by Rob Diaz | Oct 9, 2008 | General Fiction, Humorous, Short Stories, Unedited
Author’s note: The following two very-short stories are in response to two simple thoughts. The first story, Richard Reeks, is from me sitting around and suddenly thinking I should write something about cats. The second story, School Days, came from listening to my...
by Rob Diaz | Sep 12, 2008 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the Friday Fiction “Stranger in a Strange Land” prompt) I remember it now like it was just yesterday, though it was many, many years ago. “Mom!” I had screamed as loudly as I could while stretching the vowel sound out for as long as possible. “Glipper...
by Rob Diaz | Aug 22, 2008 | General Fiction, Prompted, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the Friday Fiction “Have your character steal something…” prompt) I don’t really know why I did it. It made no sense, really, what with me being a well known author, a celebrity amongst celebrities. Yet, there I was, sitting in my study with the...
by Rob Diaz | Aug 15, 2008 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the Friday Fiction “Write about a Stolen Conversation” prompt) (author’s note about ‘The Conversation Stealers’) The idea for this story came to me in a dream (I went to bed thinking about the writing prompt) and got itself fleshed...
by Rob Diaz | Aug 8, 2008 | General Fiction, Humorous, Prompted, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the Friday Fiction “A Failed Proposal” prompt) “I’d like to propose a toast,” said Greg as he watched the reception attendees stepping and twirling their way around the dance floor. “You?” said Julie, barely suppressing the spit take that...
