The #FridayFlash Report – Vol2. #50

May 16, 2011 in BOFF 2, Community News, FridayFlash Report, Submission Guidelines by JM Strother

We had 54 stories this week with one debut. Please welcome Billie Jo Woods to the ranks of Friday Flash. If your story is not in the list don’t despair, simply add it to the Collector and it will show up in next week’s list.

Time is ticking by, and the deadline for submitting to the Best of Friday Flash – Volume Two is fast approaching. So get thou to the submissions guidelines and enter your best Friday Flash of all time for consideration. You have until COB (that’s one of those silly government acronyms I’m prone to using (Close of Business) on June 2 to get it in.

And watch this space for an exciting contest organized by none other than our own Estrella Azul. Thanks again to everyone who helps make Friday Flash a success each and every week. You are all terrific. ~jon

The Stories

A Fairy Tale by Anke Wehner @Anke ~ Fantasy ~

A Glimpse of Reality by Brainhaze @Brainhazewp ~ Slice of Life ~

A Message From Perseus by Jeremy Warach @jwarach ~ Cross Genre ~

A Princess Banished, Part 7 by Splintered Lands @SplinteredLands ~ Fantasy ~

A Token Of His Affection by Melissa L. Webb @melissalwebb ~ Horror ~

Arabesque by Justin Davies @flyingscribbler ~ Cross Genre ~

As a Cloud by Sonia Lal @soniawrite ~ Fantasy ~

Bolonchén Mysteries by Aidan Fritz @AidanFritz ~ Fantasy ~

Breakfast News by Virginia Moffatt @VirginiaMoffatt ~ Unspecified ~

Call Upon The Author by Kari Fay @morganafiolett ~ Unspecified ~

Candice on the Couch by Tony Noland @TonyNoland ~ Slice of Life ~

Catch the Moon by Billie Jo Woods @BillieJoWoods ~ Slice of Life ~ Debut(Yes)

Chicken S***faced Part 2 of 2 by Monica Marier @lil_monmon ~ Fantasy ~

Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night by Candice Detillier Huber @cheshirescribe ~ Romance ~

Commercials, They’re Grrrreat! by Harry B. Sanderford @HBSanderford ~ Humor ~

Deus Ex Machina by David D Sharp @aweeadventure ~ Humor ~

Do You? by Rebecca Emin @RebeccaEmin ~ Unspecified ~

Entombed by John Xero @xeroverse ~ Horror ~

First Date by Richard Bon @LiminalFiction ~ Unspecified ~

First Kill by Matt Merritt @1block ~ Slice of Life ~

Gingerbread by Catherine Russell @ganymeder ~ Slice of Life ~

Gone by Danielle La Paglia @Dannigrrl5 ~ Slice of Life ~

Graces by KjM @kevinjmackey ~ Unspecified ~

Guilty party by Steve Green @n/a ~ Unspecified ~

Homecoming by J. M. Strother @jmstro ~ Slice of Life ~

If Zed Jumped Off a Bridge by Z. J. Woods @_zjw ~ Unspecified ~

Ink by Emma Newman @emapocalyptic ~ Cross Genre ~

Juniper Rose by Mike Robertson @miker_lazlo ~ Romance ~

Just Shoot by Magaly Guerrero @PaganCulture ~ Unspecified ~

Marli Knows by Deirdre M. Murphy @wyld_dandelyon ~ Steampunk ~

Northern Vampire Tales – The Female Of The Species Part 2 by Sam Adamson @FutureNostalgic ~ Horror ~

Northern Vampire Tales – The Female Of The Species Part 2 *NEW LINK* by Sam Adamson @FutureNostalgic ~ Horror ~

Not All That by Stephen Book @StephenBook ~ Science Fiction ~

Now Serving by Daniel Ritter @reginaldgolding ~ Science Fiction ~

One Fib Too Far by Alex Carrick @Alex_Carrick ~ Humor ~

Orion and the Bear by John Xero @xeroverse ~ Cross Genre ~

Our Land by James Tallett @thefourpartland ~ Fantasy ~

Planet P4-98, Part Two by Jessica Rosen @jessrosenbooks ~ Science Fiction ~

REJECTED by COLIN JAMES @COLINJAMESBLOG ~ Humor ~

She Saw It Coming by Deanna Schrayer @deannaschrayer ~ Unspecified ~

Shhh! It Happens! by Tomara Armstrong @2maraA ~ Humor ~

Soft Snowflakes by Lisamarie Lamb @lisamarie20010 ~ Slice of Life ~

Something Blue by Icy Sedgwick @icypop ~ Paranormal ~

Thangbrand’s Transgression by P.J. Kaiser @pj_kaiser ~ Historical ~

The Dance by Zaiure @zaiure ~ Fantasy ~

The Emperors New Art by Christopher Michael Bell @ChrisBell85 ~ Experimental ~

The Nick Of Time (and other abrasions): Smack My Witch Up by Al Bruno III @albruno3 ~ Paranormal ~

The River by Peter Domican @petedomican ~ Slice of Life ~

The Strange Case of East Parish by John Wiswell @Wiswell ~ Horror ~

The Twitterati by Chuck Allen @chuckallen ~ Humor ~

Those We Ride With by ZT Burian @ZTBurian ~ Literary ~

Trespass by Marc Nash @21stCscribe ~ Literary ~

Vampire Tracker Part 10 by Lara Dunning @LaraDunning ~ Paranormal ~

With Strings Attached by Helen A. Howell @Helenscribbles ~ Horror ~


In the News

Tony Noland was a guest blogger over at Write Anything, where he talked about creating characters. He said it best: ‘You get the best monsters when you put in the strangest brains.’ Well done, Tony!

Linda Simoni-Wastila’s “Can’t wait”, one of her favorite #fridayflashes, was featured at Monkeybicycle. Congrats, Linda!

Jodi Cleghorn has informed me that “100 Stories for Queensland” and “Nothing But Flowers” are launching on Tuesday, May 17th. In an act that’s been dubbed “Chart Rush for Charity” she’s encouraging everyone to buy their copies of either one or both books on Amazon this coming Tuesday in the hope the books will make it into the top 100 best sellers for the day! Read her more detailed post on the subject here.

John McDonnell’s “The Adventures of Larry The Alien”, the first eighty stories of his web-series, is available since February this year on Smashwords. Congratulations, John!

~ 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.

The wrap

Thanks to all our readers. We love you. And please, if you enjoy a story leave comments when you visit. Writers love feedback almost as much as chocolate. Maybe more! Then go tell your friends to read it too. Help these writers grow.

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~jon

JM Strother (70 Posts)

Founder of the #fridayflash meme and of Friday Flash Dot Org

Jon M. Strother is a writer of fact, fiction, and bad poetry. His passion is fiction, though creative nonfiction and an occasional how-to will creep in now and then. He has written several novels and novellas, so far unpublished, many published flash fiction pieces, and created #fridayflash.

Jon lives in an inner suburb of St. Louis and enjoys cycling, gardening, and wasting far too much time playing Civilization III. Hey, we all have vices. He's got a wife and kids, and a Beagle affectionately known as Psycho-pup. Jon blogs at Mad Utopia.