Blue period #5amwritersclub #featheredfriend #flashfiction #writingprompt #randomclick #monday

Marshall prized the void that was the ride to/from an airport. The capsule of silence in the back of a cab, the hazmat suit of anonymity on the train-to-the-plane.
#30words30days #day21 #void #writingcommunity #microfiction #backstory

There was an element of anticipatory regret each time Marshall set a trip in motion, clicked into his next slalom of encounters along the way. Every arrival also a departure.
#30words30days #day20 #element #writingcommunity #microfiction #backstory

Celestial #5amwritersclub #angelsportion #flashfiction #writingprompt #randomclick #sunday

Parallel lines #5amwritersclub #twotrainsrunning #flashfiction #writingprompt #randomclick #saturday

It started as it always did, a minor jolt below the rib cage, a little electrical hum and sizzle. But Marshall knew the panic would grow. He braced for impact.
#30words30days #day19 #grow #writingcommunity #microfiction #backstory

Right now #5amwritersclub #sidewalkwisdom #flashfiction #writingprompt #randomclick #friday

Marshall knelt where the concourse formed a top-heavy T, its àrms stretching left and right beyond his eyes’ reach, gate numbers to infinity. You’re being ridiculous, he muttered to himself.
#30words30days #day18 #being #writingcommunity #microfiction #movingalong

Melt #5amwritersclub #lovemark #flashfiction #writingprompt #randomclick #thursday

Kitkat #5amwritersclub #ontheprowl #flashfiction #writingprompt #randomclick #wednesday

That day, scudding clouds above the terminal cast a mottled pattern up and down the escalators. Marshall found himself skirting bystanders that weren't there but overlooked the woman who was.

#30words30days #day16 #pattern #writingcommunity #microfiction #movingalong

Her evening followed a familiar pattern.
He’d slug whisky; she’d gather wool. He’d needle her; she’d knit her brows. He’d start a row; she’d unravel.
Someday she’d cast him off.
#30words30days #pattern

Lost and found #5amwritersclub #comebackbaby #flashfiction #writingprompt #randomclick #tuesday

Marshall knew the furthest reach of Concourse A was a diversion desert - nothing but sand-beige walls and gritty matching carpet, with “Coming Soon” signs dangling forlornly on the abandoned kiosks.
#30words30days #day15 #desert #writingcommunity #microfiction #movingalong

Beastly #5amwritersclub #brooklynmonster #flashfiction #writingprompt #randomclick #monday

New look #5amwritersclub #slimshady #flashfiction #writingprompt #randomclick #sunday

Marshall was in love once: Tania, a flight attendant in throwback mould, all leggy glamour and night musk. She liked that Marshall had logged almost as many miles as she.

#30words30days #day13 #mould #writingcommunity #microfiction #backstory

One day #5amwritersclub #justtalk #flashfiction #writingprompt #randomclick #saturday

She was standing in the glassy LaGuardia passage above Marshall’s up escalator lined with mosaic icons: tiled pizza slice in fire and cheddar, acid yellow Metrocard, charcoal flock of pigeons.
#30words30days #day12 #fire #writingcommunity #microfiction #whereisthisgoing

Remember #5amwritersclub #hereforyou #flashfiction #writingprompt #randomclick #friday