The #FridayFlash Report – Vol 3 Number 34
January 22, 2012 in FridayFlash Report by Tim VanSant
We had 40 stories in the Collector this week with 2 Debuts. Please welcome Rob Smales and Shawn Pfister to the community. With the new options on the Collector we have 6 stories marked as being part of a series and 3 that have audio narration. The stories this week fall under 13 different genres; the most common this week are Slice of Life, Horror, and Humor. [Also several Unspecified.] What a wonderfully diverse community we have! As always, if your story is not in the listing below please go to the Collector and add the details. It will be in next week’s listing.
For my next trick…. Please forgive a little tech talk here. The first week with the new Collector seemed to work well from this end. I made some minor changes based on feedback I got on Twitter. If you had any problems or if you have suggestions for improvements, please let me know. We had a few people use the old Tracker before it was de-activated. I copied those few entries over so you should still be in this report if you did use the Tracker. Please notify me if you find a mistake and I’ll gladly correct it.
~Tim
The Stories:
A Good Deed by Brainhaze ~ @Brainhazewp ~ Slice of Life
A Night In with a Canadian by Thom Gabrukiewicz ~ @tgabrukiewicz ~ Unspecified
A Smashing Moment by Michelle Dennis Evans ~ @MichelleDEvans ~ Suspense
Bar Talk by Aaron Conaway ~ @M_Gideon ~ Experimental
Bay City Runaway (Part 2) by David Hill Burns ~ @fictdoodles ~ Literary ~ Serial
Captain P by Catherine Russell ~ @ganymeder ~ Humor
Circus Act: Blood Under The Big Top by Carole Gill ~ @carolelynngill ~ Horror
Daylight by John Xero ~ @xeroverse ~ Horror
Edgar Seterra by John Wiswell ~ @Wiswell ~ Science Fiction
Eli’s Dream by Deanna Schrayer ~ @deannaschrayer ~ Cross Genre
Entertainment by Sonia Lal ~ @soniawrite ~ Unspecified
Fear by Chris Munroe ~ @munsimunsi ~ Humor
Fold by Icy Sedgwick ~ @icypop ~ Slice of Life
Going For Gold by Kari Fay ~ @morganafiolett ~ Unspecified
Her words by Steve Green ~ N/A ~ Unspecified
Hmm … by E. A. Irwin ~ @ea_irwin ~ Humor
Hot Dogs by Susan Helene Gottfried ~ @WestofMars ~ Slice of Life ~ Serial
Incendius by Coral Moore ~ @coralm ~ Horror
Initials by Larry Kollar ~ @FARfetched58 ~ Slice of Life
Intruder by Eric J. Krause ~ @ericjkrause ~ Horror
Invisible Quilt by Lisa Vooght ~ @ficflash ~ Slice of Life
Just Like a Man by Tom Gillespie ~ @tom_gillespie ~ Unspecified ~ Narrated
Learn From the Past, Or You’re Doomed to Repeat It by Melissa L Webb ~ @melissalwebb ~ Paranormal
Panel Beating by Nick Bryan ~ @NickMB ~ Humor
Reconnaissance by Richard Bon ~ @liminalfiction ~ Slice of Life
Rewriting History by Anke Wehner ~ @Anke ~ Magical Realism
So, You Wanted to Join the Circus… by Rob Smales ~ @RobSmales ~ Horror ~ Debut
Somewhere Near The End by T.J. McIntyre ~ @southernweirdo ~ Horror
Tea and Cakes by Rachel Carter ~ @rachcarter ~ Slice of Life
The Dorothy Delusion. Part 8. by John Xero ~ @xeroverse ~ Thriller ~ Serial
The End Times by ChrisWhiteWrites ~ @chriswhitewrite ~ Experimental
The Gift of Love, Eventually by Tony Noland ~ @TonyNoland ~ Slice of Life
The legend by shawn Pfister ~ @Shawn Pfister ~ Paranormal ~ Debut
The Light by Carrie Clevenger ~ @carrieclevenger ~ Paranormal
The Nick Of Time (and other abrasions): Route d’abbaye Track One- Come Together by Al Bruno III ~ @albruno3 ~ Paranormal ~ Serial
The Rabbit’s Foot by Jack Holt ~ @jackkholt ~ Historical
The Vagrant (Part 13) by Peter Newman ~ @runpetewrite ~ Science Fiction ~ Serial
The Wizard’s Prophecy, Chapter 16 by JB Starre ~ @JBStarre ~ Fantasy ~ Serial
The Woman in Pinstripe by Emma Newman ~ @emapocalyptic ~ Magical Realism ~ Narrated
Wallflowers of the Elk Lodge Ballroom by Tim VanSant, Narrated by Helen Howell ~ @TimVanSant ~ Humor ~ Narrated
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Tim VanSant is a technician and rogue poet in academician's clothing. He thinks too much and sometimes he writes what he thinks. He has a face made for radio, a voice made for print, and a blog suitable for lining your NeoPet’s cage. Tim helps to maintain the website and compiles the weekly Friday Flash Report.
I’m really liking the new Collector and the revitalized Report, Tim. Thanks so much for breathing new life into it. ~jon
I get a lot from the FFDO community. I appreciate the opportunity to contribute. And, I know this sounds terribly geeky, I like playing around with forms, databases, and code.