This week I’m using the word left on last week’s Flash Fiction Friday post: kiss …and 14 additional words I got from https://www.randomlists.com/random-words (screenshot, below): cool – exchange – dear – knowing – thrill – crate – building – heal – lively – rabbit – plane – general – bewildered – science This is a bonus scene for Cultivating Love. It’s not a continuation scene, or a “missing scene” that could fit …
Summary of May, 2017 Prompts – Adventures with Harrison and Mason #FlashFic
I came across this list of writing prompts for May, 2017 on the Writer’s Write page and thought I’d give it a whirl. I wrote a series of drabbles (precisely 100-word scenes) that feature the characters from my Adventures with Harrison and Mason flash fiction story scenes, and flow together to tell the story of a significant event in their life. Thirty-one drabbles in a row made some of my category archives …
Flash Fiction Friday – April 27, 2017 – ’Til Death Do Us Part – Bonus Scene
This week’s Flash Fiction Friday is a bonus scene for ’Til Death Do Us Part, with a quick cameo from Nash and Emmitt of To Love and To Cherish. It uses the word left in last week’s post (naïve), and 14 words found at http://creativitygames.net/random-word-generator/randomwords/: captain – island – parade – cannon – fountain – prize – evening – book – film – target – lead – key – faint – garden. For more flash fiction and …
Flash Fiction Friday – April 21, 2017 – Adventures with Harrison and Mason
This week’s Flash Fiction Friday features my recurring characters, Harrison and Mason, and uses the words left in last week’s post (sneeze and muzzy). For more flash fiction (including more Adventures with Harrison and Mason), and bonus scenes from many of my published stories, check out the tabs in the menu at the top of the page. Harrison moaned as he rolled and reached for a tissue. He found the box, but it was empty. He didn’t even …
Flash Fiction Friday – April 14, 2017 – Adventures with Harrison & Mason
This week’s Flash Fiction Friday is a drabble (a precisely 100-word story scene) featuring my recurring characters, Harrison and Mason, and using the word left in last week’s post (penile), and an image I found on wiki commons (links with the picture, below). For more flash fiction (including more Adventures with Harrison and Mason), and bonus scenes from many of my published stories, check out the tabs in the menu at the top of the page. “Tossed Salad.” Harrison turned …
Flash Fiction Friday – April 7, 2017
This week’s Flash Fiction Friday is a mish-mash using the two prompt words left in last week’s post (whānau and traffic), and the three concepts from P.T. Wyant’s most recent Wednesday’s Words post (a man in odd clothing, a tattered book, and a whistle). For more flash fiction, and bonus scenes from many of my published stories, check out the tabs in the menu at the top of the page. Casey reached back for Hemi’s hand as they crossed the small stream …
Flash Fiction Friday – March 31, 2017 – Bonus Scene – ’Til Death Do Us Part
This week I’m just using the one prompt word (jockstrap) that was left in the comments of last week’s post. In general I’ll use up to 15. If they aren’t left in the comments, then I may or may not grab some extras off a random word generator site. This week I went with not. 😜 Oh, and sorry, Nell, I broke the rule you attached to your word (“But …
Flash Fiction Friday – March 24, 2017
I’m doing something slightly different today. I waited (for the 3rd week in a row) until Thursday afternoon to write the post, but that turned out to be a good thing because I stumbled upon this “daily writing prompt”… …over at the Writers Write blog on Thursday and decided to use it along with the one prompt word (disappointment) that was left on last week’s post. So here you go—10 items …
Flash Fiction Friday – Prompt Word Ficlet – March 17, 2017
This week I’m using 15 random prompt words for my Flash Fiction Friday story scene. I got one word (hamburger) from the comments of last week’s post, and 14 words (screw – conduct – degree – square – print – clever – existence – boot – famous – crack – hungry – hands – ignite – stiff) from a random word generator (screenshot below). This week I wrote another random standalone scene, unrelated to any of my existing publications or returning flash fiction characters. I think it might be my shortest non-drabble to date, coming in at only 244 words: “Screw …
Flash Fiction Friday – Prompt Word Ficlet -March 10, 2017
This week I’m using 15 random prompt words for my Flash Fiction Friday story scene. I got one word (champagne) from the comments of last week’s post, and 14 words (bike – aromatic – bad – limit – hiss – bow – squeeze – train – soap – snow – improve – rainy – pain – grass) from a random word generator (screenshot below). This week I wrote a random standalone scene, unrelated to any of my existing publications or returning flash fiction characters: Darren squeezed through a group of passengers standing near the exit and stepped off the …
Flash Fiction Friday – Photo Shoot Bonus Scene – 15 Random Prompt Words
This week I’m using 15 random prompt words for my Flash Fiction Friday story scene. I got one word (coffee) from the comments of last week’s post, and 14 words (build – office – furtive – approach – near – upbeat – receipt – open – undesirable – string – pen – note – smell – lackadaisical) from a random word generator (I used a new one this week). This week you’re getting a bonus continuation scene for Photo Shoot, one of the short stories in my Snapshots collection. This is from Eddie’s 3rd-person POV: Eddie cast furtive glances down the halls …
Flash Fiction Friday – To Love and To Cherish – Bonus Scene
This week I’m back to using 15 random prompt words for my Flash Fiction Friday story scene. I got one word (patriarchy) from the comments of last week’s post, and 14 words (level – clean – wait – crime – apparel – rock – testy – agreeable – unhealthy – hang – channel – back – rely – island) from a random word generator (got them in three batches, otherwise they’re blocked by ads—screenshots …