#FlashFiction
For your entertainment, today's #flashfiction
https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03998-j346-inspired-desperation
#sciencefiction #shortstory #writingprompt
The latest post on my WordPress blog: Mooses (flash fiction) #flashfiction #microfiction #dialogue #humour #humor #moose #99wordstories
https://jedigirlblog.wordpress.com/2023/12/11/mooses-flash-fiction/
Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for December 10th, 2023
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#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #SFF #freewrite #MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory #SmallStories #FlashFiction #mastoArt
For your entertainment, today's #flashfiction
https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03997-j345-one-spell-from-concerning
#fantasyfiction #shortstory #writingprompt
Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for December 9th, 2023
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https://worthingflash.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-morning-at-coffee-bean.html A new story from Daniel Joseph Cryns #flashfiction #shortstories #fiction #stories
For your entertainment, today's #flashfiction
https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03996-j344-artefacts-of-reverence
#fantasyfiction #shortstory #writingprompt
Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for December 8th, 2023
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2023-12-08 Visual Inspiration prompt.
Have you ever faced a stormy sea?
Use this AI generated image to write a very short story based on it. Or a navigation chart.
To find more inspiring images, browse the #VisualInspiration tag.
Have you read?
Bedtime Routine by Camden Rose at Inner Worlds
Inner Worlds is a new flash fiction zine and I'm already hooked! This story is a fantastic story relating compulsion & anxiety in a horror flash. So well done.
https://sarah-i-jackson.ghost.io/inner-worlds-1-bedtime-routine-by-camden-rose/
For your entertainment, today's #flashfiction
https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03995-j343-how-to-leave-without-notice
#sciencefiction #shortstory #writingprompt
A book your mom would hate.
Make a nice gift for her.
#absurdism #weirdfiction #postmodern #flashfiction #autofiction #daniilkharms #camus #samuelbeckett #darkhumor #indiefiction #indie #ReadMoreAutisticFiction #punkfiction
Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for December 7th, 2023
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Tag use
I use FlashFiction on AO3. MicroFiction isn't a viable tag. Drabble if it is exactly 100 words.
I have used FlashFiction and MicroFiction here. Don't know which, if either, is better. And Drabble if it is Drabble
On pixiv I use ショートショート Not very useful here. (Drabble as above)
FlashFiction is a good bet since micro is flash even if flash isn't always micro.
For your entertainment, today's #flashfiction
https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03994-j342-another-game-of-tag
#sciencefiction #shortstory #writingprompt
Tried to write a cheerful flash fiction this afternoon. Ended up with a vengeful ghost story.
I will not be doing a reading tonight!
#Writing #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #GhostStory
Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for December 6th, 2023
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I've just got a newsletter from a fellow author, in which she's advertising her books, and right there under one of her series, a professionally done marketing image with a quote from my Goodreads review: "'Some of the best flash fiction I've ever read.' - Graham Downs, Author"
I stand by what I said, and man, does it feel good to see my name up in lights like that, so to speak! :-)
If you're interested, the series in question is the Reverie series of #FlashFiction stories, by Sunee le Roux: https://suneeleroux.com/books/reverie-flash-fiction/?utm_source=Mastodon
For your entertainment, today's #flashfiction
https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03993-j341-the-war-on-plague
#fantasyfiction #shortstory #writingprompt
The latest post on my WordPress blog: The Missing (flash fiction) #flashfiction #microfiction #dark #horror #vampires
https://jedigirlblog.wordpress.com/2023/12/06/the-missing-flash-fiction/
Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for December 5th, 2023
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I'm really counting my blessings with all the publications of my work this year. The latest is my poem 'The flavour of friendship (for Margo)' in 'The Auroras & Blossoms Magazine: Issue 1'. Price: $/€/£ 1.99 only.
https://abpositiveart.com/magazine-issue-1/
PS. Submissions for issue 2 are still welcome!
https://abpositiveart.com/magazine-submit/
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poem #writing #writers #writingcommunity #fiction #literature #flashfiction
Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for December 4th, 2023
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Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for December 3rd, 2023
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Victorian Black Mirror
Yes the escalator seems all well and good for the commoners to make them more efficient, but what next? They continue escalating! Before long, they escalate to the middle class, then the upper class! Soon everyone has to escalate to keep some semblance of social orders... and who benefits? The Escalators!
#VictorianBlackMirror #silly #flashfiction #scifi #blackmirror
#PennedPossibilities 150—What inspired the idea for your WiP
Since we are talking R.S., it has to be what inspired the character.
My WiP is as mechanically constructed as you can get. I realized my character had a half-year where nothing happened between stories, and that got me thinking.
The difficulty here it that because it would be both a sequel and a prequel, I needed the story to have a reason never be reported while still being knock your socks off. Something that could still be shoehorned into later stories with a phrase like "Oops, that's a state secret. Don't repeat that," and not cause a disruption.
(I actually did. You know. Shoehorn that line into a later story, before completing this WiP.)
So what ideas did I throw at the wall?
An invasion of Earth nobody knew about (which comes from five chapters I never continued). My devil-girl had to had to stop it. I wanted to make it useful for ongoing stories by getting the devil-girl back on the main antagonist' radar by my devil-girl inadvertently doing the MA an enormous solid (i.e., saving Her ass).
Check. Check Check.
Didn't quite take off. My devil-girl wasn't biting. What was the story idea missing?
Ah!
/A sexy dragon./
Anything more would be spoilers.
[Author retains copyright.]
#BoostingIsSharing
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#RSdiscussion
#RSstory
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Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for December 2nd, 2023
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Here’s “Learning Chess,” one of my dribbles (100-word stories) recently published in the wonderful journal “Centifictionist.”
#WritingCommunityu #flashfiction #microfiction
https://thecentifictionist.home.blog/2023/09/21/learning-chess/
My latest story for #SwanseaWriters - a demonically entertaining tale.
#flashfiction
The Misfortune Business https://www.swanseawriterscircle.co.uk/blog/the-misfortune-business/1868/
The latest post on my WordPress blog: Welcome Visitors (micro fiction) #flashfiction #microfiction #DarkhHumor #fairytales #fantasy
https://jedigirlblog.wordpress.com/2023/12/02/welcome-visitors-micro-fiction/
"This guy ended his review, saying 'your not edgar alan Poe.' And I kept thinking to myself I never said I was."
"It sound like this really bothered you."
"Do you think I'm exspecially not edgar alan poe?"
"Well... you did just paraphrase eli cash from the royal tenenbaums."
#PennedPossibilities 149 — SC POV: When was the last time you felt needed?
[Bolt speaking:] I spent the last seven years of my life working in a gang as a runner and bearer of bad news, until /she/ decided we were alike and took me along with her as she decapitated the organization. The event did not go without notice by the constabulary she played to get the job done, or by the powers that be. I saved her, she saved me, then I threw a border stone at the most powerful person in the world to save us all.
Looong story.
Every flapping day since, she makes me feel needed. I had lost my freedom and my life in a cycle of blackmail and darkness. I owe her—for changing me, fixing me, freeing me—though she sees me instead as a helpful friend. Together, I help her make a difference /every/ day.
[Author retains copyright.]
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#CommentingIsCool
#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory
#microfiction #shorts #ShortStory #shortstories #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory
Sometimes I do little #flashfiction pieces that don't fit the medical fiction stuff I send to Physician's Weekly, and are too short for Kindle Vela or to include in my Kindle collections, and I'm not sure what to do with them.
Any suggestions?
A nine-word story:
git statuslists all the files on my pc
A twelve-word horror story:
git statuslists the whole disk and I just rangit clean
(TIL that Ernest Hemingway likely did not write "For sale, baby shoes, never worn": https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/01/28/baby-shoes/)
2023-11-29 Visual Inspiration prompt.
Are you scheming something today?
Use this AI generated image to write a very short story based on it... whatever it inspires you to do!
To find more inspiring images, browse the #VisualInspiration tag
Been going through the #absurd stories I wrote the last five years (not including this year) and I may have enough for a collection.
Been ages since (MEP) released a book 🤔
#postmodernfiction #weirdfiction #absurdfiction #ReadMoreAutisticAuthors #flashfiction #authorlife
Hey #writingcommunity - if you're already fed up with enforced seasonal jollity, I have an antidote for you! My #flashfiction piece 'Away From It All' has just been published at 365tomorrows, courtesy of editor @stephen_smith - it will certainly help take your mind off the holidays!
#PennedPossibilities 147 — MC or SC POV: Where did you grow up?
The east coast of the continent in the piedmont over looking a large bay. In terms of what your people know, the powers that be built a large English country estate around me, including the manor house, in order to isolate and train me every waking hour for talents I didn't know I displayed. We had plenty of servants and tenants to teach me about inequality. In retrospect, my being drilled in empathy might have been on purpose and those servants, also, a lesson. Hot breezes from the bay, a days travel east, laden with humidity did not make the location more pleasant. Working out was always in the afternoon and always sweaty. The baths were a pleasant memory. I ran away from my responsibilities when I grew old enough to pass as an adult.
[Author retains copyright.]
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#CommentingIsCool
#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory
#microfiction #shorts #ShortStory #shortstories #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory
My micro "Backyard Bakery" in Bear Paw Arts journal begins, "After your father has driven away, after your mother lies down in the dark bedroom, after your hands stop shaking, your little sisters pull you into the backyard..." Read more:
https://www.bearpawartsjournal.com/backyard-bakery
#FlashFiction #FlashLit #Flash #Micro #WritingCommunity #Writers #Writing
On this Cyber Monday, your treat is "The Rave" by Andy Joynes, which first appeared in our "Summer '23" installment.
It's a cautionary tale that will have you checking where you decide to cut the rug next.
https://weirdfictionquarterly.com/13dwf-andy-joynes-the-rave/
The latest post on my WordPress blog: The Huntress (flash fiction) #flashfiction #microfiction #piratefiction #pirates #99wordstories
https://jedigirlblog.wordpress.com/2023/11/27/the-huntress-flash-fiction/
"What story can be told in the lighting's flash?"
"Broadcast television could bring nightmares into your home like your door could hide them from your neighbors."
The walls are painted with heavy metal lighting flashes. Blue and white like out reached hands claiming what is not theirs.
An arthouse DIY theater selling beans individually, one dry bean at a time.
A strobe effect meant to hypnotize.
"Consumable hipster violence."
Our third day of The 13 Days of Weird Flash features a Can Wiggins tale from our "Spring '23" issue, "Far Behind".
It's a fun tale about getting your fields set up properly for the growing season.
https://weirdfictionquarterly.com/13dwf-can-wiggins-far-behind/
Star Diver
I love watching the stars through the window. How they get swallowed by darkness and soon reappear when an asteroid passes through between me and them. The faint flickering of our own solar system’s sun. The vastness of cold, dark space. So peaceful, awe-inspiring. Moments like this are my favorite. Strapped into one of the passenger seats, alone on the observation deck, just me, my notebook and my window into space. When I listen carefully, I can just about make out the faint humming of the ship’s generators. Occasionally, I hear the propulsion system spooling up to make a minor course correction or to avoid hitting an asteroid. But other than that, it’s quiet.
We are silent running, far from the usual traffic routes. Our destination is the Deep Space Horizon mining rig. One of the many run by Mt. Fuji Co. Rumor has it that contact has been lost to the rig. Apparently Hirasawa Outpost doesn’t get any response. But the basic telemetry data is still being broadcast. We are trying to get close enough to find out more without being detected by anyone. This far out, corruption is a big issue and we don’t know who we can trust. Better stay unnoticed, just passively observing. At least that is the plan.
It is a long and slow journey. I’ve started reading Grandma’s diaries again to make use of the time. She was born on Planet Earth. Can you imagine? Living on a planet? So fascinating to experience her life on Earth through her eyes, through her words. Gravity strong enough to keep you firmly on the ground. Being able to do E V A without any protective gear because there’s a perfectly breathable atmosphere outside. Workout being an optional part of life, a spare time activity even. Recreational. A day and night cycle, timezones, ... Speaking of night time, barely any stars are visible from the surface of the planet. Water in the atmosphere (they call this phenomenon „clouds“) can obstruct the view. And a thing called „light pollution“ which apparently lit up the sky bright enough to drown out the stars.
Grandma was one of the young astronauts that went on the journey to the edge of the solar system. It was a tough decision for her because she knew she would never return and the success of the project that would eventually lead to the colony on Eris was far from guaranteed. Astronaut, what a word. I believe it was derived from an ancient language and means something like „Star Diver“. Space travel was such a rare and special thing that they had a fancy word for the people doing it.
Oh, here goes the propulsion system again. Spooling up, then the whole ship rocks a little, then everything returns to silence. That reminds me, I have a couple of things to do. Can’t spend all day on the observation deck.
(to be continued)
#MicroFiction #FlashFiction #tootfic #SmallStory #SciFi #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Day Two of The 13 Days of Weird Flash is brought to us by Robert J Sodaro and his tale from the inaugural Winter '22 edition, "Whiteout".
This is a wonderful story for the season that will leave you shaken!
https://weirdfictionquarterly.com/13dwf-day-two-whiteout-by-robert-j-sodaro/
#13DaysOfWeirdFlash #WeirdFictionQuarterly #Winter22 #FlashFiction
Melanie Crew is the our first author featured in The 13 Days of Weird Flash with her tale from the most recent Fall / Halloween installment, "Nocturnal Shift".
https://weirdfictionquarterly.com/13dwf-melanie-crew/
#WeirdFictionQuarterly #FlashFiction #WeirdFiction #13DaysOfWeirdFlash
WFQ is launching into the holiday season with "The 13 Days of Weird Flash" where starting later TODAY, we'll be dropping 13 original 500-word weird tales in the lead-up to the release of our first annual omnibus release, "Weird Fiction Quarterly, Volume 1".
Sign up at the link below to be sure that you don't miss a day!
#WeirdFictionQuarterly #FlashFiction #WeirdFiction #13DaysOfWeirdFlash
https://weirdfictionquarterly.com/join-us-for-the-the-13-days-of-weird-flash/
Latest post on my WordPress blog: Do All Vampires Really Sleep in a Coffin? (micro fiction) #flashfiction #microfiction #vampires #humour #humor
Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for November 22nd, 2023
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Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for November 20th, 2023
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Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for November 11th, 2023
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The story of Reggie, from "Sofa Stories" by @betsystreeter and @monteiro
Numbered edition at https://etsy.com/shop/betsystreeter
#Books #MastoBooks #FediBooks #Illustration #HedgeHog #Reggie #Animals #MicroFiction #FlashFiction #YesYes
For a couple of years, I participated in a November prompt-based flash fiction event running concurrently with NaNoWriMo. I opted not to engage in it this year, but it's fun. Here's a flash fiction I wrote that uses some of life experiences, aspects of the prompt, and a seasonal setting. I'm going to post more Thanksgiving flash fictions. I hope to create at least one fresh one. This is about 300 words, and it needs an edit---an afternoon task. #FlashFiction #thanksgiving
https://brokenwriterblog.wordpress.com/2021/11/23/day-23-a-man-walks-into-a-bank-wearing-nothing-but-a-smile-my-iteration-has-not-much-to-do-with-smiling-but-interprets-this-as-an-expression-for-nakedness-brother/
A short story of mine was recently published on AntipodeanSF:
https://www.antisf.com/the-stories/i-m-s-c-a-r-e-d
I-M-S-C-A-R-E-D is about the owner of a haunted house figuring out how to help a ghost move on 👻
The ghost couldn’t knock so it waited for the children dressed as goblins, vampires, witches and politicians to ring the bell. The door opened. “Trick or treat!”
“So adorable!” said a lady in skeleton makeup. As she gave them candy, the ghost stepped inside and was greeted by other ghosts.
“Thank you!” said the children. The door closed. The lady sat down and looked her phone. The ghosts gathered ’round and watched the news scroll by and cried and cried and cried.
Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for October 30th, 2023
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Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for October 28th, 2023
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For the 2023 December #ArtShare session
our team volunteers have voted
#SciArt & #SciFiArt the main theme.
So start sending us #openaccess links
to your favorite #music #poems #flashFiction #shortStories
#paintings #sculptures #microscopy
#photography #magazine #book and music #album covers.
Digital creations accepted
but only human created works for this session please.
Nothing AI generated. All invited! #JoinIn 1/2
Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for October 18th, 2023
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━━━✥◈ Dedication ◈✥━━━
Commissioned by Uel Aramchek / North of Reality in 2017, for his short story of the same name.
Read it here: http://www.northofreality.com/tales/2016/10/27/dedication
#Repostober #MastoArt #hands #NorthOfReality #ShortStory #writing #UelAramchek #FlashFiction
Time for the all-new #VisualWritingPrompt for October 6th, 2023
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Two Techno Tales by John Shirley --hey! that's me!-- appear at THE FREEZINE today. Good illustrations. Each piece is short, essentially flash fiction. Check out the Freezine generally--it is, yes, free and requires no registration. Lots of good stuff there.
The first piece is To Live and Die in Googletown. The second is Flibbertigibbet.
https://freezineoffantasyandsciencefiction.blogspot.com/2023/09/two-techno-tales.html
Where is my #writingcommunity? Trying to find a new home to learn about where to submit, and where I can read others' work. We're in this together.
#introduction I didn't see this option until after I posted. I will do up a better introduction soon :)
If you are a writer, or journal, Say hi. Follow me and I'll follow you.
(Is that how it works here?)
#Writing #Writers #AmWriting #Writingtogether #FlashFiction #writer #literary #brandnewhere #WritersOfMastodon #writershelpingwriters #writerslife #microfiction #help
Hi it's #FollowFriday and I want to follow any #LitJournal that publishes #poetry and/or #FlashFiction and/or #essays and everybody who shares those genres!! Recently found a couple awesome folks who do and I would love to follow more.