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SINGLE PAGE STORY*: ENCOUNTERS - When the…

Rustypuppy — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 20:13:28 GMT

SINGLE PAGE STORY*: ENCOUNTERS - When the tornado carried you away from your apartment in Oklahoma City, visions of gold brick roads sparkled in your mind.

When you ended up on a deserted island, you realized how much you missed pizza and having a pocket knife.

When the one-eyed dragon appeared, you experienced hope, fear, excitement, and trepidation, though not in that order.

When the UFO fired its energy weapons, you defended the dragon's blind side with your magical crossbow while it sang a tune that melted the aliens' hearts, literally.

When the sun exploded, you and the dragon flew to a new universe.

When you woke up, you had vague impressions of other adventures, but neither you nor the dragon could remember the details, so you ordered ten large pizzas and played video games.

* Fanciful micro fiction of less than 300 words

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SINGLE PAGE STORY SUNDAY* - INTENT: In…

Rustypuppy — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 21:24:15 GMT

SINGLE PAGE STORY SUNDAY* - INTENT: In a ten-room hotel on the far side of the island, a busboy with a marble brain clears a table. He has one emerald iris and topaz teeth, but as the top half of his skull is missing, people first notice the smooth, white and black-veined sphere.

Some say he was transformed by the gods as punishment. Others say the gods rewarded his bravery. His mother doesn't want to talk about it, and his little sister charges a piece of fruit to those who want to see her brother open coconuts with his teeth.

The manager of the restaurant values the boy's work ethic. The owner of the hotel takes the family out on his yacht once a month in gratitude for the additional tourists who come year-round to see the boy with the marble brain.

Since his transformation, the boy's family and community have prospered beyond their wildest dreams.

A worthy consolation for his failure.

That's what he tells himself, in the pre-dawn hours, when he sits on the cliff, his jaw aching, looking right and left to be able to see with one eye what he used to see with two, his neck tense and strained with the weight of his decision.

A decision no god had any part of, for only a human would seek to combine the animate and inanimate for a chance at immortality.

* fanciful microfiction of less than 300 words

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SINGLE PAGE STORY SUNDAY: UNITED - Once…

Rustypuppy — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 18:17:01 GMT

SINGLE PAGE STORY SUNDAY: UNITED - Once every thirty years, a floating island appears and remains for sixty days.

It’s said if the gods accept your offering, the island will settle upon the water so you and yours may take of its treasures.

By the end of the first month, boats and rafts and make-shift platforms crowd the water enough for one to walk across the ocean. With so many, so close, any violence claims more than the intended targets. Elders from all clans demand courtesy and restraint, having little patience with the trivial differences of color or custom when faced with their last chance to reach the island.

As the days pass, there are fewer offerings left to give, yet people stay in the hopes of celebrating someone's success.

Every offering is watched with anticipation. Every rejection is consoled with soft words and gentle touches.

At the end of the sixtieth day, the island, still floating above the ocean, disappears.

The mass of boats and rafts slowly disentangle and disperse. Some return to their homeland. Others follow their new friends or lovers to a different life; one made possible by an unattainable dream.

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SINGLE PAGE STORY SUNDAY* …

Rustypuppy — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 20:26:01 GMT

SINGLE PAGE STORY SUNDAY* …

REMEDY - After she dropped the kids off at soccer practice, the tamarind had an appointment with her horticulturist.

Browning leaves, a severe drop in fruit production, splotches on her bark - classic stress symptoms.

Easy enough for him to prescribe a new fertilizer, rest, and more water. She had the kids, the house, the dog, the gerbil, and the so very not semi-tropical New Jersey weather to deal with on a daily basis.

Sitting in her car, the tamarind dropped her head into her branches and wept sap-filled tears.

From somewhere down the street, the strings of a tanpura reached out and hugged her with their melody. Her bark lightened. A single flower bloomed upon her brow as the song filled one of the holes in her life. On her way to pick up the saplings, the tamarind bought a pair of headphones and a subscription to AlwaysMusicIndia.

At her next appointment, her horticulturist praised her recovery, clearly pleased with efficacy of his prescription.

* fanciful microfiction of less than 300 words

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SINGLE PAGE STORY* … Tuesday! instead of…

Rustypuppy — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 23:31:13 GMT

SINGLE PAGE STORY* … Tuesday! instead of Sunday because Mom and I had a Rummikub marathon on Sunday and I completely forgot to post. This is one of my favorites. :)

May need to tap the photo to see the read the whole thing.

* Fanciful #microfiction of 300 words or less.

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SINGLE PAGE STORY SUNDAY! Fanciful #microfiction…

Rustypuppy — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 18:19:52 GMT

SINGLE PAGE STORY SUNDAY! Fanciful #microfiction of 300 words or less.

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In my excitement, I thought it…

Rustypuppy — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 17:28:24 GMT

In my excitement, I thought it was a 500 word limit on ZBD Social, not 500 characters. :(

It’s okay, just means I’ll be posting my Single Page Stories as images every Sunday instead of text. :)

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I’ll be sharing a microfiction…

Rustypuppy — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 00:22:01 GMT

I’ll be sharing a microfiction story I wrote every Sunday starting this weekend. Are there hashtags you look for regarding reading fiction here?

I know these generic ones are used on other social media platforms: #writing #microfiction #fiction #story

I thought of these Nostr specific ones based on what I’ve seen for other topics: #storystr #authorstr

Any others you’d recommend?