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Take a ride through the 1980s Los Angeles Punk subculture and how it shaped its surroundings and how its surroundings shaped it. Eventhough the manifesto that had been spray painted on the walls in capital letters is now hidden under 50 layers of peeling paint The aftermath or shall I… Read More

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February 23, 2025

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My eyes became distorted lenses into a world of shadows. Of white and dark. Of imagination and reality. That's the only way I can describe what I saw, laying there, near frozen death. Read

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A feudal lord executes a deserter from his army, but has doubts that take the form of the voice of his late father. Read

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After the market crash, Patrick goes for a walk to clear his head, but finds more than he bargained for. Another flash fiction episode in the life of Patrick Fitroy (The Perfect Day, The Big Game, The Speech) Read
An avant-garde character study that drags the reader inside the fractured psyche of Sammy: a woman caught between self-awareness and stagnation. Utilizing an experimental structure that attempts to maintian logical momentum while simultaneously attempting to mimic a mind unraveling. This is not passive reading. Expect raw language, mixed writing styles,… Read

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What do young men do when offered the exclusive company of an older woman? They die of course. Mrs. Godfrey would like to meet you. Will you join her for a drink? You will? What’s your poison? Read
Life at the Boys Boarding school is terror filled in the classroom. What lessons will be learned today? Read

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January 29, 2025 Madison Writing Group – Writing Prompt: flash fiction that includes marmalade/jam and rocks ... Zuri has always thought of herself as a rocker, and on the night she gets to show the world this truth, she reminisces about her grandma, her first fan. Read

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Mama Eldra takes badly when perceived father of the baby fails to acknowledge its his. flash fiction 250 words. Read

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The narrator is challenging our expectations, doing something she feels is spiritually uplifting but keeping us guessing until the end what she is actually doing. Read

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The follow-up story to "An American Tale". When down on our luck, it so often seems that things snowball, making it easy to give up and isolate ourselves from society. Read
The title should be self-explanatory. Read

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Life can be a long hard road. Any one of us can fall from grace at any time. Here's the story of one man's struggles as he tries to survive a bitterly cold night in the city. Read

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We all need that place where we can get away. Somewhere we have friends who accept us as we are. For many, that place is the neighborhood bar. More than a few interesting friendships have been born in just such a place - as well as a few surprises. Read

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a man sadly his beloved wife die Read

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Patrick (The Perfect Day, The Speech) decides to splurge on the big game. What a great time it would be. The president was even going to be there. Surely, money well spent. Read

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A man can toil a lifetime in his profession, all the while laying plans for his retirement. Still, all his efforts and planning can come crashing down in an instant. Read

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An excerpt from the world of The Dove. This was inspired by a reedsy prompt "Set your story during — or just before — a storm." Read

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Alice is gone, but Patrick Fitroy has a plan for the future. To the moon! Check out more Patrick Fitroy stories including, The Perfect Day, The Speech, Sunday Morning, Sick Day, and I Remember Momma. Read
Old men can have some pretty strange ideas, but then, there are times we'd do well to hear them out. Read

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A young man sells mysterious masks to the public. Read

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Sometimes we dream things that later surprise us by turning up in actuality. This phenomenon can be quite unnerving. Read

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Patrick Fitroy decides to take in a matinee on a dreary Saturday. The afternoon would be more than just blood and guts. Read

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Flash fiction cosmic horror from an unusual perspective "Alien: Purrfect Organism" is a masterful homage to the themes explored in Robert Morse's "Space Beast." Morse's work laid the groundwork for a thrilling examination of humanity's relationship with the unknown, and "Purrfect Organism" elevates this concept to new heights" Praises for… Read

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We all have our fears. Some rational; some not so much. But the fears that keep us awake at night can be rather terrifying. Read
Kids can be unintentionally cruel, but some react to the perceived abuse in rather radical ways. Read

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Sometimes it's hardest for us to see something so obvious to the rest of the world when it comes to one we're closest to; the one we thought we could trust. Read

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Sometimes when the prospects of making money seem so good, our focus gets lost, and we fail to see all the work involved to reach the pot of gold. Read

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Patrick Fitroy remembers his mom and the things she taught him and the things she didn't. Read
Back in the hills, legends and folklore run as deep as the woods. This spooky tale was shared with me by an old friend who hails from the deepest part of the woods. He swears at its accuracy and I have no reason to doubt him. Read

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As much as we try to isolate and protect ourselves, we still need to be near companionship in some form.. Read

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A lonely person will sometimes go to great lengths to find a way of fitting in. Read

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Choose your friends wisely, paying little attention to their status in terms of wealth or distinction, as neither has any bearing on the quality of their heart. Read

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In this fourth installment (The Perfect Day, The Speech, Sunday Morning), Patrick Fitroy isn't feeling well. It's too bad his assistant is dead. Read

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A story of transformation, blending memory and nature in haunting detail. Poetic micro-fiction about the feeling of losing yourself, one wave at a time. Read