April Flash Fiction Draw — “Dropped Stitches”

Ta-da! Today is the second Monday of April, which means today is the deadline for the Flash Fiction Draw challenge that Jeffrey Ricker drew a week ago. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can catch up here, but the short version is he uses a deck of cards to randomly select three …

March Flash Fiction Draw — “Tulips, in the Key of Philip”

Hey everyone! Today is the second Monday of March, which means today is the deadline for the Flash Fiction Draw challenge that Jeffrey Ricker drew a week ago. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can catch up here, but the short version is he used a deck of cards to randomly select …

February Flash Fiction Draw — “Deceptive Expectations”

Hey there! Today is the second Monday of February, which means today is the deadline for the Flash Fiction Draw challenge that Jeffrey Ricker drew a week ago. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can catch up here, but the short version is he used a deck of cards to randomly select …

January Flash Fiction Draw — “A Fairy Tale for the Little Acorn.”

Good morning! Today is the second Monday of January, which means today is the deadline for the Flash Fiction Draw challenge that Jeffrey Ricker drew a week ago. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you can catch up here, but the short version is he used a deck of cards to randomly …

Proof of Concept

Back in 2018, I did a monthly flash fiction draw. Three draws from a deck of cards to get a writing prompt of: genre, setting, and object. 1,000 words, and a flash fiction story in the chosen genre, set in the chosen setting, including the chosen object. Well, this year, Cait Gordon picked up the …

Flash Fiction Draw Challenge

I've mentioned a few times how I took part in the NYCMidnight Flash Fiction contest, and I did enjoy it quite a bit. At the end, I wasn't sure about the judges' critiques, so I think I'm going to give next year a pass, but the piece I liked the most about the contest was …