💘 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 – …