Author Kenny Penn

Author Kenny Penn

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A Competitive Flash Fiction for the Not Quite Write Podcast

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Kenny Penn
Feb 22, 2026
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empty road between concrete buildings during daytime
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Harper shouldered through the Hyde Park crowd, feigning disinterest as she glanced backward. The bloke in the brown coat was still following, a silver badge featuring a bird with outstretched wings pinned high on his chest.

Her lungs constricted. Goddess, help me!

Ahead, a young girl stood fiddling beside an alley. Harper…

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