Flash Fiction assignments

Phil Gardner - Bringing Home The Bacon

This story has one central theme: Sheila, the main character, trying to convince herself that she is not a loser for writing a paper on the importance of pigs in the bacon industry to win a prize.

citation: http://www.philgardner.net/mfBacon.html



Craig Schlechter - The Midnight Oil

The story starts out with main character Carl, in his warehouse cubicle job. Its late at night, almost midnight, all but 2 janitors are present. The author uses forehadowing to lead the reader into treacherous spots of this plot. Lightning strikes the building, flames erupt, Carl gets out with the help of phantoms.

citation: http://www.ligoniervalleywriters.org/catalog5.1.html



Renee Fisher - Beach House

The author of this work uses irony. Dawn, and Adam are main characters walking on the beach, stumble across an abandoned beach house. They go in, to their surprise are greeted by a womans voice, asking to dispose of a gun. Come to find out, the womans voice was that of a ghost who was killed by that very gun by her husband 45 years ago.

citation: http://www.ligoniervalleywriters.org/catalog5.6.html



Bruce Holland Rogers - "Periwinkles"

Two individuals, gender unassigned, one discussing parables, convincing the other. The parable is of two men, one good, one evil. But it doesnt matter, good or evil, because if both die alone in the woods, they will rot, turn to soil, and sprout Periwinkles. Nature, then, knows no human plights. Thats the parable.

citation: http://www.shortshortshort.com/