John Xero, Angel Zapata and Peter Newman have  a story in an anthology from new publisher Cruentus Libri. 100 Horrors is an anthology of 100 stories of 100 words from 100 authors.

Tony Noland has his Valentine’s Day story, “Straight and True, My Arrow, Fly”, up over at Escape Into Life. Also, over at Write Anything, he talks about his novel WIP, “Goodbye Grammarian”. Specifically addressing the question, “It’s been more than a year, so where the hell is the damned book?”. The post is titled, Hello Grammarian. Go read it. And if you want to read even more, check out Tony’s #fridayflash featured over at Amwriting.org, “Cheap Chocolate, All You Can Eat”.

Linda Simoni-Wastila has a steamy little poem, “Lotus”, included in the River Poets Journal’s new anthology of poems and stories, The Hopeless Romantic. She also has a non-fiction piece, her studied opinion, in the New York Times Room for debate.

PJ Kaiser was over at Amwriting.org talking about Metro Fiction and the reading practices of mothers, Introduction: Metro Fiction – A Reading Nook for Moms.

Helen Howell has been interviewed over at Inspirations Forum.

Congratulations to all!

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Tim VanSant informs us members to read Updating your member profile for some information about enhancements to the Collector and other news.

~ Estrella Azul

Keep the good news coming! You can send in your news items concerning the Friday Flash community to Estrella at estrella.azul@fridayflash.org or by contacting her on Facebook or Twitter. Or feel free to share your news by posting on the#fridayflash Facebook Group Page.

Over at Write Anything, Tony Noland discusses the mistake he made in choosing the title of my flash fiction anthology, “Blood Picnic and other stories“. Why is “Blood Picnic” a bad title? Click on over to the post and find out: A Bloody Bad Title.

Laurita Miller’s story, “Lines”, is up at Lily Childs’ Feardom. Go on over to a read it, and check out the first stories in the February Femmes Fatales showcase.

Dan Powell’s story, “The Man Who Lived Like A Tree”, is the first fiction publication of 2012 over at Referential.

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Laura Eno has been interviewed over at Chilli Tween Reads. Go leave her some love.

Congrats to all!

~ Estrella Azul

Keep the good news coming! You can send in your news items concerning the Friday Flash community to Estrella at estrella.azul@fridayflash.org or by contacting her on Facebook or Twitter. Or feel free to share your news by posting on the#fridayflash Facebook Group Page.

Linda Simoni-Wastila has last week’s #fridayflash, “The Accidental Arsonist“, featured at A Baker’s Dozen, a new literary magazine with an eclectic aesthetic. She seems to have been busy, as she also has a poem, “Greetings From Motel 6″, in 2013 Poet’s Market.

Dan Powell’s short story, “Soiled”, is featured in Issue 4 of Friction, Newcastle University’s online journal for creative writing, theory and practice, which is now available for your reading pleasure.

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Laurita Miller’s blog, “Calling Shotgun”, has taken third place in the Ninjamatics 2011 Canadian Weblog Awards. Go over and congratulate her as she proudly displays her bronze medal for the Best Weblog About Writing & Literature | Écriture et Littérature.

Congratulations to all!

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If you are looking for the opportunity to contribute support to one of the finest writing communities by writing an article each month, which will be featured right here on the FFDO home page? And as a bonus get a little (international) name recognition for yourself? This is your chance! For all the details, make sure you read Editor E. D. Johnson’s post about The FFDO A-Team.

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This month, because I (Estrella Azul) really dislike the commercialism oriented-ness of February, I would like to adopt a Love Letter Bundle.  That means I’m turning to you with the question: Would you like to brighten someone’s day with something as simple as words on paper? Please drop by and read the detailed blog post about this, over at my blog. And also, please share! Thank you in advance!

~ Estrella Azul

Keep the good news coming! You can send in your news items concerning the Friday Flash community to Estrella at estrella.azul@fridayflash.org or by contacting her on Facebook or Twitter. Or feel free to share your news by posting on the#fridayflash Facebook Group Page.

Michael J. Solander’s bizarre absurdest tale, “Going Postal”, has been featured last week at the Cavalcade.

Linda Simoni-Wastila’s 53 words long story, “Snow Job”, has been featured at Press 53, as the 1st place winner of Pokrompt.

Eric J. Krause has a new story published over at the e-zine Short-Story.me. Entitled ”Special Order“, it is a modern fantasy/horror story.

Allison Wells has a short story, “Meringue”, included in the collection “Voices of Angels”. The collection includes 17 stories and raises money for cancer charity, the Caron Keating foundation. It is available in Kindle version here. Paperback is available from Bridgehouse, Amazon UK  and Amazon US. Alison has been busy it seems as she also has a featured flash, “Agatha Burns”, over at Metro Fiction.

Jodi MacArthur’s fantasy YA story, “Ruby Hearts”, has been published and narrated by Barry Northern, fantastic editor of two thriving podcasts (Cast Macabre and Cast of Wonders).  Go listen to it now, or download for later.

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Carrie Clevenger’s co-written book with Nerine Dorman, “Blood and Fire”, is now out and available on Amazon in Kindle version.

The online radio station My Word Radio will be broadcasting a repeat of Deb Rickard reading her Cazart prize winning piece of flash fiction, “The Black Widow”, on Saturday, February 4th at around 3pm. You can listen via this link or download the free application for iPhones, etc.

Congrats to all!

~ Estrella Azul

Keep the good news coming! You can send in your news items concerning the Friday Flash community to Estrella at estrella.azul@fridayflash.org or by contacting her on Facebook or Twitter. Or feel free to share your news by posting on the#fridayflash Facebook Group Page.

Written in a fit of piqué, Tony Noland talks about an author’s irritating use of em-dashes, asides and infodumps. Go read Narrative Flow, Interrupted over at Write Anything.

Rebecca Emin guest posted over at Emma Newman’s place as part of the online launch of “New Beginnings”. Read all about How Writing can be The Scariest Thing, Ever there.

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Susan Helene Gottfried informs us that Amazon has been kind enough to drop the price on the Kindle versions of the first two Demo Tapes anthologies. With King Trevor due for an April 12 release, there’s no better time to join the Trevolution. Get your copies here “ShapeShifter: The Demo Tapes – Year 1″ and “ShapeShifter: The Demo Tapes – Year 2″.

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Rebecca Emin is hosting a Writing Competition to celebrate the publication of “New Beginnings”.  Head on over for all the details on participating.

~ Estrella Azul

Keep the good news coming! You can send in your news items concerning the Friday Flash community to Estrella at estrella.azul@fridayflash.org or by contacting her on Facebook or Twitter. Or feel free to share your news by posting on the#fridayflash Facebook Group Page.