Living the Fictional Dream

Wow… I can’t believe how long it’s been since I posted here. Sorry, guys! The last push at work and the overwhelming task of getting ready for Christmas (not to mention hosting Christmas Eve mass at my house and celebrating my husband’s birthday on Monday) took over everything!

Well, to celebrate Boxing Day, you can read a new story from yours truly over at Every Day Fiction. It’s called “Fortune Cookies.” It’s a fun little flash piece that I wrote on a lark, and I was thrilled that EDF decided to pick it up. You can vote on it there (please do!), and leave a comment there if you want. You can also leave a comment here to let me know what you thought.

The following will be somewhat spoilerish if you haven’t read the story yet. Just warning you.

A few years ago, I got a fortune that actually said I would get my heart’s desire. I carried it in my wallet for a long time, because if there was some place to cash that in, I wasn’t going to miss out! I think it’s lost now — victim of a purse swap or something — but I kept that thing for several years. That was the inspiration for this story — the girl in this story, finally gets to do what I never got to do, turn in her fortune and claim her heart’s desire.

As long as I was writing about fortune cookies, I had to get all of the traditions in there. Especially the classic “in bed” and “then you die” bits.

So, I hope y’all enjoy this little piece of light-hearted fun to celebrate your Boxing Day. And a belated Merry Christmas to everyone!