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55 Flash (non) Fiction Friday #58: All Feathers
Why? What Have You Heard? | 14 hours ago
No matter your thoughts on the subject of suicide, I hope you can take a moment today to remember Suzanne "Liquid Illuzion" Horne. It's been a year since we lost her, a year very different from what it would have been. Whether you knew her or not, read more
The Problem With LEDs
Stare Into Space - Gerry Hayes' Blog | December 23rd 2009 by Gerry Hayes
My itty-bitty bit of flash fiction, The Problem With LEDs, has been published over at Metazen. It will also appear in the Metazen Christmas Story Book which is being sold for charity. If you pop over and donate more than 15 Canadian dollars (via Pa read more
News: Pedestal Magazine’s 9th Anniversary
Hypatia's Hoard of Reviews | December 22nd 2009 by Elizabeth Barrette
This announcement came from Bruce Boston: The ninth-anniversary issue of The Pedestal Magazine is now online, with a special flash fiction section that Marge and I guest-edited. Seven stories, all under 1000 words, selected from more than six hun read more
Writing News
Kevin Gendreau | December 22nd 2009
- To all my friends out there - thanks for all the compliments on my flash fiction story, "On the River." There's now a permanent link to the story on the sidebar.- At the WGA website Denis Faye sits down with Santa Claus to discuss his opinion of read more
2009 TV Year in Review
Pajiba Movie Reviews | December 21st 2009
You know, for all the bitching we do, 2009 was a pretty fantastic TV year. Sure, it threw up the "Jersey Shore" (bringing back severe childhood nightmares for some of us), stuffed more Heidi and Spencer down our throats, and tried to convince us that read more
Flash Fiction in the form of a 58
Surface Tension | December 21st 2009 by Thom Gabrukiewicz
Fifty-eight words, that is. A Fiction in 58.BisqueHe thought about calling over the waiter, since there was something definitely swimming in his lobster bisque. He spooned off the succulent meat to a small plate, went fishing into the saffron-colored read more
Science fiction wins and fails of 2009 – Torchwood: Children of…
Scyfi Love | December 20th 2009 by Neil Macdonald
TO MARK the end of 2009, I will be looking back at some of the science fiction wins and fails of the past 12 months and given that sci-fi has become the go-to genre, there’s no shortage of shows, films and books to choose from. Today’s wi read more
Flash Fiction Friday Challenge #18
Turn The Paige | December 20th 2009 by Sephani Paige
This week the torch has been passed back to me for the FFF challenge of the week. Thank you Luna for hosting is the previous couple weeks, I have greatly enjoyed your pictures and stories!!! Since this weeks due date will fall on Christmas day, I kn read more
Cold and warm
Light Scrape | December 20th 2009
Red, originally uploaded by jiihaa.Jari Sillanpää in concert, originally uploaded by jiihaa.Well, the weather got warmer, but it is very windy and there is snow coming. Temperature is -5°C, so it is safely below the freezing point, promising a whi read more
Flash Fiction : Light Years (15/100)
Spellmaking | December 19th 2009 by Simon Kewin
... hope. ... Light Years is a work of flash fiction. In fact it is the slowest piece of flash-fiction ever written. In real-time its one hundred words would take exactly 10,000 years to recount. Because of the limitations of a normal human l read more
The Cosmic Mayfly
dreaminkgalz on de dreaminkland | December 19th 2009 by V!E
The Cosmic Mayfly contains my novels in development, thoughts on 42, short stories, flash fiction, poetry and reviews. read more
A YUMMY DATE
Creative Writing by Vikram Karve | December 18th 2009 by Vikram Karve
A YUMMY DATE Short Fiction – A Breezy Romance By VIKRAM KARVE She stands in front of the full-length mirror and looks at herself. She cringes a bit, for she does not like what she read more
Flash Friday
Surface Tension | December 18th 2009 by Thom Gabrukiewicz
OK, so I'm thinking of dumping Video Friday for Flash Friday and doing some creative writing. We'll see.But here's a slip of fiction:Invite“You’re not the man I though you were,” she cried through an expensive silk hanky.“Excuse me?”“That read more
Flash Fiction: Fluffy's Christmas Toys
Dandelyon's Worlds | December 18th 2009 by Deirdre Murphy
Fluffy lay on the couch, licking the last of the possum blood off of her feet, and watching her human put shiny things on a dead pine tree. She was exhausted. Going out every full moon and hunting something big enough to sate a werewolf’s app read more
55 Flash Fiction Friday – 12/18/09
Thom's Place 4 Well Whatever... | December 18th 2009 by Thom
Flash 55 is hosted by G-Man (Mr. Knowitall). Click the picture above or that link for more information. The idea is you write a story in exactly 55 words. If you want to take part pop over and let... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs read more
55 Flash Fiction - BLAH
The Oqquirh Mountain Man | December 18th 2009 by Mr. O
It throbbed, oozed, and he thought it would explode. She laughed as he moaned and he replied, “SHUT UP! IT’S NOT FUNNY!!!” Ok he knew it was kind of funny but he had never felt so sick. It was like that Alien movie but the alien was going to po read more
Gifted – Flash Fiction Friday #17
Turn The Paige | December 17th 2009 by Sephani Paige
For weeks she had fretted over what to get Him, even going so far as to chew her carefully manicured nails which she never did anymore. When she was certain she would never find the perfect gift she went out shopping for a holiday outfit. Before hea read more
Airport Flash Fiction Challenge: Skyler Hobbs and the Man Who Cou…
Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild… | December 17th 2009
.“Watson, look!” Skyler Hobbs pointed over my shoulder, his eyes distended. “That woman is a man!”“The name’s Wilder,” I reminded him. “Jason Wilder.” Careful not to look, I turned him around and aimed him toward the airport securit read more
Nerd Word of the Week: SantaCon
Jay Garmon [dot] Net | December 17th 2009 by Jay Garmon
SantaCon (n.) - A flash mob or mass gathering of persons dressed in Santa Claus costumes, usually for the purpose of performance art or mild civil disobedience. The term is a play on the -Con naming tradition of science fiction conventions. These ev read more
55 Flash Fiction Friday #57: Ciao Muthaf*#&^@!
Why? What Have You Heard? | December 17th 2009
No story behind the story here... just a photo I took a while back that seemed like a good 55 prompt.At this distance, the city was actually kinda pretty. It wasn't until you got up close or saw it in good light that it took on the look of the soul- read more
Get Published with Duotrope's Digest
How to Get Published | December 16th 2009 by Bernard S. Jansen
If you're serious about getting fiction or poetry published, you need to have a good look at Duotrope's Digest.Duotrope's Digest is a fantastic on-line resource that lists over 2,750 current fiction and poetry publications in a fully searchable datab read more
"On the River" at Burst Literary Ezine
Kevin Gendreau | December 16th 2009
My flash fiction story, "On the River" is one of the ten stories just published in the Winter 2010 issue of Burst Literary Ezine. Burst is first literary magazine designed for mobile devices.Here's a link to the Winter 2010 issue and here's a direc read more
Introducing A Tantilizing Meme
The Oqquirh Mountain Man | December 16th 2009 by Mr. O
When blogging I seem to go in phases where I'm posting almost daily, to times where I don't post for months. My friends Smarmoofus and Erica introduced me to the world of memes, which are blogs or websites that prompt people to post something on thei read more
‘Works every time’ at Blink|Ink
MissUnderstood | December 15th 2009 by Jelena Vencl Ohlrogge
My story Works every time is published on Blink|Ink. The story is about 50 words long. It is about insomnia and one way to cure it. Posted in Microfiction, Published elsewhere Tagged: Blink Ink, Flash fiction, insomnia, Microfiction, published, st read more
Sunrise Sunset Planet
The Looney Bin Images | December 15th 2009 by Henrik Lehnerer
Images by Henrik LehnererDescription:Sunrise or sunset behind a planet on black background.You may buy this image under RF license at Alamy.Keywords:sunrise, sunset, planet, abstract, alien, astronomy, atmosphere, background, black, cosmos, dark, dus read more
Get Published in The New Flesh
How to Get Published | December 14th 2009 by Bernard S. Jansen
Do you want to get flash fiction published, but your work is slightly out of the ordinary? You should seriously consider submitting your work to The New Flesh! The New Flesh is a relatively new online literary magazine specialising in "odd flash fi read more
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TIPS - TRIK MENINGKATKAN TRAFFIC BLOG | December 14th 2009 by Muhammad Hosim
Carpe Diem - Mimma's Reviews(ini bagian cerita favoritku dr novel laskar pelangi… yang bikin aku tergelak2 sendiri) tapi memang sah Kesempurnaan manusia pada dasarnya merupakan rangkuman dari semua Tags: Carpe Diem - Mimma's ReviewsPelangi Rangkuma read more
Squeezing out words and slicing words out
Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys | December 14th 2009 by Ann Wilkes
I had an interview planned for yesterday that had to get bumped to later, so here I am on Saturday struggling to wrestle more words out of my brain. I just finished a guest blog post for my friend and fellow writer, Sue Bolich on word economy at Word read more
Flash Fiction : Light Years (14/100)
Spellmaking | December 12th 2009 by Simon Kewin
... No ... Light Years is a work of flash fiction. In fact it is the slowest piece of flash-fiction ever written. In real-time its one hundred words would take exactly 10,000 years to recount. Because of the limitations of a normal human life read more
Anthony Beal added 2 discussions
IT IS NOT COOL TO PLAY WITH YOUR SALVATION | December 12th 2009 by Enoch Mubarak
Anthony Beal added 2 discussionsArticle: Five Gifts for TravelersRead my latest flash horror fiction, "CAUTERY," now at Yellow Mama Magazine... read more
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