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.

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 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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