Up next in our Flash Fiction Challenge is best-selling author Phillip Thompson. Phillip hails from rural East Mississippi, while there he received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ole Miss. A Marine Corps combat veteran, he’s worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in both Mississippi and Virginia. He has also worked as a defense analyst, media spokesman, consultant, speechwriter, and Senate aide.
If you are looking for more information on Phillip and his writing, you can find him on Twitter at @olemissgrad38 and online at phillipthompsonbooks.com. We are excited to have Phillip join us in this challenge.
What is the challenge?
Write a fifty-word flash. That’s it. However, the story must incorporate three randomly selected words and revolve around a single, overall theme. The words have been drawn and shared; letter, afford, and yard. The theme is despair.
ONE BULLET
I sit alone on the front porch, running a cleaning rag through the barrel of my Ruger. I’ve already wiped down the only bullet I’ll need. My last whiskey bottle lies empty in the yard where I threw it, and I can’t afford another one.
The letter never came.
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