New story published at Every Day Fiction

Hooray!

My flash piece, Flowers for Clockwork Street, is up today at Every Day Fiction!

It does have a romantic slant to it.  *gasps!*  I know.  I'm not the sort of person to wake up and think, "Hmm, I know.  I'm going to write a romance today!" but that was just how the story unfolded.  In fact, it wasn't even supposed to be a romance.  The original thought rolling around in my head was that the girl was going to be evil somehow.  I didn't quite know where the plot was going or what it even was until I had to identify the girl and the words 'The Daughter of the Earl of Clockworkstreet' just sort of plopped out onto the paper.  It all just sorta...clicked from there.  I think that's important to note because the romance is, in a way, a little stock, but I think the setting really pulls it together and is a good example of how transformative the element of setting can be.

And, as a side note, I promise, despite the evidence presented, I do know how to spell lightning :)