by Cherise Papa | Jan 26, 2023 | Flash Fiction, Horror
I wake tied to a couple of amps smashed together like a bad joke of a table. My vision is fuzzy, but the pressure against my back is unmistakable. I don’t remember how I got here, just flashes of standing in line outside the venue hall, eager to see my favorite band...
by Cherise Papa | Jan 18, 2023 | Fantasy, Flash Fiction
Happy Wednesday Words! May the rest of your week be as magical as the stars! Amanda stared at the stars as her mentor adjusted the massive telescope. The night was clear, dotted by stars city lights always stole from her. She could stare at them forever…. Not. She...
by Cherise Papa | Jan 15, 2023 | Flash Fiction, Horror
Wednesday Words on a Saturday! I actually wrote the draft on Wednesday, but ran out of time to post it. I wish I could have posted it yesterday as it was Friday the 13th, which is the perfect vibe for this post. But it just didn’t work out either. So here we...
by Cherise Papa | Jan 4, 2023 | Flash Fiction, Science Fiction
It’s the first Wednesday Words of the year, and I’m really excited for this year’s list of prompts. May you enjoy them, too! “You know I’m not supposed to be here,” my future self says as she checks out the flashing red and blue lights in the...
by Cherise Papa | Jan 4, 2023 | Goals
2022 has been an interesting year. I’ve mostly been tired and in survival mode, keeping kids alive and work done, with nothing left for anything else. But I have had a few weeks of burst productivity here and there, or mostly just overspending myself. I had to...
by Cherise Papa | Dec 28, 2022 | Fantasy, Flash Fiction
I can’t believe this is the last Wednesday Words of the year. May you have a wonderful New Years! She was thirteen when she decided to fly. Feathers sprouted from her arms and she took to the sky. Winds carried her, and the summer’s sun warmed her back. Finally...
by Cherise Papa | Dec 28, 2022 | Flash Fiction, Paranormal
This is the story for last week’s prompt. A full week late. I’m blaming my kids being off for Christmas break, but it probably just was my lacking organizational and prioritization skills. This story is a little longer than 250 words, ending just over 300....
by Cherise Papa | Dec 17, 2022 | Flash Fiction, Paranormal
My unfamiliar fangs split through my gums as I wander—seeking relief—in an endless line of parked cars. Distant music thrums through the air, speakers blasting and crackling. The opening of a new song, a promise of a moment to immortalize. The call is overwhelming,...
by Cherise Papa | Dec 9, 2022 | Fantasy, Flash Fiction
The fire alarm blares as cold water splashes my face. Well, at least the indoor rain is finally working. It took me too many midnight fires to perfect that spell. Now to find a way to prevent the hatchlings from lighting things on fire in the first place… I slowly...
by Cherise Papa | Dec 1, 2022 | Flash Fiction, Paranormal
I watch my dim reflection in the window shift continuously, wrinkles blinking in and out around my eyes. Laugh lines longer than my own but look familiar. Gray speckles my dark hair like children’s sparklers. It changes the fastest along a thin crack jutting from the...
