Friday Flash Fics — “La Dame Rouge de France Triomphante”

Today's Friday Flash Fics picture made me go in a spec-fic direction that I'd considered once or twice before, but apparently needed an image to work with to ground a character. She became Claire, and the story unfolded from her. La Dame Rouge de France Triomphante Le Musée de l'Unicité lay tucked within sight of …

Friday Flash Fics — “To the Blues”

Today's Friday Flash Fics made me think of Christian (or Ian) and Dawn where they left off at the end of "There & Then" in Of Echoes Born. So, spoiler warnings for that story in particular, as this picks up when they go to the prom that Dawn decided was definitely going to happen, despite …

Friday Flash Fics — Merrily, Merrily

Today's Friday Flash Fics rides the coat-tails of another one I wrote a while back, Gently Down the 'Stream. We once again have a time-traveler arriving who's there to do a good deed, but this time it's the someone from the "now" of the last piece, heading into the a then. The photo reminded me …

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 …