Flash Fiction

Month: June 2025

  • THE RESULT IS IN. THE AI STORY WAS…DID YOU GUESS CORRECLTY

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    Andy Coyle
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    STORY 3 Every Friday at 3 p.m., the bell above Blooms & Thyme chimed, and Eileen the florist received the same order: a bouquet of black dahlias for the mayor’s wife, paid in cash with no sender’s name. But today, the flowers were different. The usual white ribbon was replaced with a frayed red one,…

  • It’s so simple

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    Andy Coyle
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    What makes a teacher great? Being remembered for all the right reasons

  • Contender

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    Andy Coyle
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    Have you ever had surgery? What for? It’s a tale as old as time. I was obviously the next Maradona, until I got a knee injury and had an operation when I was 16, obviously ending my career as the next big thing in football

  • Habits? But Of Course.

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    Andy Coyle
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    I was going to reply with ‘I don’t have any habits, as I’m not as cool as you all think’. However I just realised that answering these prompts have become my habit. Dagnabbit. Day 1 I’m in Denial Day 30 Ok hands up.

  • Unthinking

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    Andy Coyle
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    Possibly not for the planet, but more to do with paying the bills. I will always unplug devices and switch them off when not in use. Every little helps and all that.

  • Homemade

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    Andy Coyle
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    My wife and are were first setting up home in Glasgow, a young couple who knew nothing about home cooking or any kind of meal we could make in our own kitchen. I came home from work, and my wife had made this amazing Red Thai curry all from scratch. To this day, this is…

  • STORY 1

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    Andy Coyle
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    The glass felt cold against Brendan’s forehead. His school tie was twisted sideways where he’d been pulling at it. Rain blurred the street outside into grey nothing. Mum’s lighter clicked. The ashtray overflowed with lipstick-stained ends. The kitchen smelled of smoke, and the tuna pasta that she hadn’t bothered to heat the property. Headlights appeared…

  • Like A Fine Wine

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    Andy Coyle
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    Well, being a man of a certain age, I obviously can’t live out of my Van trainers (get me) and my skinny jeans. Style and fashion are my middle names.

  • Faith

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    Andy Coyle
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    How important is spirituality in your life? I am in no way spiritual however I have absolutely no problem in others having a belief system and having faith in whatever it is.

  • Awareness

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    Andy Coyle
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    How do you practice self-care? Self care is a strange thing because it’s absolutely individual, whatever works for one may not work for another. I blank out the noise, and I understand if I can’t make a difference, why worry? And a pear a day, no idea why it seems to work better than apples