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Monday Micros: “Pawn’s Gambit” and “Opening Moves”
Last week’s Flash! Friday picture prompt was of two men playing chess. Added to that, we had to include a nemesis. I went fantasy on the first, SF on the second. Pawn’s Gambit Grandfather sags in the Obsidian Throne, sorghum wine staining his beard. Bamboo-straight, Mother perches next to him. Through silks, her belly swells […]
Weekend Flash Round-Up: “Carving Out a Space” and “Third Time”
In terms of Scooby Snacks to my ego, this has been a fabulous contest week. First of all, over at Angry Hourglass’s Flash Frenzy, I managed to get another FlashMaster badge for “Carving Out a Space”, an SF piece based on a pic prompt of pumpkins. It got featured here, for Humpday Quickie #39. Then, […]
Monday Micros: “Making it Over” and “Blame Pennywise”
Flash! Friday has a run of incredible tales for round 2–44, based on this picture: and the need to include a surgery. Head on over to the winners’ circle to check out Josh Bertetta‘s fabulously clever use of the human ability to rearrange the middle letters of a word and still recognize it. The best […]
Friday Flasher: “Perfect Fit” (Flash Frenzy’s Winner)
[Delayed due to Canadian Thanksgiving celebration with pals and the next round of Flash Frenzy.] From Angry Hourglass, my second attempt at Flash Frenzy earned me this: : For Round 38. The prompt photo was this great shot by Ashwin Rao: I went for semi-straight fiction (comedy) on this one. I never really know how […]
Monday Micros: “Ragasa” and “Just a Taste”
I struggled with this Flash Friday prompt. The picture came from GothPhil who shot it off the coast of Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia: … with the entreaty to include a politician. And the imaginations of the writers over at Flash! Friday soared. The winner’s circle included two of my personal top three: the agonizing “Hourly Arithmetic” by […]
Monday Micros: “Fidelity” and “True Skin”
We’re a day late with the micros due to working last night on a flash for Finish That Thought, a Tuesday contest, but since she’s on the east coast, we get the prompts at 9pm Monday–when I would normally post the micros. Both of my entries for this week’s Flash! Friday contest (for volume 42) managed […]
Friday Flasher–“Other Resources”
This week, the Indies Unlimited prompt featured a purse snatcher and a flight of stairs: “The punk grabbed the old lady’s purse and ran up those steps like a monkey on crack. A little crowd of tourists gathered around as the old woman yelled at me to do something. I’m at least thirty years older and […]
Monday Micros–“Ex-Pats vs. Tourists” and “Re-Inspiration”
“Sunday Micro-Flash” is being re-clepped as “Monday Micros” and not merely for the alliteration–a bonus. This gives a chance for the hardworking judges over at Flash Friday to get their results out–and with the incredible number (and quality) of entries, posting winners on Monday has become more often the norm. This week, our picture prompt […]
Friday Flasher–“Agency”
Kathryn El-Assal’s excellent flash won this week’s Indies Unlimited prompt. The picture was of a field of safflowers (NOT sunflowers as several writers noted within the context of their pieces): The text prompt accompanying it: “She was always amazed by the beauty of nature. Thousands of people would probably have driven by the massive field […]
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