
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This… has not been a fun week, for multiple reasons. So something light and, I hope, hopeful, for today’s #DecFic…
… Aural Fixation
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For December 3rd’s #DecFic, a story in rhyme. Will you play a game with the Trickster?
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December 2nd and it’s #DecFic number two. This story, Gently Creaking Boards, was first published at Flash Fiction Online in 2023.
It seems ever more terribly relevant.
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Nearly ten years (!) ago, I started a blog of flash fiction. I challenged myself to write one story a month, and there are now some 120 or so stories (!!)
Since December is traditionally a one-a-day kind of month, here are some of my favourites #DecFic (good hashtag, right?)
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