Stories, Stories, Stories.
Over the past few weeks I have read quite a few really great pieces of short fiction. Back at the beginning of April, Haley Whitehall offered her readers a Flash Fiction Challenge. This really got the ball rolling for me writing wise. What is Flash Fiction you ask? First you take a prompt like “It was a dark and stormy night” and challenge writers to produce a short story of a set length.
The result has been some of the most fun, twisted, surprising, clever, shocking pieces of fiction that I have read. Currently I have taken part in 3 challenges so far (include my own) this month. It gets a bit hard to find all the stories, so I figured that I would dig them all out and put them in one post. Keep in mind that this is not all the stories out there (there are so many) just some of the ones that I enjoyed.
Haley Whitehall’s April Flash Fiction Challenge - rules as follows; You must start your story with the sentence:”She had been warned, but now it was too late.” The story must be 500 words or less. Challenge ends May 1st.
- “The Well” by Selena Wolff
- “She had been warned, but now it was too late…” by Sandra Bell Kirchman
- “Message Waiting…” by me from Other Side Of 40
- “There is no place like home” by Billie Jo Woods
- “To love and to cherish” by badluckfairy
- “She Had Been Warned” by Mike
- Untitled by Michael Pallante
- “Glitched” by Elle Rohan
- “Double Spaz” by Pia Newman
- “The Gun on the Desk” by me from Fictional Campfire
- “213 (A Story)” by Sonia G Medeiros
Other Side Of 40 Flash Fiction Challenge - rules as follows; Must start with the sentence “I cared what she thought, so when she dared me I knew I was in trouble”. Story must be 500 words or less. Challenge ends May 1st.
A second Challenge from Haley Whitehall Write a Historical Flash Fiction Story - rules as follows; create a piece of Historical Fiction of a length of your choosing.
- “Flax” by Knittingknots
- “Journey by Train” by Billie Jo Woods
- “Barrage” by me from Fictional Campfire
- “A Demise of my Own Doing” by Yikici
I hope that you take some time to read these wonderful stories. I can tell you that they are well worth the time to do so! To all the above writers, thank you for crafting such wonderful tales!
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Thanks so much for linking all the stories (or most of them). I have been going crazy trying to keep track of them all and worried I will miss some.
I don’t have much time these days, but I do want to read them, and I also want to at least enter Haley’s other genre challenge. I will do yours but some time down the road. Anyhow it is most comforting to know where they all are. I am going to put this page in my favorites.
And thanks for linking mine. It put a pingback in the comments to this story.
Hi,
I had found that I was missing a few too. It seemed the best thing to do
Your welcome for the link, look forward to reading more of your stories when life slows down a bit for you.
Thanks for the links and the mentions, Ken! Sandra’s right, it’s nice to have them in one spot.
Your welcome for the link, I figured that it would be helpful to have them all (so far) in one place. Was getting a bit click happy
I enjoy reading all the flash fiction pieces myself. I agree with Sandra and Selena, it is nice to have them in one place.
Thank you for including my stories, I am so glad you liked them.
Billie Jo,
You are most welcome, I truly enjoyed both your stories. I look forward to finding out more about the “Sandman” (what do you call a female sandman anyway?) world. Likewise I hope to find out some more about the Evans couple (said hopefully).
What a great idea to compile all these pieces together. I concur with all the above and thank you for liking my humble attempt and adding it to the above list…
You are most welcome! I also thank you for both writing your story and stopping by to visit.
Ken
I love writing challenges! Writing for them and seeing what other writers do is so inspiring!
Yes, its nice to see how hard people work to craft them, and to see how pleased they are when someone tells them that they enjoyed what they wrote.
Wow. These challenges seem like a perfect way to try to get inspiration flowing. I admire those who take the time to sit down and attempt the challenges. It’s not as easy as many people seem to think.
Thanks for sharing the hard work and artistic endeavors of these people.
The challenges have really given me a (much needed) kick in the creative pants. Glad you enjoyed the efforts of all these great writers. I think that I’m going to have to add some more to the list now, since they keep providing more wonderful stories!