The #FridayFlash Report – Vol 4 Number 8
July 21, 2012 in FridayFlash Report by Tim VanSant
We had 47 stories in the Collector this week. The stories this week fall under 13 different genres, including one each in Crime, Cross-Genre, Experimental, Historical, and Urban-Fantasy. What a wonderfully diverse community we have!
FFDO Correspondent Alex Carrick shares his experiences in What’s Hard and Not Hard about Self-Publishing, the first part of a series that we expect is of high interest to our community. Give it a read and let us know about your experiences in the comments. And if you’d like to write a post for FFDO, contact editor E. D. Johnson or JM Strother. We’d love to hear from you.
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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 report. ~Tim
The Stories
A Ladies Man by Chuck Allen ~ @chuckallen ~ Humor
Accusation by Hannah ~ @cookme25 ~ Slice of Life ~ Serial
Anklebiters by Nick Bryan ~ @NickMB ~ Horror
Basics by Stu ~ @stukulele ~ Slice of Life
Between the Lines by Justin N Davies ~ @flyingscribbler ~ Literary
Broken by Annie ~ @AnnieEvett ~ Experimental
Cravings by Alex Tomlin ~ @tomo4242 ~ Slice of Life
Crossing the Threshold by L.G. Keltner ~ @LGKeltner ~ Science Fiction
Dancing to a Different Tune by Denis Doran ~ Slice of Life
Deliverance by John Xero ~ @xeroverse ~ Science Fiction
Give Me Your Hands by Adam Byatt ~ @revhappiness ~ Slice of Life
Going grey by Steve Green ~ Unspecified
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors by Rob Smales ~ @RobSmales ~ Horror
Grapevines by ChrisWhiteWrites ~ @chriswhitewrite ~ Literary
‘Ilona’s Island Dream’ by Natalie Wood ~ @natalieiwood ~ Slice of Life
It’s Not the Heat by Katherine Hajer ~ @eyrea ~ Literary
Ivory Ring by Sonia Lal ~ @soniawrite ~ Unspecified
Jonathan Butler sworn in as first Neanderthal senator by Travis King ~ @travisking ~ Unspecified
Listless by Richard Bon ~ @LiminalFiction ~ Slice of Life
Little Surprises by Charlotte Comley ~ @Charlottec42 ~ Unspecified
Looking For Trouble, Chapter 4 by Sonya Clark ~ @sonyabclark ~ Paranormal ~ Serial
Lost in the Library by Anke Wehner ~ @Anke ~ Magical Realism ~ Serial
Maude’s Inevitable End by Carolyn Brown ~ @CMBrown81330097 ~ Fantasy
Missing: one short-haired cat burglar by John Wiswell ~ @Wiswell ~ Crime
Murmuration by Sylvia van Bruggen ~ @sylviavbruggen ~ Slice of Life
No Good Deed by Melissa L. Webb ~ @melissalwebb ~ Horror
Not Bad for a Dying Man by T.J. McIntyre ~ @southernweirdo ~ Magical Realism
On the Stairs by David Grigg ~ @thenarratorium ~ Slice of Life
Once upon a time….Part 2 by Helen A.Howell ~ @Helenscribbles ~ Cross Genre ~ Serial ~ Narrated
Phase-Daze-Phase-Daze-Phase by Chris Morton ~ @chrris9 ~ Unspecified ~ Serial
Prize Plumage by Alexandra Malmberg ~ @quoting_mungo ~ Magical Realism
Serviced Consumers by Bryan Mitchell ~ Unspecified
Shark Knight Rises by Craig Smith ~ @CraigWFSmith ~ Fantasy
Shark Knight Rises by John Xero ~ @xeroverse ~ Urban Fantasy
Swimming Lessons by Natalie Bowers ~ @nembow ~ Slice of Life
The Blackfeather Chronicles, excerpt 2 by Nerine Dorman ~ @nerinedorman ~ Fantasy ~ Serial
The City of the Dark Gods by Denise Covey ~ @pichetsinparis ~ Fantasy
The Grammarian vs. TxtSpk by Tony Noland ~ @TonyNoland ~ Fantasy
The Nasty Man by Jack Holt ~ @jackkholt ~ Paranormal
The Night Train by Tim VanSant ~ @TimVanSant ~ Fantasy
The Raid by Icy Sedgwick ~ @icypop ~ Paranormal
The Serpent’s Kiss by Kari Fay ~ @morganafiolett ~ Fantasy
The Tentacle by Elise VanCise ~ @elisevancise ~ Horror
Tracking Elephants by Kevlin Henney ~ @KevlinHenney ~ Humor
We Were Only Boys by Lisa Vooght ~ @ficflash ~ Historical
What man wants. by Enrique Garcia ~ @IllusionsIX ~ Horror
Where I Get My Ideas by Christopher Munroe ~ @munsimunsi ~ Humor
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