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Category Archive: Fiction

Dragonfly

On a misty Sunday morning, I walk in to my balcony, yawning and greeting the day with a coffee. I tune in to the week’s e-sports telecast…

abudhabiwritersadmin September 8, 2022 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Foxman – The Origin Story

One day there is a dead fox in the road outside the school, all opened up, inside out. Yippee the lollipop lady brandishes her lollipop like a broadsword…

Ben September 8, 2022 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Familial Issues

That fat pig! And then they would blame me for being on the booze every day. The old curved exotic body had gone away. If it wasn’t for other young chicks…

abudhabiwritersadmin September 7, 2022 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Enticement

The fingers played gracefully on the keys. My eyes rolled following the clicks. Porcelain, long fingers, extended by vinous painted nails. The forefingers ornamented with bright henna…

abudhabiwritersadmin September 6, 2022 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Colours

I’m always late! Green like her eyes … no, they are lighter: greyish a bit. I lost her as usual. The green still far. I push as hard as I can…

abudhabiwritersadmin September 5, 2022 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Desertion

I struggled to separate my stuck eyelids while inside winds shook my head. Light from the window added up to my eye fight.
“Yasser!”

abudhabiwritersadmin September 4, 2022 Fiction, Flash Fiction

The Horsemen

You wake up on a grey floor, in a large dome-shaped room so spherical it seems unnatural. The room is empty except for a large pipe that protrudes out of the wall…

abudhabiwritersadmin February 2, 2022 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Smiley!

John, Paul and George shot from triangular positions. John’s went astray; however the other two rocks hit the small head perfectly…

abudhabiwritersadmin January 31, 2022 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Steve’s Horrific Epiphany

Steve: Alright Dave.
Dave: Alright Steve.
Steve: Where’s Eric?
Dave: Floating in a paddling pool three gardens down…

Ben October 25, 2021 Fiction

Floor 77

For a few moments he moved relentlessly back and forth along the corridor; then he looked at the red glowing numbers, both read 77…

abudhabiwritersadmin October 25, 2021 Flash Fiction

Sunglasses

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This is Sherif’s first contribution and was written in response to a writing exercise on an online course…

abudhabiwritersadmin October 20, 2021 Flash Fiction, Workshop

That’s All Right

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He walked up Union Ave towards Beale, the way he had thousands of times before. He noticed the […]

Jamie May 18, 2021 Fiction, Short Stories

Transfixed

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She stared at me, and I tried my best not to blink. Her spidery lashes did not meet […]

abudhabiwritersadmin April 10, 2021 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Cabin Fever

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Bill Renwind was content. Sure, the world was falling to pieces. The sickness was raging through the country. […]

abudhabiwritersadmin April 10, 2021 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Monitor

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“If I’m called from class, behave yourselves. Otherwise, the Monitor will wreak vengeance.”

abudhabiwritersadmin March 30, 2021 Fiction, Flash Fiction

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