Stories tagged “ficlet rewrite”

  • Vignette: Bridge

    For itself, it is the bridge. For the cops, it’s a magnet for trouble. Drug dealers, thieves, and all manner of criminals were drawn to this place, pulled from every direction. Left to their own devices, they would make the bridge a haven for the...

  • Vignette: City

    It was becoming something else. What was once the small capital of an unimportant country had been transformed due to the war. Weapons needed to be made, soldiers needed to be trained, things needed to be learned. The streets were paved now. Materiel n...

  • Teamwork

    “I can’t believe we’re doing this,” he said. The young brother and sister team worked through the night, quietly, calmly. The earth overturned neatly as the shovels made their way. Dig. Lift. Repeat. It was methodical, melodic e...