Tuesday, September 27, 2011

What's Left

My flash fiction piece, "What's Left," is now up over at Apollo's Lyre (September 2011.) Click here if you'd like to read it.

This is one of those stories that started out as an image that just wouldn't go away - a scar, alive and ropey and raw, snaking down a woman's back. This story is where that scar, that image, took me. Not at all where I thought I would end up, but I'm glad I took the journey.

12 comments:

  1. I'm glad you did, too. "The young woman’s bravado has become too heavy a mask for her to wear" -- that line stuck with me. Excellent work.

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  2. Thank you, Milo. I appreciate your reading and your kind words.

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  3. Hi Madeline,
    Congratulations. Your description has me curious. I'll check it out.
    Donna

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  4. I really enjoyed this story and the ones you have linked on your other website. I'm so glad you're getting recognition for your serious flash fiction talent!

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  5. You have an artistic way with words. Well done as always.

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  6. Jillian, thank you so much for reading "What's Left" and for taking the time to read my other stories. The best recognition is having readers like you all! :)

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  7. I always appreciate you stopping by, reading and commenting, Sally! Thank you!

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  8. Hey Madeline. Good story. I enjoyed it. I was also thrilled to see you've earned the Pillar of Fire at Write 1 Sub 1. Consider yourself patted on the back :-)

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  9. Thanks, Stephen! And kudos to you on your award. :)

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  10. That's a really lovely story. Very sad in a beautiful way.

    Congratulations on W1S1 this month.

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  11. Thank you very much, Lydia. And congratulations on your award, too. :)

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