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Stumped

I know many people are waiting for the physical book version of The Best of Friday Flash – Volume One to come out. Me too. I have done all the reformatting for the print version with one exception – page numbering.
Try as I might I can’t seem to figure out how to get my word [...]

The #FridayFlash Report – Vol2. #13

What a week it was. We had 92 stories listed in the FridayFlash Collector, including four debuts. Please welcome Ribbie, David Barber, Kari Fay, Rol Hirst, to the fold. Plus the long anticipated Best of Friday Flash anthology has finally been released, check out the news section below the list of stories for details.
If your [...]

The #FridayFlash Report – Vol2. #12

We had 89 stories this week, including 7 debuts. Please give a warm #fridayflash welcome to Dorothee Lang, VL Sheridan, Adam Byatt, Harry B. Sanderford, W. A. Lander, Suzannah Burke, and Cathy. We are very pleased to have you all join us and hope to see more from you in the weeks ahead.
If you wrote [...]

We Have a Cover

It’s been a long time coming, but the Best Of Friday Flash – Volume One is about to be released. I read somewhere that books are typically launched on Tuesdays, so I’ve set the launch date for next Tuesday, August 17th. I intend to release the BOFF as an ebook both on SmashWords and Amazon, [...]

Max Mann and the Black Widow – Part 7

Part 1 (to start at the beginning)
The Client
The Butler
Part 2
The Associate
The Notebook
Part 3
The Cop
The Reporter
Part 4

The Boss
The Old Flame
Part 5
The Maid
The Sister
Part 6
The Beagle
Part 7
The Waitress
I took Bruno down to the ruins of Plumb Orchard Fine Used Books and let him have another sniff of the shoes. He lead me right to the spot out [...]

The #FridayFlash Report – Vol2. #11

We had eighty stories this week, with everything from Adventure to Western to choose from. There were six debuts writers who joined us. Please give a warm welcome to S. May, Sheila Littleton, Nick Bryan, Wendy, Everett Maroon, and Emily Cleaver. Welcome to #fridayflash.
If you wrote a story and it’s not in the list please [...]

Max Mann and the Black Widow – Part 6

Part 1 (to start at the beginning)
The Client
The Butler
Part 2
The Associate
The Notebook
Part 3
The Cop
The Reporter
Part 4

The Boss
The Old Flame
Part 5
The Maid
The Sister
Part 6
The Beagle
As soon as she left the office I broke out the yellow pages and started searching for a dog. I had told the dame that I had picked up a scent hound, [...]

The #FridayFlash Report – Vol2. #10

Sorry this is so late. We celebrated the birthday of my youngest this weekend, she’ll be away at college when the actual date rolls around, then I had trouble connecting to my server. Yeah, I know — excuses, excuses. But there is no excuse for not having anything to read. We’ve got eighty-five stories this [...]

The Fabulous Flash Award

I have decided to start the Fabulous Flash Award to spotlight some folks I feel deserve recognition for their, well… fabulous flash fiction. I read a lot of flash fiction every month, and some of it is simply outstanding. Humor that really makes me laugh. Stories about the human condition so poignant they bring tears [...]

The #FridayFlash Report – Vol2. #07

We had a whopping ninety-five stories, including eight debuts, this week. Please welcome Nishida C, Jacky Fowler, Tina Hunter, Monica Lang, Dave Bartlett, Roger Wilson, Lexx Clarke, and Angus Olliffe to #fridayflash. Visit, read, comment, share some chocolate.
I apologize for the lateness of this wrap, things are a bit hectic in Mad Utopia land these [...]