💘 You might have heard (and even checked out) Ana Newfolk’s flash fiction-themed Valentine’s Bash on her Facebook Group, Café Lima. The party has just ended, and we now have permission to share this FREE compilation she made featuring many of the shorts that were posted during the authors’ takeover hours. 💘
🎡 Misadventures with Andy and Grant 🎡
Last time I wrote about these two, they were besties that had decided to bump their friendship up to the next level. What are they up to today?
Flash fiction using these prompt words: coffee – pause – disorder – snap – expertise
Misadventures with Lucas and Josh Originally named “Midnight Encounter,” but in keeping with the naming convention of the rest of my flash fiction groupings with recurring characters, I’m renaming this collection, “Misadventures with Lucas and Josh.” Note: the name Henry was used in the original flashfic, but I’ve changed that name to Lucas (since I now use the name Henry for a main character in one of my books). This …
Midnight Encounter I’m reviving another bit of flash fiction I first wrote years and years ago: Midnight Encounter. The name Henry was used in the original flashfic, but I’ve changed that name to Lucas (since I now use the name Henry for a main character in one of my books). This is the first of two (reworked) parts that introduce these characters. I hope to continue their story. Part 1 …
Welcome to my (fairly) regular weekly Flash Fiction Friday post, where I take the prompt words left in the comments of the previous week’s FFF post and use them in a new bit of flash. Today’s flash fiction uses the 7 words/phrases (inflatable flamingo – soda – orange – edamame – goldfish – lawyer – castle) that were left in the comments of the April 27 FFF post, plus the 5 …
Welcome to my (fairly) regular weekly Flash Fiction Friday post, where I take the prompt words left in the comments of the previous week’s FFF post and use them in a new bit of flash. Today’s flash fiction uses the 11 words (suck – my – dick – because – if – you – don’t – you’re – gonna – be – dead) that were left in the comments of the …
Welcome to my (fairly) regular weekly Flash Fiction Friday post, where I take the prompt words left in the comments of the previous week’s FFF post and use them in a new bit of flash. This one uses the 10 words (cucumber – olive oil – lube – aubergine – peaches – beads – whip – cage – g-string – Prince Albert) that were left in the comments of the April …
Welcome to my (fairly) regular weekly Flash Fiction Friday post, where I take the prompt words left in the comments of the previous week’s FFF post and use them in a new bit of flash. This one uses these 5 words/phrases from a random word generator: folk music – team – seem – ordinary – discount And these 10 words that were left in the comments of the April 6 …
Welcome to my (fairly) regular weekly Flash Fiction Friday post, where I take the prompt words left in the comments of the previous week’s FFF post and use them in a new bit of flash. This one uses the 15 words: unicorn – piano – earl – infernal – planet – sonnet – flag – game – thesaurus – striped – tower – north – coaster – camera – fan …
Welcome to my (fairly) regular weekly Flash Fiction Friday post, where I take the prompt words left in the comments of the previous week’s FFF post and use them in a new bit of flash. This one uses the 6 words/phrases: shea butter – cherry blossom – pink sharpie – scilicet – telegenic – aardvark …that were left in the comments of the March 9 FFF post and the March 16 …
Welcome to my (fairly) regular weekly Flash Fiction Friday post, where I take the prompt words left in the comments of the previous week’s FFF post and use them in a new bit of flash. This one uses these 6 words: yoga – yggdrasil – yoctosecond – bed – phone – waffle The words are a combination of the three words Nell Iris left for me here on my blog …
Welcome to my (fairly) regular weekly Flash Fiction Friday post, where I take the prompt words left in the comments of the previous week’s FFF post and use them in a new bit of flash. This one uses the 4 words: macrobiotic – ice bag – wheal – gallipot …that were left in the comments of the Feb 23 FFF post. I don’t think Nell Iris is going to stop …
Welcome to my (fairly) regular weekly Flash Fiction Friday post, where I take the prompt words left in the comments of the previous week’s FFF post and use them in a new bit of flash. This one uses the 4 words: tea – fireworks – hay – horripilation …that were left in the comments of the Feb 16 FFF post. Here are a couple bonus images (from Deposit Photos) that …
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the words left in the comments of last week’s post: magical – floating unicorn I used these prompts to continue the Alternate Universe #1 thread for Cultivating Love that I started a while back. IMPORTANT NOTE: The action in the “What If” Alternate Universe scenes start before Ed’s father is tragically killed in a motorcycle accident. The action in these scenes is NOT consistent with the published story, …
Nell Iris kindly dropped some prompt words on me when I moaned about my uncooperative muse, and they did the trick inspiring this little Valentine’s Day epilogue scene for Captain Jack and the Snack Attack. Here are the words: chocolate – movie-tickets – cactus – eyepatch – strap-on – poopastrophy – fluff – dead rat – grumpy – yuck And here’s the scene (told from Gordie’s 3rd-person POV): Click here for …
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the words left in the comments of last week’s post: mutatis mutandis – mansuetude And now everyone reading this can join me in a round of “Nell is a big meanie” for leaving me with those prompt words! 🤪 Nah…just kidding. Nell is the sweetest of the sweet! And actually, the words worked out quite nicely, I think, so maybe we should give Nell a …
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the word left in the comments of last week’s post: nervous Once again, I didn’t add any additional words from a random word generator. I already had enough inspiration about what I wanted to do with the scene. I did manage to make this single word the very first on in the scene, though. 😁 I used those words to continue and conclude the “ALTERNATE …
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the 2 words left in the comments of last week’s post: Batman – lunch I didn’t add any additional words from a random word generator this time. I already had enough inspiration about what I wanted to do with the scene. I used those words to continue the “ALTERNATE UNIVERSE” bonus scene for ’Til Death Do Us Part that I started a few weeks ago. This week …
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the 3 words/phrases left in the comments of last week’s post: tea – fuzzy socks – cardigan …and these five words from a random word generator (see screenshot below): choke – place – sticks – trite – tough I used those words to continue the “ALTERNATE UNIVERSE” bonus scene for ’Til Death Do Us Part that I started a couple weeks ago. This week it’s “only” a little …
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the 4 words/phrases left in the comments of last week’s post: home sweet home – rescue – safe – unknown …and these ten words from a random word generator (see screenshot to the left): family – worm – momentum – dominant – statement – chicken – recovery – chalk – pass – main – frequency I used all those words to continue the “ALTERNATE UNIVERSE” bonus scene …
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the 3 words left in the comments of last week’s post: homesick – stressed – winter …and these twenty (that’s right, 20) words from a random word generator: wonderful – asleep – parent – pupil – sample – legal – closet – install – consist – main – virtually – mostly – improvement – separated – highway – superior – back – contrast – just …
Welcome to my (fairly) regular weekly Flash Fiction Friday post, where I take the prompt words left in the previous week’s FFF post’s comments and use them in a new bit of flash. This one uses the 3 words: reunion – hugs – love …that were left in the comments of the December 15 FFF post. And the 12 words: define – butterfly – refund – future – insist – …
Welcome to my (fairly) regular weekly Flash Fiction Friday post, where I take the prompt words left in the previous week’s FFF post’s comments and use them in a new bit of flash. This one uses the words/phrase, neighbor’s yappy dog, left in the comments of the December 8 FFF post. I wrote a standalone scene not featuring characters from any of my published works or any of my recurring flash …
In case you’ve missed it, Nell Iris has been running a series of Christmasvaganza blog posts this holiday season. On Thursdays during this stretch she’s featuring her fellow authors in the free anthology, Make the Yuletide Gay. Today is my turn in the hot seat! She gave us a bunch of holiday themed questions to select from and a few fun word/phrase prompts in case we wanted to add a bit of …
This one uses the words, moisturizer, camera, and bikini, left in the comments of the December 1 FFF post. I wrote a short bonus scene featuring Eddie and Trent from Photo Shoot, a short story in my collection, Snapshots. Here are a couple photos that provided extra inspiration for this little glimpse into their lives: You can find additional bonus scenes from the stories in Snapshots (including a long bonus scene for Photo Shoot), …
This is my not-quite-Flash-Fiction-Friday post, since although it’s a short scene, I didn’t use any word or image prompts like I usually do. I’ve actually used the 3 prompt words left for me in the comments a couple weeks ago (as well as a few additional prompts), but that bit of flash will be posting elsewhere. Look for that holiday-themed scene featuring Harrison and Mason on Nell Iris’s blog on …
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the three words left in the comments of last week’s post: whiskey – laundry – electric guitar 😁 This scene picks up shortly after where I left off last week. To catch up on Andy and Grant’s history, visit their page, here: Misadventures with Andy and Grant Check out the menu, above, or click these links for all my bonus scene and flash fiction options. …
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the three words left in the comments of last week’s post: butter – bees – bromance 😁 Since this is now the third scene I’ve written featuring the characters Andy and Grant, I’ve moved them from the Random Standalone Flash Fiction page to their own shiny new Misadventures with Andy and Grant page. Check out the menu, above, or click these links for all my …