We had 59 stories in the Collector this week with 3 Debuts. Please welcome K.L. Coones, Bryan Mitchell, and L. G. Keltner to the community. The stories this week fall under 14 different genres, including one each in Crime, Cross Genre, Mystery, and Thriller. What a wonderfully diverse community we have!

I often notice that similarities in titles and themes appear serendipitously in the stories entered each week. Last week, for example, we had Fish Stories, The Fishermen, The Fishwives, Red herrings: listen within, and In the Shadow Of the Valley Of Whales. [Yes, I know that whales are not fish. Humor me.] Also last week we had A Bird Fossil Made Out Of Rubbish, Magpie’s Nest, Robins in Spring, and Secret War of the Birds. Does it mean anything that this week we have Four dead birds? Anyway, this week we have a spate of one-word titles: Blogging, Censorship, Cockcrow, Friends, Gamer, Gnome, Hell, Hitching, Predation, Ruthless, Seeds, Splash, Traitor, and Unseen. Taken together, they could make an interesting writing prompt, I think. Were I to make a game of it [and I have, sort of] I could find several other connections. None of this really matters, of course. It is just my brain being its usual weird self.

We continue our efforts to bring you interesting and useful original content with this week’s post Technical Trick for the Mobile Author by FFDO editor E. D. Johnson. Give it a read. And remember to keep the community news flowing through our weekly News Flash.

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. ~Tim

The Stories

‘A Poet’s Heart’ by Natalie Wood ~ @natalieiwood ~ Experimental

A train to catch by Alex Tomlin ~ @tomo4242 ~ Crime

Bits and Bullets by K.L. Coones ~ @KLCoones ~ Unspecified ~ Debut

Black Cloaks by Dan Waters ~ @Maulus ~ Mystery

Blogging by Christopher Munroe ~ @munsimunsi ~ Humor

Censorship by John Wiswell ~ @Wiswell ~ Slice of Life

Cockcrow by Rachel Blackbirdsong ~ @RBlackbirdsong ~ Literary

Coming Home by Jeffrey Hollar ~ @klingorengi ~ Slice of Life

Control Panels by Chris Morton ~ @chrris9 ~ Science Fiction

Critical Thinking Exercise by Jeffrey Hollar ~ @klingorengi ~ Horror

Estate Planning for the Undead, Part 2 [of 3] – Vampires by Tim VanSant ~ @TimVanSant ~ Humor ~ Serial

Forever young by Mrs G ~ @Mme_G ~ Horror

Four dead birds by Cindy Vaskova ~ @Raptamei ~ Fantasy

Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice by Richard Bon ~ @LiminalFiction ~ Slice of Life

Friends by Charlotte ~ @CharlotteC42 ~ Thriller

Gamer by Rob Smales ~ @RobSmales ~ Horror

Gnome by Sylvia van Bruggen ~ @sylviavbruggen ~ Fantasy

Hand Writing by Adam Byatt ~ @revhappiness ~ Experimental

Hell by John Xero ~ @xeroverse ~ Science Fiction

Hitching by Gail Aldwin ~ @gailaldwin ~ Unspecified

It’s in the Blood by Rob Smales ~ @RobSmales ~ Horror

Jim The Invincible by Gayle Beveridge ~ @GayleBeveridge ~ Horror

Middle Mass by Marc Nash ~ @21stCscribe ~ Literary

Miss Briana by Stephen Hewitt ~ @ThoughtMonkeyZ ~ Magical Realism

Nonesuch: A Satire by DJ Young ~ @dijeratic ~ Humor

O Fortuna by DJ Young ~ @dijeratic ~ Literary

Of Studs and Kings by Bryan Mitchell ~ Unspecified ~ Debut

One Percent by David Grigg ~ @thenarratorium ~ Suspense

Owed Tae Tam Leonard by Tom Gillespie ~ @tom_gillespie ~ Slice of Life

Predation by Helen A. Howell ~ @Helenscribbles ~ Science Fiction ~ Narrated

Ruthless by Stewart Harding ~ @stukulele ~ Slice of Life

Scattered on the Wind by Denis Doran ~ Slice of Life

Seeds by Aidan Fritz ~ @AidanFritz ~ Horror

Sensory deprivation by Steve Green ~ Unspecified

Sometimes the end , is merely a new beginning by Nadine Maritz ~ @Roguesavamp ~ Horror ~ Serial

Splash by Jen Brubacher ~ @jen_b ~ Slice of Life

Star Double-Cross’d by Jeffrey Hollar ~ @klingorengi ~ Science Fiction

Story-Maker’s Faire by Katherine Hajer ~ @eyrea ~ Cross Genre

That Day by Rebecca Emin ~ @RebeccaEmin ~ Slice of Life

The Absurdity Part 1 by L. G. Keltner ~ @LGKeltner ~ Science Fiction ~ Serial ~ Debut

The Absurdity Part 2 by L. G. Keltner ~ @L.G. Keltner ~ Unspecified ~ Serial

The Absurdity Part 3 by L.G. Keltner ~ @L.G.Keltner ~ Science Fiction ~ Serial

The Emperor’s New Clothes by Tony Noland ~ @TonyNoland ~ Literary

The Further Chronicles of Mars by Alison Wells ~ @alisonwells ~ Science Fiction

The Good Olde Days by Fernando H. Stevens ~ @FernandoHSteven ~ Fantasy

The Grinning by Meliss L. Webb ~ @melissalwebb ~ Horror

The Harbinger by Jeremy Warach ~ @jwarach ~ Suspense

The Prince and the Frog by Craig Smith ~ @CraigWFSmith ~ Humor

The Ultimate Disclaimer by Larry Kollar ~ @FARfetched58 ~ Humor

The Unexpected Visitor by Jack Holt ~ @jackkholt ~ Slice of Life

The Usurper by Icy Sedgwick ~ @icypop ~ Paranormal

The Wizard’s Prophecy, Chapter 36 by JB Starre ~ @JBStarre ~ Fantasy ~ Serial

Three Moments of Defeat by Kevlin Henney ~ @KevlinHenney ~ Unspecified

To Love A Stranger by John Pender ~ @johnlpender ~ Science Fiction

Traitor by Harry Tennison ~ @Harry_Tennison ~ Unspecified

Unfinished Business by Anke Wehner ~ @Anke ~ Magical Realism

Unseen by Maria Protopapadaki-Smith ~ @mazzz_in_Leeds ~ Horror

Walking In The Garden by Kari Fay ~ @morganafiolett ~ Paranormal

War Torn part 2 (of 2): Angel by John Xero ~ @xeroverse ~ Science Fiction

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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.