The Third Muse.
This is the very first piece of flash fiction I've ever written: The Guard Dog By Margaret Dent (1052 words) The storm was picking up intensity and the trees that normally gave gentle shade to the house were now assaulting it with branches, like knobby claws, trying to rip it apart. Tommy looked in the mirror and intensified his tooth brushing. He turned the faucet to full force as if the sound of water could drown the screeching of wet wood on glass. He rinsed quickly, stepped down from the stool he used to reach the sink and quickly run to his bed to jump under [...]
