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Festive Flash Fiction Day 25: Alphabet String
For the month of December, my goal was to post a piece of festive flash fiction here to the blog every day. Twenty-five stories, each 250...

kc dyer
Dec 25, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 24: Yarnbombing
And for Christmas Eve, a final visit from writer Jacquie Pearce, who offers a cosy story for reading by the fireplace. Jacquie writes...

kc dyer
Dec 24, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 23: Xe and We — A Love Story
Today we cover both W and X, and I offer proof-positive of the lengths to which I will go to avoid using ‘xmas’ as a word. Chemistry...

kc dyer
Dec 24, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 22: Violet’s Vacation
A venture in vague vision… Violet’s Vacation Violet was vexed. She’d been told that a vacation in Venice would be a once-in-a-lifetime...

kc dyer
Dec 23, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 21: Christmastime at the U Zoo
This one is to read aloud to the wee’uns. The dude below is a uakari, who didn’t fit into the stocking but is still festive in his...

kc dyer
Dec 21, 20151 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 19: The Small Green Snake
This wee poignant tale is the second Flash Fiction entry penned by Jacquie Pearce. Jacquie writes fiction for children and teens, as well...

kc dyer
Dec 19, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 18: A Ruined Relationship
WooHOO — we’re entering the final stretch, here. I have to go shopping tonight, so flashing the funny tonight in my stead is the...

kc dyer
Dec 18, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 16: Pietr the Potent
Crazy day today. Holiday traffic and a giant tree that fell across 4 lanes of highway blocking my way home. Made it in the end! Donkey,...

kc dyer
Dec 16, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 15: Orange
At last! A piece that recognizes the TRUE colour of Christmas! [Come on… what do you find in the toe of your stocking every year?] This...

kc dyer
Dec 15, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 14: Naughty vs Nice
Keep your eyes peeled — a couple of guest posts are in the offing this week. I’m excited! But for today, the quintessential argument…...

kc dyer
Dec 14, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Advent Day 13: Montreal Manger
Multicultural, seasonal, bilingual wordplay. If I screwed it up, je suis désolé…! Montreal Manger “Meet us for a walk,” Marlene said, one...

kc dyer
Dec 13, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 12: A West Coast Love Story
I hope you’re impressed that I made it 12 WHOLE days before falling prey to the lure of doggerel! A West Coast Love Story He is red and...

kc dyer
Dec 12, 20151 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 11: Krampus Kringle
Krampus Kringle Krampus Kringle How may I help you, sir? Applying for the mall Kris Kringle position? Of course. Let me just get the...

kc dyer
Dec 12, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 10: This Just…in
Okay, it’s possible I may have gone a wee bit political on this one… Canadian politics, eh? It’s a snowy business. This Just…In The elves...

kc dyer
Dec 10, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 9: Inferno and Ice
What if Nazareth wasn’t the first choice…? Inferno and Ice The setting was all wrong. He’d expected sand and sun and the warmth of...

kc dyer
Dec 10, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 8: Hannah Can’t Handle It
Hoo boy. Well, this started out as a little musing on the discomfort of holiday social interaction, but it clearly took a left turn...

kc dyer
Dec 8, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 7: The Giving of Gifts
ARGH! I made it only seven days before I’ve broke my own length parameter. This story is 50 words too long, but since this kind of...

kc dyer
Dec 7, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 6: Fight or Flight by Jacquie Pearce
Today my wee advent gift to you is a story by my friend, author Jacquie Pearce. Jacquie writes fiction for children and teens, as well as...

kc dyer
Dec 6, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day 5: The Effect of Entropy
Past midnight, but I still haven’t made it to bed yet, so I consider it under the wire! [Also, my level of sleepiness may possibly be...

kc dyer
Dec 6, 20152 min read


Festive Flash Fiction Day Three: The Confidential Case
The Confidential Case When I opened the door, the guy who’d knocked held up a flyer. Tess Trowel Investigations it read. We dig trouble....

kc dyer
Dec 3, 20152 min read
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