Tag: clean fiction
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Melt Like Wax (Flash Fiction)
This flash fiction story is based on a picture prompt (below) from the Instagram #pleasantwordschallenge! While thinking of this story, I came across Micah 1:3-4 (For behold, the Lord is coming out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth. And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open,…
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The Finder (Flash Fiction)
What if the person who found things-and mended them-was found by the One who mattered most? Maria was the keeper of found things. Her drawers were filled with buttons, change, stamps, and ribbons. Her shelves boasted of tattered books, chipped China, weather-worn rocks, and twigs that looked like squirrels if you tilted your head a…
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Dear Emily (Flash Fiction)
This story came from an Instagram prompt – the #pleasantwordschallenge! The prompt was “An Unexpected Letter.” If you’re interested in doing a fun flash fic prompt challenge every couple of weeks, please check out the hashtag on Instagram! The letter sat in the middle of the table, occupying very little space. One could have looked…
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Gran’s Perfect Memory (Flash Fiction)
Last year I wrote a short story about Mary finding the empty tomb in honor of Resurrection Sunday, and this year I wanted to do something similar. But try as I would, nothing was clicking for me. That’s how writing works for me. I have to get sucked into the story. It’s almost as if…
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An Open Window by Sara Whitley (Book Review)
“After a life-shattering trauma, Molly is ready to follow God into the next chapter of her life—if only she can put her pencil down and let Him write the story.Molly Taylor spent the last three years running away from her painful past, searching for peace in an endless desert. Now, having faced her darkness and…
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Another Ending by Sara Whitley (Book Review)
“When Molly’s world crumbles down around her, she’s confronted with a moral dilemma she never imaged herself facing—how far is she willing to go to put her shattered life back together again?Trusting God has always come easily for Molly Taylor, who’s never walked through a trial her best friend Tanner Walters hasn’t been able to…
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Unbetrothed by Candice Yamnitz (Book Review)
“Around Agatha Sea, princesses are poised, magically gifted, and betrothed. So, when seventeen-year-old Princess Beatriz still fails to secure a betrothal, her parents hold a ball. Forming an alliance could mean the difference between peace and war, but Beatriz doesn’t want just any suitor.She’s in love with her best friend, Prince Lux. Marrying Prince Lux…
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Yvette’s Moon
“In war-torn France in 1940, Yvette Castillon’s darling husband Henri is taken by the German army and forced to join their cause. Before he leaves, he makes Yvette promise to wait for him. She stays true to her word as the war rages on. As the months turn into years, all she can do is…
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Ahava, first of her name (Flash Fiction)
I actually think this has the potential of turning into something longer one day! I haven’t really written anything in a fantasy land in a while, but Ahava makes me want to tell her story. The wind tugs at my hair, undoing the curls that had taken me hours to perfect. I always hated fancy…
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Christmas in Love (Book Review)
“A basement flood, a winter storm, and a little holiday magic (okay, maybe a lot) might be just what the doctor prescribed for Natalie and Cade.Cade hasn’t been home for the holidays for three years. Not since the Christmas he planned to propose to Natalie… before she dumped him. This year’s Christmas gift? Having to…
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