An Extract from This Month's Release: The Lost Orchard
I've decided to celebrate each release with a series of extracts that run for the month it's released in. This month saw the second edition of 366 Days of Flash Fiction released. Links to the collection can be found at Books2Read at: https://books2read.com/u/b6MrN0 The Lost Orchard On April 8, 2016, Chuck Wendig’s Flash Fiction Challenge was to “Randomize Your Title and Write”. Participants had to roll on two lists to get two title words. My first roll was a ‘12’, which gave me the word ‘Lost’. My second roll was a ‘14’, which gave me the word ‘Orchard’. The story had to be under 2,000 words, but as this story was also for the March 25th entry of the 366 Days of Flash Fiction collection, mine had to be no longer than 1,000. It was due by midday, April 15, 2016, American Eastern Standard Time. I got the title on April 8, 2016, started writing on April 11, and finished writing on April 12. Here’s what came out: Deep beneath the moon’s surface, the orchard grew… or...