Welcome to this week’s installment of many micro stories, ranging in length from 100 words to 500 words.
With each story we hope to deliver a little whimsy into the lives of our readers.
NEW RESIDENT
To Mark, his wife and their daughter, a new house meant no history, it was theirs to grow into.
Despite his girl’s room being decorated in pink with unicorn wallpaper and both new and previously loved toys, his princess refused to sleep there. She was too young to verbalise: ‘man’ or ‘window’.
With the threesome wrapped up in bed together, all lights were off, yet there remained an almost unperceivable glimmer of light from the child’s room.
The glow faded and returned as if something passing in front of a bulb.
The subtle movement, roused Mark. Drawn to his daughter’s room. He noticed a glow from the ground floor window of the doll’s house, as its front door creaked open.
Chris is a Health Service Research Manager and lives with his wife Hayley and Border Collie in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. He is a self-confessed flash fiction addict with some publication and competition success. A recent obsession of his being writing Novella-In-Flash. He also hosts his own flash fiction website.
www.fusilliwriting.com
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If you enjoyed this drabble you can find it and more in the Hawthorn & Ash 2023 anthology.
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