Matthew C. McLean

Magic comes in many forms; charms, curses, a loving smile. What's your #enchantment? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction

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"Hey buddy, who were you bothering?"

A groan was the only reply from the Corsican, but Gaspard glanced at me from under a paling brow. "Don't bother with this, American. You don't need more trouble."

I shrugged. He was right, of course. But that had #never stopped me before. #WIPSnips #amqeurying

The monks that created the illuminated texts did so with great pride and exactitude. So much so that when Brother Thomas suggested #minuscule text to fit more words onto each page, he shocked the monastery mute. When Thomas persisted, the brothers enforced a vow of silence. #vss365 #flashfiction

The images that AI generate are becoming more realistic, the gap between them and life growing smaller everyday. One day they'll be to small to spot. What's #minuscule to you? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction

Portrait of a blonde woman: face smooshed sideways against the glass of a scanner, gaze unfixed, mouth parted. Repositioned mid-scan, the top half of her face repeats in fresh distortion, a slight glitch at the seam. Her hard blue eyes look away.

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With his mop of black hair and Hindustan ancestry, Chand was different than anyone I had met before. He refused to let the slurs & bigotry of Dunhill dim his smile. Or his quick pickpocketing fingers. It was only after our #kiss I learned how dexterous his fingers really were. #vss365 #flashfiction

You can do it with your lips, your fists, or your language. What's your #kiss? Let's #write. #vss365 #prompshare #flashfiction

"How do I get ahold of you?"

Lanzo stood still, shrugged. No phone, no home, crashing at his uncle's. The kid had been living rough.

I nodded. "OK. Get that letter written. Make it short," I smiled, feeling like a shark rather than a Cyrano, "but #sweet." #WIPSnips #amquerying

In the Great Leader’s biography, the #lacuna between him riding down from the mountain on a white horse to terror of the homeland’s traitors was wide. Where the transition from liberator to ideological witch hunter happened was unclear, and asking was the best way to get labelled a traitor. #vss365

Atwell kept nodding and asked, "So where does that leave us?"

"We find out where this new Avoritet sit-down is and what it's all about. The only way we can get Mitnick off your back is if we convince your bosses that the situation is #serious enough that you need back-up." #WIPSnips #amquerying

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A blank space, a missing part, a indentation in your (or something else's) body. What's missing from your #lacuna? #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction

The belly of the spaceship was as #dark as the void outside. The cold kept the creature asleep. As it entered the atmosphere, though, it would warm enough to stir it. Then the human race would learn that contact was proof of existence, and some things didn’t want to be found. #vss365 #flashfiction

The Case With No Client, Chapter 2 | Matthew C. McLean Aggie McPherson, spectral analyst, goes looking for something tangible that she can use for leverage. A flash fiction serial.

In the city of Slakterquay there's an office labeled Spectral Analysis. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in the Paris of the Pacific Northwest. In this episode, the ghost hunter looks for something tangible that she can use for leverage. #audio #serial #flashfiction

Looks like fun.

Children's minds are strange, frightening, and wondrous.

It was #dark outside. The only thing that marked the night anymore was a drop in temperature. Crops were grown in UV food banks, far underground to protect from the wind. The sun would one day come out and, when it did, Cheryl wondered how she would explain it to her children. #vss365 #flashfiction

The Case With No Client, Chapter 2 | Matthew C. McLean Aggie McPherson, spectral analyst, goes looking for something tangible that she can use for leverage. A flash fiction serial.

In the city of Slakterquay there's an office labeled Spectral Analysis. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases in the Paris of the Pacific Northwest. In this episode, the ghost hunter looks for something tangible that she can use for leverage. #audio #serial #flashfiction

It's more than the absent of light, it's the unknown, the sacred, the profane. What's your #dark? Let's #write. #vss365 #promptshare #skywrite #flashfiction

His #touch had the dry sensation of a snake. Debra craved more, but knew that all of the villagers called him a monster. All she cared about were his eyes and the shudder his tongue brought forth. It they consummated their love, what would it bring? Most likely, torches and pitchforks. #vss365

In other news, legal things continue to be legal even if POTUS doesn't like them.

Some great tunes.

The caress of a hand, the sting of a whip, the breeze on your face. What's your #touch. Let's #write. #vss365 #promptshare #flashfiction

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