MicroFlashFiction: Short Stories and Experimental Narratives: July 2018

I am not yet cold

I am not yet cold.

Steve Coel

I am not yet cold.

Steve Coel

I am not yet cold.

Steve Coel

I am not yet cold.

Steve Coel

I am not yet cold.

Steve Coel

I am not yet cold.

Steve Coel

microflashfiction - Steve Coel

An 11.59 Publication

Teamwork

Slow Journey

O ble mae'r bobl wedi mynd?

Steve Coel

Teamwork

Steve Coel

Extract 1.

...like I says
when they leaves their mark
people learns about it
real quick like.
Got to,
if they wants to survive
in this game.

They likes nice things,
pretty girls...
you knows the story.
All knows how that one goes.
They's still young.

Keeping it all legit
is hard part,
and truth be
they got that covered
real good.
Has the the gift they has,
is why they'll stay
top of the pile
for long time.
Round here at least.

Extract 2.

Still,
someone needs to have quiet word.
Straighten things out.
Cos like there's always a someone
involved somewhere along the line,
always.

And this ain't normal.
But you tells me
what is.
Take that drink now I will.

Draft Extract from Tin Collector [ An 11.59 Publication ]

microflashfiction - Steve Coel

An 11.59 Publication

Sings the Blues in E

Sings the Blues in E

Steve Coel

Ping...Ping...Ping...

There it is.
Again.
Same place,
just by swinging
doors next to the kitchen.
Driving us all mad
so it is.
Driving me mad more like.

Started about a week ago.
At least is when it became
a nuisance.
You gets everyone settled
for a sitting and then

Ping...Ping...Ping...

Nothing to do with equipment.
Been checked.
Just sort of hangs in the air
and when you stands
by door
you still can't place it.
Bit of a mystery really.

Manager says we should
get somebody in
to have a closer look.
We suspects he means
a priest not a plumber.
Stuff gets done even so.

But in the background
you still hears this sound
and some people thinks
we's doing it on purpose

Ping...Ping...Ping...

In E so it is.

3rd Draft. [ 2008 - 2018 ]

llanw isel

Arfordir Byw

Steve Coel

microflashfiction - Steve Coel

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Burger 'n Gravy

Burger 'n Gravy

Steve Coel

You knows when you hears
people talking about their
last meal?

So..on Death Row apparently you
gets to choose a last meal.
Tells you quite a bit about
the person who orders them like.

Hungry mostly I'd be guessing.

Anyway; I's sitting in the local cafe
before closing and this fella
comes in and asks for the
last meal of the day.
Burger 'n Gravy.
Nice.

Hungry probably.
Low on cash, definitely.

So he eats it, walks out,
and gets knocked over
by the late bus.

Some last meal eh!

3rd Draft / Last Draft? [ 2008 - 2018 ]

llanw isel
Arfordir Byw

Steve Coel

microflashfiction - Steve Coel

An 11.59 Publication

Grass and Paper

Grass and Paper

Steve Coel

Crouching; doglike alongside a

fence corrugated with time

the local old man patters

his way home, all

memory a slight flicker

in grass and paper.

Liquid; sweet and delicate,

reminds him of
people long gone,
dismissed with
relatives and friends,

sweethearts and enemies,

photographs and bruises.

In a bottle he finds

time and peace.

In a bottle he becomes

young again.

A fighter.

A winner.

[ Grass and Paper, 'Two Voices' - Notes, 1998 ]

llanw isel
Arfordir Byw

Steve Coel

microflashfiction - Steve Coel

An 11.59 Publication

Y Diwrnod Arall

Y Diwrnod Arall

[ The Other Day ]

Steve Coel

Clear you mind, listen carefully

and don't stop breathing.

Strict Tempo - Rock Icon

Persian Sun - Very Smart

Far Reach - Rocky Blue

Boundary lane - Lucky Mistake

Desert Frost - Coal Stock

Magic Ship - Celtic Artisan

Plough Boy - Silver Nails

Highland Peak - Dutch Canyon

Global Melody - Sweet Taboo

Lethal Turbo - Easy Gold

O ble mae'r bobl wedi mynd?

Steve Coel

microflashfiction - Steve Coel

An 11.59 Publication

microflashfiction - Steve Coel

Steep Holme

Arfordir Byw

Steve Coel

For all suicidal storm surfers, beach pariahs
and plastic foragers.

Could be their first time, could be their last time...
but for many, there is always a next time.

microflashfiction - Steve Coel

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Rules for storm followers

Steep Holme

Arfordir Byw

Steve Coel

' If you can hear bells ringing, then a storm is coming.'

[ Beach saying]

Rules for storm followers
Steve Coel

1. Don't bother interfering with the suicidal surfers.
Only exception are the 'storm preachers' hell
bent on trying to save someones life.

2. Why learn names? Everybody lies.

3. Let people do their own thing.

4. Authority sucks, so just ignore.

5. Safety is never an option.

microflashfiction - Steve Coel

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