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...
by Rob Diaz | Aug 5, 2008 | General Fiction, Short Stories, Unedited
It was a cold and rainy day, as we knew it would be. It was always cold and rainy whenever we made plans to go to the beach. I was rather bummed by this because I had tried so hard to make everything different this time, better this time, perhaps drier and warmer...
