Friday Flash Fics—A Touch of Psychometry

This week's Friday Flash Fics hit me in a three ways. One: her dress (which made me think of a local comic book convention). Two: her gloves (which made me think of "The Psychometry of Snow"). Three: the bookshelves (which made me think of The Second Page, my fictional bookstore in the Village, which Ian …

Friday Flash Fics—Change, Home, Water

Another Village story this week, inspired by the Friday Flash Fics photo here. NiceTeas gets a mention in "A Little Village Magic," (included in Of Echoes Born) and I've got a novella almost polished called "A Little Village Blend," where you get to spend more time with Ivan, the proprietor who makes the tea blends …

Friday Flash Fics — Bailey Haliburton is Going to Prom

This image from Friday Flash Fics made me think of Bailey Haliburton, from Of Echoes Born. She's mentioned in "The Psychometry of Snow" (and there's fallout in that story to what happens here), and she appears in "A Little Village Magic" (years later from the events here). I wanted to explore her beginnings a little …

Friday Flash Fics — “Kissing Frogs”

Today's Friday Flash Fics sort of hung around in my head for the week without doing much, and then a discussion earlier today reminded me how important it was to remember queer friendships in fiction, and I ended up wondering what Grayson would be up to these days, and "Kissing Frogs" happened. The sharp-eyed may …

Friday Flash Fics — Inspired

I missed last week thanks to an inner ear infection, but this week's Friday Flash Fics inspiration solidly landed me back with Michel and Clive from "Pentimento" (which appears in Of Echoes Born, and who we've already visited once in a previous Friday Flash Fic piece, "Morning After, After Mourning" (which this piece follows a …

Friday Flash Fics — Feeling the Beat

Today's Friday Flash Fics was a piece I found on Pixabay, and I just loved the shattering effect, which made me think of Ian from Of Echoes Born. And then I was working on Faux-Ho-Ho (this year's holiday novella) and it kinda-sorta reminded me of the characters in Handmade Holidays, and so... this happened. Feeling …