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flashfictober 25: ripe

October 31, 2019 / jmcoster

Her every step through the forest filled the air with ghosts.

And that wraps up flashfictober for this year!

flashfictober 24: catch

October 30, 2019 / jmcoster

Every time she approached the devil’s bridge, her footsteps slowed and she lingered, looking down at her reflection in the flat, still water. She would wait for the space of three breaths, though she wasn’t sure what for.

One day, her reflection was waiting for her.

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flashfictober 23: injured

October 29, 2019 / jmcoster

She placed the berry between her teeth, applying just enough pressure to break the skin, tart juice tingling her tongue. Then she dropped the small red fruit into the bowl. “One for the water.”

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flashfictober 22: ride

October 28, 2019 / jmcoster

Kata clutched the heart in her hands, blood oozing warm and thick between her fingers. She wanted to put it back. She would give anything to put it back. But some things were almost impossible to undo. Almost.

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flashfictober 21: dark

October 26, 2019October 25, 2019 / jmcoster

“I just want to make sure you really understand what you’re getting,” Mills said, sliding the wooden box onto the table. It looked like a miniature coffin, and he suppressed a shudder.

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flashfictober 20: tasty

October 25, 2019 / jmcoster

When she returned to the tree the next day, instead of plums, its branches were laden with gorgeous gold and blush peaches.

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flashfictober 19: dizzy

October 24, 2019 / jmcoster

Sel looked up at the night sky, where she had been for so long, and where she couldn’t return to. At least, not until she killed the moon.

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flashfictober 18: ancient

October 23, 2019 / jmcoster

She touched her fingertip to the metal box and could suddenly see him. A man hunched over a desk, blunt fingers holding a tiny figurine. He dipped the smallest brush into a pot of blue paint.

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flashfictober 17: ghost

October 22, 2019 / jmcoster

The wishes ground to shards, to dust between her molars. Each mouthful was like eating glass. It hurt to consume them, but the possibility of loss hurt even more.

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flashfictober 16: treasure

October 21, 2019 / jmcoster

Alie carefully dabbed glue onto the stem of the peach before pressing it against the tree branch and holding it for a ten count. This was, at least, the most possible of the impossible tasks she had been set.

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