The Quiet After The Quiet After When a sleepless widow drives to Black Canyon to scatter her husband’s ashes and then end her life, an unexpected encounter with a teenage suicide whisperer forces her to reconsider if her final destination might actually be the beginning of her journey. Amy E. Lilly Copyright 2025 Fade In: … Read more
A short story for the annual NYC Midnight Short Story contest. I was assigned comedy/out-of-body experience/landscape architect. I think I ended up writing a satire which is a form of comedy, so I don’t know what the judges will think; however, I am happy with the result. A Picture Perfect Life Captain Billy eased back … Read more
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
Ana, Harley, and Freddi make an artistic senior year statement when they break into Brooke Point High.
I made it to Round 2 of the NYC Midnight Screenwriting Challenge. My assignment? An 8-page mystery with a vandalism and the mayor as one of the characters. This is my interpretation of the challenge. Disclaimer: Transferring from my script writing software to the blog is horrible on formatting, so apologies! Witch One Did It? … Read more
Senator Thaddeus “Tad” Trench attends a fundraiser for breast cancer research and fails to realize that not everyone supports his political ambitions.