Tag Archives: Pagosa Springs
“Blow Into Town Take 2,” Contemporary Flash Fiction by Jeff Posey
He flew into town still gripping the steering wheel in rage that had begun to subside after two days on the road. Where the tourists parked to page at the mineral mound of the hot spring and the cold, clear … Continue reading
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“Sleepless in Deadman Canyon,” Contemporary Flash Fiction by Jeff Posey
The middle-of-the-night cold didn’t numb his feet as Marshall Garvin had hoped, and slipping on his boots felt like shoving his feet into a barrel filled with shards of glass. His eyes watered and he wiped them with the backs … Continue reading
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“Elby: Turning Point, Outer and Inner,” Contemporary Flash Fiction by Jeff Posey
Elby sat at the café waiting for Uncle Marsh. Each time the front door jingled she looked up, but only tourists came through. No locals. She wrapped her hand around her warm mug of coffee and people-watched out the picture … Continue reading
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“Elby on a Rant,” Contemporary Flash Fiction by Jeff Posey
Elby stood on the overlook and peered through binoculars at a horse pack train of hunters. She swung around and spotted another pack train father down, and yet another up toward Cherry Cairn. She ripped the binoculars from her eyes … Continue reading
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“Elby POV: Marshall Garvin,” Contemporary Flash Workshop Fiction by Jeff Posey
Elby pleased. She knew that. As an only child, she lived for the twinkle of approval in her parents’ eyes, so she marched like a good soldier to the rhythm set by others: teachers, coaches, adults in general. Now she … Continue reading
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“Girl on a Rock: a short story,” by Jeff Posey, Now on Kindle!
FREE through January 6! (free to Amazon Prime members until April 1, 2012) Buy on Nook for $0.99 (coming in April 2012) When Anasazi archaeologist Tucker Roth found a pretty girl in pink sitting on a rock in the wilderness … Continue reading
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“Marshall Garvin: Take 1 of 3,” Contemporary Flash Fiction by Jeff Posey
Marshall Garvin stood on a fractured shale ridge just south of downtown Pagosa Springs. He tried to imagine what it looked like before Sixth Street cut into the ridge and formed a cliff that often crumbled onto the roadway. Garvin … Continue reading
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“Crazy Woman,” Contemporary Flash Fiction by Jeff Posey
She was new to these mountains, but she felt embraced by them. As if she knew them. As if they knew her. When her husband left town for three days, she rented a car and drove into the mountains on … Continue reading
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“Witness Self-Protection Program,” Contemporary Flash Fiction by Jeff Posey
“I can never be the man I was again,” the man called Baxter said. “Why?” I sat with him on a bench near the skating pond in February. We both wore parkas that made us look twice as large in … Continue reading
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“Prospective Character Interview: Sabrina,” Contemporary Flash Fiction by Jeff Posey
JP: Name, please. A: Sabrina. DeWitte. Capital “W.” Q: How’d you get to Pagosa Springs? A: It’s all so sordid. But we’re Americans. That’s how we do things. Q: Sordid? Tell me. I’m an American. A: My husband. He loved … Continue reading
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