SHORTS ON THE LINE

Sometimes when I am editing my brain rebells at reading the same thing over and over again I change gears and put my fingers at writing SHORTS.  These are stories of 500 to 2000 words that would have found homes in the house hold magazines if they still  published short stories. 

I file my "shorts" away, hoping to publish them someday .. and now with e-publishing I have the "on" line to hang them on.  

And sometimes luck will have it that some kind blogger will ask for a short story.. just as Jacqueline D. did for her Writing Blog where she shared both her writing and that of others. 

The challenge:  Write a short story using this setting: 

When - the future, any time in the future
Where - your choice
Who - Talia and Leon

My story, "The Magician and the Cat" starts out: 

The Magician and the Cat.

M. C. Arvanitis

Leon Zoker shook his head in disgust. "I can't believe you did that, Talia. Why do you insist on using magic? You’re gonna get us arrested with your stupidity."

"Oh stop whining, Leon. You’re so paranoid. All I did was start the fire. It takes too much time to use a fire stick."

Leon pulled nervously on one end of his long flowing mustache. In 3010, the new government had declared all magic illegal and gave their AntiMagic forces orders to round up all known magicians. When caught they were arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. Now they were after his sister, Talia. He looked down the road they had come, with one hand on his personal phaser, waiting for something unforeseen to happen.

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You can read the rest of the Story at Jacqueline's blog" 

http://jdrite.blogspot.com/

And stay tuned -- More of my 'shorts" will be flying on line soon.

GEORGE'S KARMA, a short story.

Writing Short Stories are exercise for the mind .. An outlet for the written word, and and a great way to get your name out there.  Another of my short stories, 'George's Karma' has been published in the latest Literary Underground group of short stories about Time. Free to download at Smashwords. You can read my story on page 79 by clicking on the link below. Jump to the top to read all the other great stories submitted by some of the best Indie writers.


 GEORGE'S KARMA (short story) by M. C. Arvanitis

T. J. FROG (An adult fairy tale.)

Most of my  writing relates to children, or young Adult readers.  But some of my short stories are written for adult reading.  I entered my short story, T. J. Frog, to  LitU: Unearthed which is an on line anthology that celebrates and brings to the surface some of the best up-and-coming authors in the literary world. This collection of short stories features new and self published authors. , including myself.   


What happens when a beautiful lady kisses a frog?  You can read T.J.Frog by buying the book at https://www.smashwords.com/extreader/read/124502/50/litu-unearthed

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T. J. Frog (An adult Fairy Tale.)