F-F-F #30

Uh-oh...

...This is Friday Flash Fiction's 30th Session...

...run, Logan, run!

Well, I just spent five minutes looking it up and we've had one two-way tie, and one three-way tie before. This will be our second two-way tie:

Sue says, "Is it me, or does this coffee taste weird?"

And...

Rhapsody says, "I know what I saw and years of anti-psychotics and group therapies couldn't convince me otherwise."

All you have to do is build a story around either or both of those sentences. Sounds simple enough, but if you've done this before, you know better. You know the deal, if you are in, please say so. Have it done by Tuesday @9 AM Pacific, May 4th, all right?

Starter Sentence Poll #15

In Ukraine, you don't pick your Starter Sentence...

...the Starter Sentence picks you! Apologies to Yakov and Randal.

Choose from the following-

Flannery says, "Hitchhiking wasn't my preferred method of transportation."

Paul says, "Comedy is a very personal thing, I know, but was what I did really THAT funny?"

Sue says, "Is it me, or does this coffee taste weird?"

Doc says, "I'm tired of sucking the hind teet and today I'm going to do something about it!"

The Professor says, "I sat at the table, bleary eyed, and watched as a fruit fly made love to a banana."

David says, "You/I/we/they either run away or stay and fight this thing!"

Rhapsody says, "I know what I saw and years of antipsychotics and group therapies couldn't convince me otherwise."

Line up those starter sentences!

Er...

...that's just odd. Anyway, line up those starter sentences!

You know the drill or if you don't, check out the older posts to get an idea. Please remit your new sentences or submit your old ones in the comment section. I will then load them into poll form tomorrow, Thursday, April 29th @ 9:30 AM, Pacific Time.

Good night, good luck, and pigs, tigers and pigs! Oh, my!

F-F-F #29, The Stories

Rhapsody Belle joins us this week.

Did you ever had the feeling that you're being watched?

This week's starter sentence was- "I said that you don't have to believe me, and I certainly wouldn't...if I were in your shoes."

Let's see the results-

Sue tells an ethereal tale.

David takes us down to the pub.

Flannery gives us a witchy sequel.

Doc speaks of spirits.

Welles continues his crime spree.

Randal rolls us into the rubber room.

Chad spins a story about stories.

The Professor does Kafka proud.

Rhapsody Belle shows us the shady side of big Pharma.

F-F-F #29

Friday Flash Fiction is back, did you miss me? No, you just want me for fictional purposes. I know that you were at all those other flash fiction sites...carrying on like that, and you thought I wouldn't find out? Sigh, fidelity went out with stereos.

Fine, be that way. Here's your starter sentence-

"I said that you don't have to believe me, and I certainly wouldn't...if I were in your shoes."

All you have to do is build a story around that. Sounds simple enough, but if you've done this before, you know better. You know the deal, if you are in, please say so. Have it done by Tuesday @9 AM Pacific, April 27th, all right?

Flash Vacation

This blog will be on hiatus while I get this rock up this hill...

So, Friday Flash Fiction will be on vacation for a week, possibly two. Until then? Good night, good luck, and ow, ow, ow, leg cramp!

F-F-F #28, The Stories

Some days, it's so hard to get clean, you know?



Paulie D. Brazill came up with the starter sentence, "The trouble with me is that I never realise how deep in the shit I am until I'm choking on the stuff."

Let's see the results-

Sue tells an escape tale.

Paul says even hit men have it hard.

Welles speaks of a different seduction.

Flannery says favoritism can lead to unfavorable things.

The Professor weaves a tale where the protagonist is not just knee-deep in it.

Randal narrates a tale of someone who meets a nasty end.

Nicole whispers of a story that will take you away.

David wonders about the price of infidelity.

Chad has a gritty bar yarn.

F-F-F #28

What a contest, the votes on lucky Poll #14 are in!

Paulie Decibels says, "The trouble with me is that I never realise how deep in the shit I am until I'm choking on the stuff."

Finally, an excuse to use this picture!

All you have to do is build a story around that. Sounds simple enough, but if you've done this before, you know better. You know the deal, if you are in, please say so. Have it done by Tuesday @9 AM Pacific, April 13th, all right?

Starter Sentence Poll #14

As Rabbit Ultimate Fighting goes, this poor sap seems done for before he even gets into the ring...

...still, you can give him a fighting chance, by picking out the best starter sentence.

Paulie Decibels says, "The trouble with me is that I never realise how deep in the shit I am until I'm choking on the stuff."

The Professor says, "On the porch of the decrepit rental home, a Big Gulp cup had fallen, splaying its soda like a pool of blood."

Flannery says, "He could almost feel tumbleweed cross the desert of his throat as he pondered how to answer her question."

MRM says, "Would you care to look at our Dessert menu?"

Sue says, "This was no time to be squeamish, so I forced my hand into the hole and felt..."

Aussie Paul says, "They say rules were meant to be broken - not bones."

Nicole says, "Examining a piece of bacon with a picture that perfectly resembled the rose tattoo on her buttocks, realization hit her, 'I fell alseep and you guys ate my ASS?!'"

Doc says, "The pizza boy looked up from his ticket long enough to look her in the eye and see the hints there."


The results will go live on April 9th, 2010, @ 10:30 AM.

Line up those starter sentences!

You can wager all of your money on Rabbit Ultimate Fighting...

...or you can come up with a starter sentence.

You know the drill or if you don't, check out the older posts to get an idea. Please remit your new sentences or submit your old ones in the comment section. I will then load them into poll form tomorrow, Thursday, April 8th @ 9:30 AM, Pacific Time.

Good night, good luck, and bet all of your carrots on Mr. McGregor.

F-F-F #27, The Stories

The Hot Spa Macaques say, "simmer down and relax with some fine flash fiction. There isn't a bad banana in the bunch."

Towards the end of JJ's Friday Flash Fiction, in lieu of a starter sentence, he would post four words, instead. The idea was that you were to incorporate those words into the story and it didn't matter in what order, but they all had to be in there.The four that I came up with were:

Cache
Cashew
Eschew
Through

Let's see the results-

Sue tells a tale of company efficiency and redundancy.

Randal narrates a game of global proportions.

David does a word twist, and then ends with a twist.

Aussie Paul weaves a tale about women in peril.

Flannery revisits an old TV favorite from a new viewpoint.

Doc's own creation turns upon...

Nicole stages a prequel to old tale.

Welles recites a brief poem.

Post #100: Do Some Damage Podcast gives F-F-F some love

I had too much on my plate to pay attention to the hints when it came out. Over at the podcast version of Do Some Damage, apparently Jay Stringer and Steve Weddle had a discussion about flash fiction. They even gave a brief mention to this blog, though it's mostly about what flash fiction is and the state of it, in general.

Some of you might remember author Steve Weddle, from F-F-F #13. The podcast finishes off with Sherlock Holmes. Please, go on over and it give it a listen.



Then, read Do Some Damage, a blogging collective of some of the best crime writing authors.