She’ll Never Know (Friday Fictioneers)

She’ll never know. We’ll be out after dark and home before dawn. Alexander had promised. And he’d been right. Night after night, he would come for me. My mother at work and the little ones asleep, I crept out. Into the dark hallway. Down the stairs. Across the bridge. The parties were loud and warm,…

(Literary Lion: Bloom)

I missed posting for the Literary Lion flash fiction prompt “bloom” a few weeks ago, but have had a story blooming in the brain (really, an image from which the story grew) ever since. It’s been a challenge establishing a daily routine with the newest little addition to the family, and with the exception of the first round…