WEP'S OCTOBER 2020 CHALLENGE, SEVENTH CHANCE By Pat Garcia
Seventh ChanceBy Pat GarciaGlass flew across the room, hit the door, and splattered. Tiny chips rained on the floor. Her anger boiling, her hands shaking, Bob-Ann picked up the second crystal...
View ArticleWEP'S AUGUST 2020 CHALLENGE, THE LONG SHADOW by Pat Garcia
WC: 497 Jamie finished her late morning coffee. Speculating over the afternoon ahead of her, she left the café for her next appointment and decided to walk. In her own world, calculating figures that...
View ArticleWEP'S JUNE 2020 URBAN NIGHTMARE CHALLENGE, THE KIDNAPPINGS By Pat Garcia
WC: 989 Shrill screaming woke Zelda. She scooted nearer to Beno, thinking she was dreaming. Beno put his arm around her, bringing her closer, and kept sleeping.The shrieks came again, and this time...
View ArticleTHE WEP CHALLENGE, April 15, 2020, Flowers with a Promise by Pat Garcia
WC: 935Zelda tossed and turned from one side to the other in the king-size bed belonging to her and Beno. Quieting herself, she lay spooned on her right side and stared at the chipped brownish...
View ArticleWEP CHALLENGE, February 2020, GOODBYE UNTIL...By Pat Garcia
GOODBYE UNTIL... Storms raged within Zelda. Even though seven years had passed, her dichotomous relationship with Beno still reverberated in her gut. In contrast to what she had once thought, the...
View ArticleWEP DECEMBER 2019 CHALLENGE, FOOTPRINTS OF CHANGE by Pat Garcia
WC: 593 The tide rolled in. Water covered her feet and rose ankle-deep. Jamie pivoted one hundred eighty degrees to go back the way she came. But the water was everywhere. Her footprints washed...
View ArticleWEP, OCTOBER 2019 CHALLENGE, BARREN! A HORRIBLE HARVEST, A Poem by Pat Garcia
Barren!Dried, red, sand,Layered in its elevation as far as her eyes could see.Thicker than dark, dried, red, blood,A color that haunted her.No flowers,Not even the heads of weeds sprang through...
View ArticleMany Thanks! It Is Encouraging To Be Encouraged, by Pat Garcia
Hello Everyone, The WEP Winners have been announced. The competition was stiff. There were so many great entries. Every year the step ladder of the WEP rises higher. Congratulations to the Winner,...
View ArticleThe WEP CHALLENGE, AUGUST, 2019, THE RED WHEELBARROW by Pat Garcia
Netta scrutinized the red wheelbarrow placed before the floor to ceiling window of the living room. That wheelbarrow isn’t just attractive, but it’s a downright elixir for the soul. She stood between...
View ArticleTHE WEP CHALLENGE, JUNE 2019, CAGED BIRDS DON'T SING By Pat Garcia
Kathie Mae sat and stared at her surroundings; everything was in place just like he liked it.The cream coloured sofa just at the right angle, three meters away but right in front of the large floor...
View ArticleWEP CHALLENGE, APRIL 2019, The Alabaster Box by Pat Garcia
The Alabaster BoxbyPat Garcia999 WordsEula sat on the sofa next to Francesco staring at the box in front of them that she’d placed on the coffee table. Francesco, whom Eula called Cesco, had pulled...
View ArticleWEP CHALLENGE, FEBRUARY 2019, A NEW BEGINNING By Pat Garcia
WC: 992 Emma Lou Beasley whirled and twirled, springing around her kitchen like a three-year-old. Her feet danced to a beat only she could hear. Joy for approaching a birthday Emma Lou...
View ArticleWEP Challenge, December 2018, It's Christmas by Pat Garcia
He always liked her braids tied with yellow and purple ribbons. Said it reminded him of coming home. Dee-Bay put an extra ribbon on the plait laying on her forehead....
View ArticleWEP August 2018 Flash Fiction Challenge, Janie B and A Change of Heart, By...
WC: 962The bed placed against the wall facing the huge bedroom window gave Janie B a good view of the lake. Two willow trees one on the left and one on the right of the garden framed the garden’s...
View ArticleWEP - June 2018 Challenge, Unraveling The Past by Pat Garcia
Unraveling The Past Janie B sat behind the steering wheel of her Aston Martin gazing down at the old dilapidated mill by the lake. Balls of yellow, red, and purple yarn lying in the passenger seat...
View ArticleWEP - APRIL 2018 CHALLENGE, Janie B, by Pat Garcia
Janie B didn’t know what hit her. Standing in one of the dressing rooms of a noble boutique, she turned to look in the mirror. Janie B assessed the form-fitting sheath dress. She shook her head in...
View ArticleIN TOO DEEP, WEP CHALLENGE, FEBRUARY 2018, Until Death Do Us Part by Pat Garcia
Gianluigi arms embraced the window sill. His head bent looking down at the empty street. The quietness didn’t alarm him. The two street lamps that shone in darkness comforted. The shadowed forms that...
View ArticleWEP- Submission - December 2017, An Eternal Beginning By Pat Garcia
An Eternal Beginning Liza loved peanut butter, especially when mixed with blueberry jam. She ate tubs of it. She sat back from her kitchen table and propped her legs high on the chair next to her,...
View ArticleWEP - OCTOBER 2017 CHALLENGE, A Dark Night Of The Soul - By Pat Garcia
The trail seemed endless. Voices whispered in the pitch-black night. Stumbling over potholes, she couldn’t see, she missed one and fell into it. It swallowed her legs, and she kicked to break away...
View ArticleWEP Submission - AUGUST 2017 CHALLENGE, REUNIONS, A Poem, by Pat Garcia
Reunions,A manifestation that time doesn’t stand still,Ever revealing the plots of our lives that connectAnd the plot holes that never did.Exposing dreams that didn’t stand the test of our...
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