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 | Nov 16, 2022 | Fantasy, Flash Fiction
Gracie rushed after the single gondola as a shadow of a man hefted the long rowing oar from the river of time. It arced over the gondola, water drops shimmering against the background oranges of fall. “Please, sir, I need to go back. I have to change everything!” Her...
by Cherise Papa | Nov 14, 2022 | Flash Fiction, Paranormal
We’re more than a few days late, but I can get this posted now that Fyrecon work is resting (at least for a day or so before we get back into more future planning!) When people see us together, it means I’m at work, fulfilling a deceased’s final wish. My magic...
by Cherise Papa | Oct 12, 2022 | Fantasy, Flash Fiction
Someone once told me that when the night sky is filled with fire, dragons will return. I always thought it was a legend told in secret over campfires among unbelieving mages. But now fire rains in the sky. The mountain beyond the forest spews fire and lava and ash. I...
by Cherise Papa | Oct 8, 2022 | Fantasy, Flash Fiction
This time it’s Wednesday Words on a Saturday. I hit some big freelance deadlines Thursday and Friday, then revised and submitted a short story Friday just before the deadline. New goal: submit stories early! Dreag steadied itself as the train horn tried to blast...
