Unpublished

Picfor1000 is a yearly themed writing challenge - you get a picture for inspiration and have to write a story of exactly 1000 words.

Amsterdam - Erin went to Amsterdam to see what there was to see, and somewhere along the way he met a boy named Joost and made a life for himself.
Come to the Gobi, They Said - John had this life in Texas. Rodney had that life in Glasgow. And then they met in the desert and had another life together. (fanfic for the movie Flight of the Phoenix)
The Floury Art - An introduction to Keeley O'Donnell and the bakery where he works, his temple to the art of flour and yeast.

The Post-Apocalypse

The story goes that one day, in the space of twenty-four hours, half the world's population vanished. By the end of the week, fully 90% of the people on earth were gone, disappeared without rhyme or reason or pattern. This is the Rift.

The Ghost of Jack Kerouac - There's a ghost standing in downtown Lowell.

Books of the Dead - Amy Jay set out west from Boston to find other survivors. In a place called Haven, she found a melancholy bookkeeping system to record the names of the missing and presumed dead.

Casper Grace - Before the Rift, Casper Grace was a musician with a family and a boyfriend. Now he's alone, but not exactly lonely. (written for my friend Alice for her birthday)

Misc

The Wanderer - There once was a woman who loved a wanderer....

Children of the Rain - Twins Ry and Pix are troubled by rumors they don't understand, and ask the Historian to explain.

Untitled (Ficlet with Angry Swede) - A very short piece with some anger in it.

More to come!