This week’s flash fiction for Friday Fictioneers comes from my fiction WIP (work in progress) Hypnotic Deception, sequel to They All Died Smiling in hte Reluctant Demon Hunter series. Kassidy is just trying to take a road trip to her Aunt Bobby’s house for a family celebration. This is based on something a GPS actually did to me and my friend a couple summers ago. (It appened maybe a dozen times). Here’s the story… Read More  Read More

Welcome! Here’s another tale told in 100 words. Anyone is welcome to participate in the Friday Fictioneers weekly flash fiction writing challenge. You don’t have to consider yourself a writer or be published. Just tell a 100-word story in any genre that relates to the photo prompt. I find participating in this exercise helps me be a better writer. Heartfelt thanks to the amazing and talented Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for running this weekly game. Beck’s Christmas Gift By Ronda Del Boccio For Friday Fictioneers, 11 January 2019 Word count: 100 Genre Mainstream story set in the... Read More

Welcome to another “flash fiction” story, a complete tale in u100 words or less.   If you want totry your hand, feel encouraged to come play! It’s one of the very best ways to improve your writing skills. lus, you get the satisfaction of comploeting a whole story in ot that much time. Boots and Baked Goods By Ronda Del boccio For Friday Fictioneers, 21 December, 2018 Word Count: 98 Genre: Mainstream/paranormal. No demons in this story, but it’s from the sequel to they All Died Smiling, a paranormal/urban fantasy novel. Note: In this story, Reluctant Demon Hunter Kassidy... Read More

A reviled gift. A hypnotic deception. A supernatural killing spree. Reporter Kassidy Spence just wants to go home after a busy week, but her intrusive gift awakens and turns her world inside out…again. Her power to see demons living inside people ripped her from all she holds dear once, and she refuses to use it ever again… …until her power could mean the difference between life and death. When Kassidy borrows the hottest new self-help book for women from a friend, her natural nosiness and her unwanted ability send her on a quest for the truth. Could the minister author... Read More

This is flash fiction, a 100-word story. In this week’s story, you’ll encounter young Russ and Uncle Walt,from last week’s story, “The New Girl,” and you meet the new girl herself,young Kassidy. In my paranormal Urban fantasy novel They All Died Smiling, from the Reluctant Demon Hunter series, Kassidy tells her roommate Julie about the time Russ ran away to go to the city. Here’s the flash fiction version of that tale.Ronda Del Boccio, author PHOTO PROMPT © Dawn M. Miller Little Rock By Ronda Del Boccio For FridayFictioneers, December 7, 2018 Genre: Mainstream... Read More

I’ve been working on a novel this month, yet I’ve loved writing these short stories. This is another one from the world of Kassidy Spence from the Reluctant Demon Hunter story. It’s yet another mundane tale…um…mainstream. Can you believe it? HA! It comes from right after Aunt Beck and Uncle Walt took her in, when she was 7. You meet Uncle Walt (dead before They All Died Smiling), and a young Russell Higgins. Here is the photo prompt. PHOTO PROMPT © Nick Allen …and here is the flash fiction story. The New Girl By Ronda Del Boccio for Friday Fictioneers... Read More

Here’s another flash fiction short story for you!  Here’s the Friday Fictioneers  photo prompt. PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields  Phoenix Flowers Genre: Mainstream (Wh-wh-whaaaaaat? I wrote a mundane story? Yup. Although, a paranormal culprit could be behind the fire that destroyed the town.) Word count: 100. “You can do this, Aunt Beck.” She slashed a tear from her eye. I squeezed her knee. “I know.” “Kass, I can’t do this.” She clutched the door handle. “Stay with me.” “I’ll stay here.” “Half the town’s gone.” Stubborn woman. “You... Read More

Here is an excerpt from my work in progress (WIP) Hypnotic Deception: Reluctant Demon Hunter Series #2.   Kassidy Spence continues to struggle with her unwanted gift of demon huntng and her feelings about moving on after the death of her war hero husband. When the black FBI-issue car pulled up in front of the converted Victorian mansion Julie and I called home, I mustered the good manners to thank him for bringing me home. “Do you two rent this whole house?” He speaks. “Oh no, someone converted the old mansion into five apartments.” I pointed to the third floor. “We live in the... Read More

I will be at the quarterly conference of Ozarks Writers league Saturday, August 18 from 9 AM to 3 PM. If you’d like a copy of my new book They All Died Smiling or any of my handmade greeting cards, please come to the Cardinal Room, which is right behind the breakfast room. This urban fantasy is now available everywhere! Want a sneak peek of the book? Go to WriteOnPurpose.com/read and grab yours now! Cheers to your #BlissfulLife! Ronda Del Boccio #1 best selling author and speaker Award winning author, photographer and artist About Ronda Del Boccio Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning... Read More

Are you a fan of paranormal romance and urban fantasy? If you are and/or you know someone who is, please keep reading and shareThe Wild Rose Press is publishing it soon. Before the progress update, here’s why you want the book… Kassidy Spence just wants to live her life, but her intrusive gift turns her world inside out…again. Her power to see demons inside people brought her to ruin once. She refuses to use it again… …until using her power could mean the difference between life and death. When Kassidy borrows the hottest new self-help book for women from a friend,... Read More