Believe it or not, some writing activities this trimester have been fun. This one asked us to source a photo of two people, whether it be from a magazine, newspaper, or online, and write a very short story (300 words) explaining how they met. I’ve not written ‘flash’ fiction before, so trying to fit the elements of a short story into the word limit was a challenge, but worth it for the lessons learned along the way. So here’s a super quick post to introduce my ‘Strangers on a Train’. “Say cheese.” Flash! Mrs. Dodge blinked hard behind her thick glasses and smoothed her hand over Michael’s bald head. “Thank…

Hyun knelt on the grass and reached his arm deep into the hole. “Hello,” he whispered, “Can you hear me?” He was sure they were just out of reach, that if only he stretched that bit further he might touch them. First his left leg stretched back, then the other. Soon he was prone, shoulders by his ears and both arms buried in the darkness. The dew soaked into his cotton shirt and stabbed his chest like little dots of ice. But he was more concerned that the cover of morning mist had already slid into the valley below and left him exposed. “Hello? I can hear you, can you…