by Tammie Fickas | Nov 10, 2019 | Short Story
While my chosen writing genre is contemporary fiction, I love to dabble in other genres. Short stories are fun to write and a way to hone my fiction skills. I wrote this short story for an NYC Midnight Flash Fiction contest. In these contests, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time...
by Tammie Fickas | Sep 2, 2019 | Journey
There is a video game called Ravenhill that I like to play. Several different activities ask the player to make color combinations to move objects, break blocks, explode rockets, or pop bubbles. Sometimes the list includes multiple actions to accomplish – remove...
by Tammie Fickas | Jun 18, 2019 | Faith, Journey, Living the Life You're Given
Do you ever wonder how God decides which prayers to answer? You know, when you’ve poured out your heart to Him. Your prayers are for good things that line up with scripture. There’s really no reason God shouldn’t give you what you ask. No earthly, human reason anyway....
by Tammie Fickas | Jun 11, 2019 | Christ's Love, Faith
Once there was a girl who had been hurt by one… two… a lot of people. She tried to grow a shell, thick as a turtle’s, to keep out the hurt, but the hurt lived with her inside the shell. The hurt mocked and taunted her, and she searched for ways to drown it out. She...
by Tammie Fickas | Jun 4, 2019 | Journey, Short Story
Life behind bars wasn’t as bad as I had heard. The people loved me. I made them laugh and wowed them when I raised my hand to greet them with a big high five. I was spoiled and pampered. It really was a pretty cool time. I knew the time would end at some point, so I...
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