#5MinuteFiction Week Eighteen

Posted by on Sep 21, 2010 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction | 26 comments

This, in case you somehow missed the title of the post, is 5MinuteFiction. You have been assimilated. And welcome to 5MinuteFiction. That means we write fiction. In five minutes. Shocker, I know. The Rules * You get five minutes to write a piece of prose in any style or genre * You must directly reference today’s prompt: inability (Note: The prompt is...

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Sex

Posted by on Sep 20, 2010 in Short Stories, Writers | 3 comments

There’s an attention getter. Go on, how many of you came here just because of the title of the post was “Sex”? So is this to be a salacious, racy, tasteless post? Nah. Not this time. This post is about a new anthology called Sex Scene. Oohhhh, erotica. Porn. Not exactly. Not at all, really. It is explicit, even erotic, but it’s deeply...

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#FridayFlash – Whimsy with Wonderful Words

Posted by on Sep 17, 2010 in Flash Fiction, Short Stories | 2 comments

I wrote this for my son’s fourth grade class. It is well known, throughout all of the elementary schools, that there is no greater group, no grander gathering of germinating potential for glory, than the fourth graders of Mrs. Hewett’s class. One sultry September in a school by the sea, one class of these clever, cunning children crafted a conquest, the...

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The Word Count Podcast – Listen to This, Writers.

Posted by on Sep 16, 2010 in Flash Fiction, Short Stories | 1 comment

It’s HERE! Richard B. Wood from over at Arcana Chronicles and author of the pre-published The Prodigal’s Foole–a book I’ve read and you haven’t–asked to interview me in his very first The Word Count podcast. Well, I let him. I wasn’t sure what to expect but it was tons of fun and the finished product is just great. I...

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#5MinuteFiction Week Seventeen WINNER!

Posted by on Sep 14, 2010 in 5MinuteFiction, Flash Fiction, Writers, Writing Competition | 2 comments

We get repeats from time to time. Which is really amazing considering the pool of talent we have here. But tonight, we have a repeat champion. It’s been a few weeks since he reigned supreme but this week Jeff Pfaller @pfallerj has done it again. Such a tender, sweet, and heart-wrenching tale, concocted in only five minutes. Congratulations and well done,...

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