DeAnna Knippling

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Pulling into the driveway after a long trip … DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS How many times […]

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Lazy Sunday afternoons … NIGHTS AND HOLIDAYS Both chapped hands pressed up against the lazy

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Finding money I forgot about … THE COIN She was vacuuming, and because the cat

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  The window seat … THE WINDOW SEAT “Travel makes you a better person,” she would

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Binge-watching Netflix … THE SLOW CREEPING HORROR OF BECOMING YOUR OWN TRUE SELF It was

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Having friends over … DALLOWAY What he loved best about having friends over was getting

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Writing … VESSEL I put the pen down, close the notebook, sit back, stretch—my back

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Corn maze … TURN RIGHT The corn leaves are so dry they rattle.  The people

Flash fiction project: one dark story per day, all the way through October, each one based on one normal thing gone wrong. More of this year’s stories here.  You can find last year’s stories here, or at Amazon as October Nights. … Normal thing:  Board games … HAUNTED BY GASLIGHT “Hurry up, roll. It’s your move.” “I’m reading the