Week 628 of #ThursThreads was a success, and y’all never disappoint. Thank you to everyone who writes each week. You are why we’re still doing this, and why we’ve made it 12 YEARS!
If you’ve just found us, welcome to the crew! May you come back again and write more great flash. A thousand thanks to Muirlette #1 for judging this week. Follow Siobhan Muir on Bluesky or check out the #ThursThreads #flashfiction group on Facebook or the #ThursThreads Group on MeWe to keep up with news, etc.
Entries:
- Bill Engleson
- Siobhan Muir
- Silver James
- Daelyn Morgana
- David A. Ludwig
- Kelly Heinen
- Nellie Batz
Honorable Mention
Nellie Batz | Website
Muirlette says: I like the strength of the female MC. She doesn’t give in to the male character. Great job.
winner announcement
Week 625 Winner
Muirlette says: I really like the humor of this story and the interaction between the characters. Terrific read.
“You will be very fortunate in your future.”
I have this pesky eyebrow that likes to raise at the oddest of times. And there it goes. That eyebrow said challenge accepted and is threatening to leave my forehead. My boss is sitting behind his desk, gently caressing a crystal ball with skeletal hands, droning on in some sort of weird accent. And his outfit is eyebrow raising indeed: skirts, bandana, coin belt.
“You will live a long life,” he drones, gazing deep into the crystal ball. “With many children.”
“Okay…what’s going on?”
His head snaps in my direction, cocked to one side. “I am practicing for the work Halloween party. I am going to be a fortune teller. Is my costume okay?”
If my eyebrow gets any higher…
“I think fortune tellers wear some sort of off the shoulder, puffy shirt. They don’t go about in their birthday suit.”
If he had eyebrows, they’d be raised now. Even still, his jaw dropping like a discount store skeleton is funny and I burst out laughing. He may be The One True Death but he’s not trying too hard today.
“Perhaps this fortune teller is in their afterlife.”
“Perhaps. But you should probably wear a shirt to look more authentic.”
He resumes his crystal ball caressing as I head out, giggling. Frankly, I think it’d be funnier if he went as a pirate. He can be disassembled and reassembled with very little effort. He could spare a leg for one night.
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Congratulations TWENTY-TWO TIME WINNER Kelly, and Honorable Mention Nellie! Don’t forget to claim your badges and display them with pride. You certainly earned it!
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