Bright Stars Gone to Black: A response to the Chuck Wendig terribleminds flash fiction challenge
The resulting story from the challenge posted on Chuck Wendig 's terribleminds blog on the 5 October 2012 is as follows. Again, it is a first draft and it is exactly 1,000 words in length. Enjoy. Bright Stars Gone to Black They came for Corcoran at night, imposing and not to be argued with. He was packed and ready, dressed warm, one appearance layered under another as he’d been instructed. He’d been warned his talent would bring him trouble. If it hadn’t been for Em Jay, he’d be in more than trouble; he might just have been dead. As it was, he’d had to leave his cat behind, his collection of vintage science fiction in paperback and old DVD, and a closet-full of graphic novels, the latest of which he hadn’t even had time to open, let alone read. No one knew about tonight’s little escapade, just as no-one knew about last night’s escapade, or the night before’s or the night before that. Corcoran was in so deep, he should have drowned a long time ago. He should have pulle...