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Friday Flash Fiction: “Bayla Changes Her Tune”
Yet another Write-a-Thon sponsor request: two of the characters in this week’s story are named after our cats (one deceased, one living). The setting is actually an idea I had a while ago–from a dream, natch–and may yet become a…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Unintended Consequences”
This week’s story includes a character name suggestion from Write-a-Thon sponsor Matt, and was inspired in part by (in no particular order) Freakonomics, Exegesis, WarGames, Google Code Jam, Asimov’s robot stories, and The Consumerist. Read “Unintended Consequences” at 512 Words…
The Name of the Beast (and Friday Flash Fiction)
Last Sunday, as I was writing this week’s 512 story, I casually mentioned on Twitter that I was “researching the difference between the Devil, Satan, and Lucifer.” Lo and behold, @GrammarGirl saw that and said she would be interested in…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Phobos Cruise Crazy”
And now, a follow-up to my earlier story “To Cruise Or Not To Cruise,” which was commissioned by one of my very generous Write-a-Thon sponsors in hopes of convincing his girlfriend to go on a particular cruise with him. She,…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Lightning in a Bottle”
This week’s story is based on an idea suggested by Write-a-Thon sponsor Larry and set in the same world as “Fools for Love,” and both DeeAnn and Adam liked it. So that’s all good. Read “Lightning in a Bottle” at…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Act Two Problems”
I’m working on a story based on a Write-a-Thon sponsor suggestion, but I don’t quite have a handle on it yet. Meanwhile, here’s another excerpt from “Somebody’s Daughter,” the story which is going to lose the Writers of the Future…
Friday Flash Fiction: “To Cruise Or Not To Cruise”
This week’s story was inspired by: an idea from Corby, one of my Clarion Write-a-Thon sponsors; JoCo Cruise Crazy II (about which I am still undecided); my own novel-in-progress, which mostly takes place aboard an Earth-to-Mars cruise spaceship; and one…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Question of the Day”
As noted elsewhere, the inspiration for this piece came to me in a dream. I’m still trying to figure out how to expand it into a longer story without ruining it… Read “Question of the Day” at 512 Words or…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Kangaroo Fails”
As noted elsewhere, this week’s story is an excerpt from the novel I’m currently rewriting. So don’t worry if some things don’t completely make sense. Read “Kangaroo Fails” at 512 Words or Fewer ALSO: You still have just two days…