Welcome to a new year of the Bookshelf Gargoyle’s Fiction in 50 Challenge. He’s got some cracking prompts set up for us already for the first half of this year, so if you feel like joining in, pop over to his
#Fi50 – Dredging up the past
#Fi50 – Beware the Ides of October
The prompt for this month’s Fiction in 50 words for October 25 is …Beware the … (You fill in the blank!) For Romans the Ides of October is the 15th of the month, and nominally the day of the full moon.
Flash #Fi50 Friday – Life of the Party
Our Fiction in 50 words this month arrives on Thursday, simply because I have other posts in the way, and with all the reading I’m doing, I think a quickie is in order today. Life of the Party The drinks flowed;
Methane Archaea
Strictly speaking, I think microscopic animals that use methane instead of oxygen to support life are not classed as ‘natural phenomena’ but just as ‘amazing nature‘. The first chemophiles (lovers of chemicals) were discovered living in the depths of the
#Fi50 for February 2015
This month’s prompt from Bruce Gargoyle’s Fiction in 50 challenge is… Sincerely Yours. Amazingly, I wrote it in 51 words, which didn’t take a lot of editing! In response to your request for a refund for faulty goods, the answer
#Fi50 January 15
This is my first attempt at the Bookshelf Gargoyle’s Fiction in 50 (words) Writing Challenge. Each month he posts a writing prompt for us, and in the last week he asks us to link up our offerings. This month’s prompt
Tweaking my schedule for 2015
As 2014 draws to a close, I’m ready to review my objectives for the year and set some new ones. As part of that, I’ve been planning some new regular features, and that means a slight shift of my posting