Prompt: Done by in_the_blue. 100 Word Stories
Liana Mir
Liana Mir reads, writes, and wrangles the muses from her mundane home in the Colorado Rockies and, occasionally, from the other side of the Barrier.
Series Listing
02. The Good Heart - Case 27
03. Elysia - Shel 05
03. Elysia - Shel 05
04. Kailin University - Shel 16
04. Kailin University - Shel 16
04. Kailin University - Shel 16
Story Within a Story
Since When
Truth is not in the eye of the beholder. Is it?
Two schoolgirls share lunch and misgivings at how to apply truth when the facts are not convenient.
03. Elysia - Shel 05
Alliance Science Fiction
Flash Fiction Short Story
Alliance Science Fiction
Flash Fiction Short Story
“Why did you say you were my best friend?” one little girl, Shelley, asked the other, Langley.
The two girls were settled in at a lunch table, sharing knishes and snacks. Shelley had a handful of expensive figs from offworld. Langley’s mother had baked flatbreads.
Langley popped another piece of fruit in her mouth. “That bully had no right to your figs.”
“G–d never lies,” Shelley answered solemnly.
“You know why?” Langley leaned back and stretched, then plunked both elbows on the table and grinned. “If He says it, He makes it true. You are now my best friend.”
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Alliance Science Fiction
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Sure sounds like kids! I like that snippet, and the little touches that show it's a different environment.
Thanks. I wanted to sneak a few more of those touches where I had to cut them from the other piece!