The results of our weekend of judging for Flash! Friday 3-14
Z-A of an Apocalypse : Flash! Friday: Vol 3 – 12 | Flash! Friday
Z-A of an Apocalypse Zedonk once roamed the savannah. Yet we ignored their extinction, like our own. Xyster winds scrapped soil from land, like flesh from bone. We watched oil tankers turn to rust on the sand dunes of London. Voices of nature, whispered then screamed. Muffled by our greed. Useless products filled our homes …
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Three Mothers : Flash! Friday: Vol 3 – 12 | Flash! Friday
Three Mothers I have two mothers. The first is Mum, who dabs crumpled tissues on her eyes. She goes places to hide her weeping for my pain, for my future; but I can always tell. When she returns, her smile is too false and eyes too darkened. The second is Mother Nature, for when Mum …
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*** SPAM *** Lunar Realty Inc Special offer – (Fiction piece) – Flash! Friday: Vol 3 – 11 | Flash! Friday
*** SPAM *** Lunar Realty Inc Special offer —- Subject: *** SPAM *** Lunar Realty Inc – Special Offer To: FlashFridayWriterGroup@dragonylairofcadbuy.com From: admin@lunalandgrab.com Halt! Do NOT delete or skim. This is not spam. It is a story with a start, middle and end. It is the story of your future and what a future it …
Spotlight: Flash Dogs
Something very close to my heart…
When I (Rebekah) joined the flash circuit in the spring of 2012, it was already a thriving community, centered on contests as colorful and vibrant as the writers themselves. Among my favorites were Nicole Wolverton‘s “5 Minute Fiction” (you had 15 minutes from when the prompt posted, to submit your story. WHAT A RUSH!) and Jeffrey Hollar‘s “Monday Mixer” (up to 9 difficult vocab words to incorporate in your 150 word count). We writers followed each other throughout these various weekly contests, and we got to know each others’ styles and flavors. It was glorious.
All too soon and to my horror, that circuit began petering out as contest hosts moved on to other projects; so I launched Flash! Friday in December 2012 in a desperate bid to keep the community alive. I needn’t have worried, of course. Two years later, and look at you!!! In 2012 we couldn’t…
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The Sirens of Europa : Flash! Friday: Vol 3 – 11 | Flash! Friday
The Sirens of Europa …and so I find myself with a difficult choice to make. Nestled between the hulking cookies ‘n’ cream swirling skies of the Jovian overlord and the fragile crackle-glaze ice-moon of Europa, I watch, monitor and wait. Despite the rewards, NASA couldn’t afford the mission. It was paid for by the 1% …
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St. Valentine’s Day Massacre : Flash! Friday: Vol 3 – 10 | Flash! Friday
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Always the same. I should’ve prepared. It’s not like they didn’t tell me. As soon as the turkey curry repeated on me, they were festooning the shops with the gaudy red, the hearts and the semi-naked cupids. Get ready, Clive, they shouted. Yet, I waited. Maybe I’m a visionary. A modern-day …
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In the Blink of an Eye : Flash! Friday: Vol 3 – 10 | Flash! Friday
In the Blink of an Eye Blink| Slushy darkness punctured by brutal light. Blurs. Muffled sounds. Swaddling. Mamma’s warm milk |Blink Blink| The circling bird above the spire. The rejoicing sound of Sunday bells callin’ ‘cross stubble-fields. My Sunday-best fabric twirls in the playful glow of stained-glass light |Blink Blink| Christmas. A glittering present box …
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Judging at FF 3rd session – Flash! Friday Vol 3 – 9: WINNERS
Judging at FF for 3rd time with Tamara Shoemaker. We were thankful for a much greater range of stories. Overall quality was very high (as were the numbers). Hard choices to make…
Today, it will please you to learn, is National Read in the Bathtub Day. I inform you of this first in case your plans did not already include reading in the bathtub and you need to change around the day’s itinerary. If you’re looking for reading material — which bathrooms ought to offer anyway — and have not read all of this week’s compelling tales, allow me to recommend them to you. The stories our judges awarded Honorable Mentions and above to are directly linked. Don’t miss out!
Remember to join us back here tomorrow for the first part of our interview with Flashversary winner Maggie Duncan. And come back Wednesday for our second Warmup Wednesday feature: lots of fun writing and chatting. And, obviously, chocolate, which this week is brought to you by dragon captain Tamara Shoemaker, who came over to the lair this weekend (pic proof
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“FAQs” – Flash! Friday: Vol 3 – 8 | Flash! Friday
FAQs We are near the end now. I once harboured you – in roughened houses, in biblical arks, behind strengthened doors and the curled razor barricades of Flanders. You cut me with sharpened metals from the earth. Peeled my skin. Pulped my flesh. Yet, you nurtured and respected me. We once were …
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Metropolitan Dreams 