The rabid Gheiah swiped. Steirdrar dodged, tried to get more distance, one hand desperately palming his utility belt for weapons that were not there.
Tag: Flash Fiction Month 2026
FFM 2026 22: Connections
I finished the first draft near 9PM with 47 words over the limit, have a vaguely related word that maybe hopefully hasn't been used as a Whoops title as a title yet. And light editing, of course, because I physically don't have the time for rigorous editing this time around. Continuing from FFM 2026 20: … Continue reading FFM 2026 22: Connections
FFM 2026 21: The Tale of a Goblin King
David Bowie Day challenge: The story must take in a labyrinth. Optional add-ons: Include a reference to the movie Labyrinth in some way, shape or form, Someone in the story must be listening to a song from the David Bowie song randomizer, Include something forgotten, Include a goblin king of your own choosing. I used … Continue reading FFM 2026 21: The Tale of a Goblin King
FFM 2026 20: Waking Up
A direct continuation to FFM 2026 19: An Invitation. More lightly edited than most because I needed this out of the worklist ASAP. Steirdrar felt awful upon waking up. Dehydration. Hunger. Bad signs. But he was lying on his side on something incredibly soft? "Good, keep waking up. Follow my voice," someone spoke. Loud, firm but … Continue reading FFM 2026 20: Waking Up
FFM 2026 19: An Invitation
"Figures." Iazyer shifted a bit. "Are 'ey worse 'an a stranger offering you a place at 'eir guest room?" Steirdrar wished Iazyer had their helmet off so he could see their expression. "Depends on the stranger and location."
FFM 2026 18: Banana Orange
Cue bananas.
FFM 2026 17: Crash down
The urge to just run away did not lose its hold on him when he made it to the clearing he had found earlier. If anything, it gripped his chest harder. He wanted to just keep walking and walking and walking away until no one would bother pursuing him anymore, just get away from it all.
FFM 2026 16: A Cultist
The smell of Fateguiders, of a sweet fruit she later learned was called 'banana', of Hioth-Shu, of Ink'Horn, it followed Zerela as she fled, her apology probably a garbled combination of many languages rather than anything intelligible, until it no longer did.
FFM 2026 15: Comeuppance: Delivered
Cou-2 kept things professional when they made it to the apartment C'zlu's family lived in. They were getting looks from the civilians — courier Mechs were rare in the civilian parts of the base, Infini'tech Labs Mechs much less so — but they ignored it. They had a job to do.
FFM 2026 14: Bananas
The Flash Fiction Metaverse Mansion had turned yellow overnight. Or at least the facade had. What was even more suspicious was the chanting of "banana banana banana banana banana" that came from inside, accompanied by Hydra's laughter. What the fuck? Windy had a very bad feeling about this.
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