The Quiet After

Copyright by Amy E. Lilly 2025 Fade In: EXT. BLACK CANYON NATIONAL PARK – DAWN A large, new RV crawls along the empty road, headlights cutting through the pre-dawn mist. INT. RV – CONTINUOUS MARIE HENDERSON (56) hollow-eyed and pale, grips the steering wheel. Her wedding ring catches the dim light. Marie’s eyes drift to … Read more

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Summer of ’72

This is a flash fiction piece I wrote this weekend for a contest. The contest assigned historical fiction, wagon, and daybook. Each of these had to appear in a story of 1,000 words or less. I used elements from my childhood in Colorado. Our first home had an old wagon and a rock fence. I … Read more

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Wednesday’s Fun Fact

This image appeared on the front page of the Abilene Daily Record on November 11,1918. World War I ended and the nation worked to recover. The generation who came of age during World War I and into the Roaring Twenties was often called the Lost Generation because they tended to act recklessly. Hedonism and accumulation … Read more

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