Thursday, September 29, 2011

The Mighty Pen #14

The Mighty Pen flash fiction contest is a just for fun writing contest (inspired by my wonderful husband). I post the beginning of a story – and you post an end! I will choose a winner and several honorable mentions. The contest is open until Sunday night and the winner is announce on Monday where I feature them on my blog. Check out past winners on the tab above.



Note: This is a family friendly blog – so please keep it PG rated. Thanks!

My good bloggerly friend CherylAnne Ham has a similar contest on her blog. So when you are done here, hope over and check out her Flashtastic contest.


The Beginning

Danger! Do Not Enter! Danger!

The angry red letters stared back at them. They looked at each other and then back at the entrance to the...

1 comment:

  1. museum.

    "I thought--" Katie said, disappointed, if not a tad bit irritated. Okay, really irritated. She'd made the trip all the way from Lower Manhattan only to discover that the doors were locked. Locked! "This is going to totally effing ruin my science project that's due Monday. I've only got two days. This sucks. Mrs. Pennopopolis is going to kill me."

    Her short, slender companion, none the wiser, decided to kick at the door with his bare foot. Jeremiah never seemed to be found in footwear. Always the first to try on a pair of sandals, sneakers, flip-fops--you name it--but never one to actually keep them on his wide, stubborn, hairy feet.

    "There's another way in," he said, grinning, leaning inward to examine the gap between the doors.

    "Oh, yeah, how?"

    "Like this."

    And in a finger snap they became vapor--immaterial tufts of odorless cotton all too easily slipping through the crack.

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