by Katherine Villyard | Mar 10, 2023 | drabble
I’m trying to do daily drabbles, for fun. The definition of drabble that I’m using here is that each one is a little microfiction of exactly 100 words. I enjoy the challenge of making it exactly 100 words, and it’s a fun exercise. So hey, if you want...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 10, 2023 | drabble
Electronics don’t work in water. Melusine had a “dry room,” where she kept her Xbox, her computer, her television, her cellphone. The glow from her monitor and a collection of LED lights illuminated the cave walls in blue and green and pink. She would run a nice bath...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 9, 2023 | drabble
We sat together in the dark, musty office, nervous. The woman across the desk had a wrinkle between her forehead as she frowned at her computer, then back at the papers. “So, what made you want to adopt a baby?” Her voice was bored, toneless. The keyboard clattered....
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 8, 2023 | drabble
She closed the conference room doors and knelt on the meeting table. A packet of salt provided a circle around her. She called upon the forces of plenty, of power, of clever, strategic war, and lit a green candle in the center of the table. Outside, visible through...
by Katherine Villyard | Mar 7, 2023 | drabble
The moon glowed, but it was the streetlights that illuminated the streets. He trotted through trash-strewn, dark, reeking alleys, avoiding honking automobiles, and slipped into the park. Everything glowed in a red haze. He caught and ate a squirrel, chased dogs, cats,...
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 14, 2023 | free fiction, giveaways, short fiction
Do you like vampires? Do you like 18th and 19th century Prussian vampires with a crush? Do you like music, religion, betrayal, sweet first love, and terrible mistakes made? Do you like 18th century philosophy, and boys having crushes on boys? If so, I might have...