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On the plus side, if you like writing things there are some writing things. You can also find a teaser for As Above, ( Read more... )

Below, my somewhat generic entry for the 2016 ConFuzzled flash fiction thingie (5 sentences or fewer; theme: Carnival of the Night). No reaction whatsoever from the judges!

Roll up, roll up, come one, come all!
Forget your troubles, join the throng.
Come see the freaks, come find your stall.
It's like you've been here all along.
Come all, come one, ( Read more... )

I came across the end of a rainbow last week. It looked a lot grubbier than I would have expected ( Read more... )

kandrel organized another flash fiction contest at ConFuzzled this year. Main rule was "five sentences or fewer", with a few other sensible things like discouragement of semicolon abuse and encouragement to follow the con theme ("The World Of Tomorrow"). It's a really interesting [and hard!] exercise to try and fit a full story into that length, not least ( Read more... )

Confuzzled had a contest for super-short stories: one paragraph, five sentences or less. Dunno what the formal name is, but as far as I'm concerned: flish fiction.

Here were my three entries. No lj-cut 'cos they are super short.

The child had long since stopped breathing but Mike did not loosen his grip, pushing himself forward at an unrelenting ( Read more... )