Category: Flash Fiction
Not only are these really short stories, but they are written within one hour. These are basically just fast fun.
Posted on February 4, 2019
by Elan Mudrow
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It’s raining. “This is a warm rain, an uncommon rain. It feels too nice and the sidewalks don’t like it. It gets into their cracks, swelling, expanding, like my blood feels when a warm drop hits my arm.” “Your eyes look so worried when… Continue Reading “Tlaloc Speaks to his Lover.”
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Category: Flash FictionTags: Art, Blog, Life, Love, Mythology, Nature, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Rain, Science Fiction, Writing
Posted on November 5, 2018
by Elan Mudrow
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So true, so true Thinglewart is blue And who knew, who knew, what to do? For Thinglewart is a preposterous pest Indeed he wears a stiff, starched vest No stretchy, stretch for Thinglewart ever Just keeps on shoveling shit ‘til never ‘Til the sky… Continue Reading “Thinglewart”
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Category: Flash Fiction, PoetryTags: Art, Blog, Books, Fairy Tales, Fun, Funny, Life, Love, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Reading, Story, Writing
Posted on April 13, 2018
by Elan Mudrow
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Lucy runs into the house with fright on her face. “Mom!? Jimmy told me I’ve got bad case of the glimmer! Feel my forehead. Jimmy said I needed to get a shot!” Mom plays along, feels Lucy’s forehead. “Yes, I am afraid so. Looks… Continue Reading “A Bad Case Of Hubbub”
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Posted on April 13, 2018
by Elan Mudrow
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I came from chaotic matter, unformed, unnamed, a forest of thought, discord, a region of unlikeness. But now I am formed, symmetrical, a language, a song, a poem, matter between skin, meanings I would like to think of as endowed with light. I did… Continue Reading “By The Book”
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Posted on March 27, 2017
by Elan Mudrow
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You find yourself out of the binaries, out of the black and white, where the plains no longer exist. You find yourself in color. This comes after years of crafting your skill, to escape the gravity of black and white. You find that little… Continue Reading “Dorothy as Pharmakos”
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Category: Flash FictionTags: Art, Artist, Blog, Flash Fiction, Funny, Humor, Life, Love, Philosophy, Poem, Poetry, Wizard of Oz, Writing
Posted on January 2, 2017
by Elan Mudrow
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Siri had joined the two in secular matrimony Webcam to webcam. That memory of Val’s bride pulling away from his screen kiss Circulated in his skull….. Her lips, her mascara Her beautiful blur on the screen. He had made sure to tell her… Continue Reading “(Egatuo Rewop A)”
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Category: Flash FictionTags: Blog, Computers, Flash Fiction, Life, Love, Poem, Poetry, Social Media, Technology, Witchcraft, Writing
Posted on October 21, 2016
by Elan Mudrow
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I was invited to one of those huggy, huggy group meetings. You know, the type where everyone reveals inner lies about themselves, others, and the world around them. Well, we soon started picking out animal personalities for each other, which sucked, because someone else… Continue Reading “About The Bird”
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Category: Flash FictionTags: Animals, Birds, Blog, Education, Funny, Humor, Life, Love, Poem, Poetry, Work, Writing
Posted on September 26, 2016
by Elan Mudrow
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I sat down for a beer at a bar called “Dock Of The Bay”. One was brought by a handsome little bartender named ….. Ah, fuck I don’t know. I was halfway through my beer, reading a piece-of-shit novel named Howard’s Hind End when… Continue Reading “Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay”
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Category: Flash FictionTags: Beer, Blog, Comedy, Dissertation, Food, Humor, Life, Love, Poem, Poetry, Tater Tots, Thesis, Writing
Posted on May 15, 2015
by Elan Mudrow
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We were underneath, before it crossed over the river. Tires sizzled above us like a new form of electricity. These were sounds of an alien world, our planet. Our arms glued on to it, tentacles. Yet, we couldn’t follow it. The kid was… Continue Reading “The Freeway (Portrait #7)”
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Category: Flash Fiction, PortraitsTags: Author, Bridges, Fiction, Freeway, Ghosts, Murder, Mystery, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Roads, Writing
Posted on April 17, 2015
by Elan Mudrow
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This stream is the coldest my hands have ever touched. If there is a bottom to its shallowness, I can’t find it. The water seems so damned clear, too clear. I think I should be able to see, but I can’t. It must be… Continue Reading “The Fern (Portrait #5)”
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Category: Flash Fiction, PortraitsTags: Author, Books, Ferns, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Foliage, Forest. Ghosts, Hamlet, Nature, Ophelia, Reading, Rivers, Shakespeare, Streams, Writer, Writing
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