Sitting Behind the Eight Ball

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  • Growing Up with an Angry Father and an Invalid Mother

    By Barb Edler 24 March 2026 Yesterday Kathy Fish shared a numerical flash fiction prompt. I have never heard of a list story! She also shared several links. Here’s one of my favorites: https://www.matchbooklitmag.com/carvell daffodils bloomheaven scent reminder—breathe Continue reading

    Growing Up with an Angry Father and an Invalid Mother

  • Struggling

    By Barb Edler 20 March 2026 I’m getting older and my mind is fracturing. Talking to myself and cursing aloud is a constant. Indecision, regret, anxiety, a sense of impending doom rides my mind’s fluctuating airwaves. Worse, I am trying… Continue reading

    Struggling

  • The Abecedarian Flash

    By Barb Edler 8 March 2026 Prompt:  write twenty-six sentences, each beginning with a letter of the alphabet, beginning with the letter “A.” Write NO MORE than twenty-six sentences. No less either from The Art of Flash by Kathy Fish. Sunday’s… Continue reading

    The Abecedarian Flash

  • First Draft Flash

    By Barb Edler 3 March 2026 This morning the Art of Flash Fiction offered an episodic flash. I need to think of something that shows a series of events that are connected by some word. It isn’t supposed to be… Continue reading

    First Draft Flash