Valley of the Muse

Word Count: 100
Prompt: August 2009 – #1 – Steam Powered

Gathering her skirts, Diana rushed through the front door of the Manor towards the stables. Leaning against the stable wall, a rusted contraption resembling a wagon marred the otherwise perfectly manicured countryside.

“There she is!”

Diana’s pursuers were gaining quickly, but she ran faster, not daring to look back.

She hoped the capsule clutched in her hand would work. “Portable Steam” father had called it. Wrenching open the boiler at the base of the wagon, she threw it in, then pressed the buttons and pulled levers as she had been taught.

The wagon spread its wings and she was off.

Originally written June 2007.

Title: This Is
Author: Miriam Bosiljevac
Disclaimer: All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Rating: Mature
Wordcount: 704
Author’s Note: Story written for Scott, in honour of his birthday. Section titles taken from songs by the Clash.
Summary: Once upon a time, there was an angry girl, who used to wear torn t-shirts, dyed her hair blue and green, and had 8 pairs of converse shoes.

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Another old flashfic, this one from September 2006.

Title: Lowri’s Betrayal
Author: Miriam Bosiljevac
Wordcount: 100
Summary: Aeddan had loved Lowri.

The words stung. He was expecting them, had heard the practiced logic from her before, but the venom in Lowri’s voice tore right through him. She had been his hope, his life, and Aeddan didn’t want to believe any of this was actually happening.

Her fiery hair seemed to burn in the sunlight as she raised the broadsword above her head. Lowri wore the colours of her father on the battlefield, signifying her choice over her lover and supposed shelter.

Aeddan stood still as the blade swung towards him, her betrayal destroying his soul faster than any weapon ever could.

Originally written June 2007.

Title: Changing Shape
Author: Miriam Bosiljevac
Wordcount: 820
Rating: Mature for some sexual content
Summary: It’s been a decade since you’ve been together, and he’s not the same person. Neither are you. And that’s ok.

EXCERPT: You might not burn for one another the same way you used to, when you couldn’t wait to strip him of his clothes, or would pull him into alleyways or public restrooms. You may not be obsessed with him the way you used to be. But you miss him when you travel. When you haven’t had time for more than a quick hello and goodbye kiss, and things are busy, and you want to tell him about your day, but he isn’t there.

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