New flash fiction over at http://lilychildsfeardom.blogspot.com/2011/07/lilys-friday-prediction_15.html
Rules - 100 words max flash fiction or poetry using the following words – gloss, roam, spire. Deadline is 9pm UK time on Wednesday 20th July.
ZOMBIE SUNDAY
By Veronica Marie Lewis-Shaw
Walking alongside the roadway, to Sunday Service, the girl saw the reflection of the zombie in the gloss of the black Bentley, parked kerb side… turning too late, as the creature’s gaping mouth closed over her left ear, and began chewing.
Knocked to the ground, the girl watched helplessly. Would the pack of zombies roam across the dew-covered grass toward the church; its slender spire pointing to the heavens, or would they continue down the road and into town?
As the life ebbed from her small body, she prayed that Nana did not go to church this morning.
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Bio: Veronica Marie Lewis-Shaw
Born in Lisboa, Portugal to parents of Portuguese/Russian descent, Veronica Marie and her partner of six and a half years, Christina Anne, celebrated their second wedding anniversary in October 2012. The couple are “still very much on honeymoon!”
Part time teacher/barista/student, Veronica’s long fascination with noir fiction prompted her to try her own hand at writing fiction – “the last two years have been a roller coaster!”, where she honed her ‘writing chops’ on an unsuspecting public over at Flash Fiction Friday and Phil Ambler's (formerly Lily Childs’) Friday Prediction.
Veronica has been published in Pulp Metal Magazine, The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology, the horror anthology 100 Horrors, from Cruentus Libri Press, and the inaugural issue of Literary Orphans magazine. She also appears in Katherine Tomlinson's anthology, NIGHTFALLS: Notes from the end of the world, Paul D. Brazill’s DRUNK ON THE MOON 2: A Roman Dalton Anthology and Near To The Knuckle's debut anthology - Gloves Off.
Veronica counts among her mentors - Carole A Parker, Lily Childs, Paul D Brazill, Richard Godwin and Joyce Juzwik. She is currently ‘polishing’ her first novel – a memoir – and working on the second draft of a second novel, as well as publishing a collection of her flash fiction and short stories.
Veronica’s writings can also be found at http://veronicathepajamathief.blogspot.com and http://veronicathepajamathiefwritespoetry.blogspot.com.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology (Kindle)
Thanks for entering the Prediction Challenge, Veronica. Zombie Sunday is a great little write with a chilling last-liner.
Feel free to comment on others’ work. I’m heading over there this morning to do just that, and post my own up. Bye for now!
Thank you, Lily. I am glad you enjoyed it.
I too went over and read everyone’s stories and commented. Quite a talented lot you have there, and I LOVED your story… it evokes some powerful imagery.