Behind the Curtain is the prompt for this month’s Fiction in Fifty words #Fi50. I’m posting earlier than usual because there’s a rumour of some sort of celebration going on in most parts of the world for one reason or
Wolf at the Door | #Fi50 plus Technical WordPress fix
‘Wolf at the door’ is this month’s prompts in the Fiction in 50 (words) flash fiction challenge. I love doing these shorts, but we seem doomed to continue them on our own. You can join in – check out Rebecca
#Fi50 | Sweet Home, Alabama (flash fiction)
Sweet Home Alabama is the prompt for this month’s Fiction in Fifty words. You can join in by making your own fifty word story in response to the prompt. Link yours to (or just post it in) the comments on
#Fi50 | The Worst Gift – fiction in fifty words
The Worst Gift is this month’s prompt for the Fiction in Fifty Words meme #Fi50. Please thank Rebecca Douglass for hosting it all year and reminding us to link to her own post each month. More people are welcome to
Midwinter’s Eve Giveaway Hop 2017 & #Fi50
LOOKING FOR THE 2018 HOP? CLICK HERE Midwinter’s Eve already, and this is the second last post before Christmas day. More importantly, Midwinter’s day, or the Winter Solstice, is an important holiday in my fictional world of the Realms,
#Fi50 | After Dinner – a fifty word story
After Dinner is Monday morning’s offering for the Fiction in 50 (words) for this week. I usually do these a little earlier, to make sure I put them on the BookShelf Gargoyle’s page as soon as he puts it up
#Fi50 | Lucky Charms – the Silver Whistle
Lucky charms is the prompt for this month’s Fiction in Fifty (words), organised by the Bookshelf Gargoyle. It’s a great prompt – there are so many interpretations you can put on those two words. I decided to go for the
#Fi50 | A Marriage of Convenience
Time flies, and it’s Fiction in 50 words again already. Check out other offerings at the Bookshelf Gargoyle. This time, the prompt is ‘marriage of convenience’. I give you: The second date She had challenged her blind date to dinner at
#Fi50 | Moving with the Times
The last week of the month see my contribution to Bruce Gargoyle’s Fiction in 50 words microfiction meme. There’s no great sign-up or anything, you just join in whenever you feel like it. You can see the details and get the
#Fi50 – An Offer You Can’t Refuse
November’s Fiction in Fifty Words (Fi50) feature takes the theme of ‘an offer you can’t refuse’. I was passing the time on the US Election night, catching up with the blog, avoiding even more bad news from this side of
#Fi50 – Signs and Wonders
These 50 word stories come around so quickly, surely it isn’t a whole month since the last one? And you realise there are only three more to come this year? Frightening. Don’t forget to visit the Bookshelf Gargoyle for more
#Fi50 for August
Once more into a micro-flash fiction story, 50 words to a prompt from the maestro Bruce Gargoyle. Why don’t you join in at The Bookshelf Gargoyle? This month… The Squeaky Wheel Life was hard for Ron ‘the Cat’ Regis. Since
#Fi50 – Mixed Messages
It’s that time again, when I locate the Bookshelf Gargoyle’s prompt for the Fiction in 50 Challenge and set to work on the somewhat difficult task of a good (and complete) story in fifty words. You can join in any time
R is for Rufus and #Fi50 for April
R is for Rufus, a star system on the Beta side of the Alpha Quadrant. I’m world-building in my own system today. There are two inhabited planets: Rufus 5 is called Pavane, and Rufus 6 is so far unnamed. The Rufus
#Fi50 – The Esteemed Guest
Yes, it’s Fiction in 50 words again already; doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun?! Pop over to the Bookshelf Gargoyle to get the prompts to join in – it’s great fun, and only requires fifty words of flash fiction