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A flash fiction piece from @scottluper that was recently posted on @fiftywordstory-blog
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A flash fiction piece from @scottluper that was recently posted on @fiftywordstory-blog
Thirteen months after his wife’s passing, the words appeared, scratched deep into her writing desk: The streets are paved with flesh and bone The mortar’s mixed with blood The stench of…
I have another fifty word story published on fiftywordstories.com!
That’s another great place to submit microfiction (of exactly 50 words) if anyone is interested!
50 words
I was maybe ten, waiting for my mother to come back (she took me everywhere with her), grey plastic with green-and-red trim The whole scene was yellow-tinted by high sun, orange brilliance somewhere. But the car is in a dump now, the shops are closed. Those memories went with them.
The October Prompts are Up!
The October Prompts are Up!
Thank-you for your patience. It is photo prompts this month! You can find them here:
October 50-word Story Challenge
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50-Word Story: August Anthology
50-Word Story: August Anthology
August was a stellar month for 50-word Stories. The photo prompts were very popular. I received so many entries at the beginning or the month, I had to stop replying to them.
I found it interesting that my favorite photo, Six, sparked so many excellent stories. I snapped the photo because I liked the color blue of the sky. It is blurry and there are so many things wrong with it photographically,…
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50-Word Story Round-up July
50-Word Story Round-up July
Sensory details and dialogue were the trends for the 50-word Story Challenge in July. I am always amazed at what writer’s do with these often mundane prompts. Selfie Stick; Rain, rain go away; and 4th of July were the most popular prompts this month.
50-word stories are incredibly hard to write. It was difficult, but I managed to narrow it down to 4 favorites.
My Faves
My favorite story this…
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July 50-word Story Round-up
July 50-word Story Round-up
Angie Lin on the Muddied Thoughts blog
selfie stick
“Emma, can’t you come bowling with us?”
“Sorry, but I’m broke.”
“How come?”
“I bought a selfie stick.”
“That’s… interesting.”
“It was surprisingly more expensive than I had expected.”
“Okay.”
“Oh, it wasn’t for me.”
“Mhmm.”
“Honest.”
“Does your dad know?”
“He does now. Dad loves his new selfie stick.”
grace
She was a dancer from Brooklyn-…
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50-Word Stories February
It was a good month for 50-word Stories. My story Composure was featured as the Valentine Day story on fiftywordstories.com. This encouraged Connell, a writer from Britain, to come over and take-up the challenge. He wrote ten 50-word stories using all the prompts. Donna Johns of the Wishful Thinking blog wrote an amazing story about corn. I only wrote two 50-word stories. The rules changed this…
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