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First Line Fiction

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Arpad Nagy

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11h ago

Editor’s Choice Feature Fiction #79 & FLF Prompt #114

A return to ‘normal’ and reaching for the right decision

Editor’s Choice Feature Fiction #79 & FLF Prompt #114

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First Line Fiction

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Rick Allen

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3d ago

The First New Memory — Chapter 13

The Goodbye

A quiet, intimate living room in late afternoon, three chairs arranged naturally for conversation, a delicate orchid with one fresh green leaf on the windowsill, warm sunlight across the furniture, a sense of companionship and an approaching farewell

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First Line Fiction

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Rick Allen

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3d ago

The First New Memory — Chapter 12

The Reconciliation

Two women in their late forties or early fifties sitting across from each other at a modest kitchen table, two coffee mugs between them, one woman with traces of tears and a reluctant smile, the other smiling gently with relief

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First Line Fiction

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Rick Allen

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4d ago

The First New Memory — Chapter 11

The Discovery

A struggling orchid with broad green leaves but no flowers in a blue ceramic pot on a modest kitchen counter, one fallen dead leaf beside it, two empty chairs in the background, late afternoon sunlight through a window,

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First Line Fiction

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Rick Allen

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6d ago

The First New Memory — Chapter 10

Somewhere I Haven’t Been Yet

A quiet apartment kitchen at dusk, a woman in her late forties seated at a small table, smiling softly toward an apparently empty chair

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First Line Fiction

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TheFictionalMindOfMike

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6d ago

Blood Stained Cigarette: The Ghosts We Carry.

Prompt#93- First Line Fiction

Blood Stained Cigarette: The Ghosts We Carry.

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First Line Fiction

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Arpad Nagy

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Nov 3

Editor’s Choice Feature Fiction #78 & FLF Prompt #113

Hometown happenings, Halloween impressions, and first steps

Editor’s Choice Feature Fiction #78 & FLF Prompt #113

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First Line Fiction

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Rick Allen

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Nov 2

The First New Memory — Chapter 9

The Truth Between Us

A quiet modest apartment kitchen at dusk, a woman in her early sixties seated alone at a wooden kitchen table, an open handwritten notebook and an untouched cup of tea

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First Line Fiction

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Arpad Nagy

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Nov 1

The Last Ride

A First Line Fiction story, prompt # 110

The Last Ride

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First Line Fiction

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Rick Allen

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Oct 31

The First New Memory — Chapter 8

That Was Ours

A quiet yellow kitchen, a blue shirt, morning light, and an empty chair. The ordinary setting where David remembers love.