I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, or other terrific holiday celebration of your choosing. It’s been an eventful couple of weeks here, but the #fridayflash just keeps on rolling. This week we are down a bit in participation, but that is to be expected considering the hubbub of all the holiday activity. Still, we have 44 stories in all, with two new debut authors. Please welcome J. C. Towler and Richard Gardner to the ranks of #fridayflash. I know both of these guys from my time over on Editor Unleashed and both are very classy fellows.
If you had a story this week and it does not appear in the listing below please visit the Collector and add your details. Once it shows up there I’ll add it to the report. The Collector will remain open through Wednesday, but as always, the earlier the better.
Don’t forget to submit your best three stories of 2009 for consideration in the Best of 2009 #fridayflash Anthology. The deadline for that is 11:59pm Thursday. Next Friday ushers in the New Year, and a whole new year of terrific flash fiction. Keep on writing, and all the blessings of the season to all of you.
The Stories
Writer’s Night Before Christmas by April L. Hamilton @indieauthor ~ Humor
Woolgathering by Marc Nash @21stCscribe ~ Literary
Where there be Dragons by ganymeder @ganymeder ~ Cross Genre
Weak Heart by Peggy McFarland @peggywriter ~ Magical Realism
Weak Hands by Carrie Cleaver @shadowsinstone ~ Unspecified
Under Grey Skies by Richard Gardner @ric03 ~ Slice of Life ~ Debut
Twelve Days of Decatur by Hubby (@leoghann) and Cecilia Dominic @RandomOenophile ~ Slice of Life
The magic of a snowflake by Estrella Azul @EstrellaAzul ~ Slice of Life
The Loneliest Tree by Linda Simoni-Wastila @drwasy ~ Unspecified
The Fable of the Honey Bee by Barry J. Northern @BarryNorthern ~ Fantasy
The Cinnamon Buns by Ryan Harron @rharron ~ Literary
The Antigravity Flymabob by Eric J. Krause @ericjkrause ~ Fantasy
Snowman by Louise Dragon @WeezelWords ~ Horror/Suspense
Salivation by Lily Mulholland @CascadeLily ~ Slice of Life
Phil’s Christmas Present by Tony Noland @TonyNoland ~ Literary
One Christmas Eve by Chris Chartrand @ChrisChartrand ~ Slice of Life
On Christmas by Elizabeth Ditty @ditty1013 ~ Unspecified
Mistletoe: In Dialogue by Donald Conrad @NoddlaNocdar ~ Experimental
Merry Christmas To All And To All A Good Fight by Al Bruno III @abruno3 ~ Action/Adventure
Merry Christmas, Baby by PJ Kaiser @Doublelattemama ~ Humor
Memorial Day by Chad Redden @chadredden ~ Literary
Magnificat by Kim Batchelor @Kim_Batchelor ~ Literary
Little Johnny’s Bike by Sam @FutureNostalgic ~ Humor
Lenny and Keith Flounder in the Shallow End by Alex Carrick @Alex_Carrick ~ Humor
Is That What the Kids are Calling It? by Tim VanSant @TimVanSant ~ Humor
Humbug by Angie @techtigger ~ Fantasy
He Was Married to the Widow Next Door by Michael J. Solender @mjsolender ~ Literary
Good King Wenceslas by J. M. Strother @jmstro ~ Slice of Life
Gerald’s Christmas Wish – Letters to Santa conclusion by Deanna Schrayer @deannaschrayer ~ Magical Realism
Frostbite: A Mafia Family Christmas (pt.3) by Anne Tyler Lord @AnneTylerLord ~ Cross Genre
For Them by Olivia Tejeda @SimplyOlivia ~ Literary
Fate’s Holiday by Alyssa Tompkins @xAChels ~ Fantasy
Elf madness by Kat Del Rio @katdelrio ~ Humor
EF 5 by J.C. Towler via the Collector ~ Horror/Suspense ~ Debut
Death Goes to Motorhead by Maria Protopapadaki-Smith @mazzz_in_Leeds ~ Humor
Calvin and the Chiropractor by Barb Relyea @RelyeaBJ ~ Unspecified
Born to Do by timothy p. remp @Tim_Remp_writer ~ Science Fiction
Baboushka: A Fable for the Christmas Season (Part II) by David Masters @davidmasters ~ Unspecified
Accord. by Anton Gully @antongully ~ Historical
A Nice, Quiet Job by Laura Eno @lauraeno ~ Unspecified
A Necessary Getaway by John Wiswell @Wiswell ~ Humor
A Letter Home To Mammy by Chance @chance4321 ~ Humor
A Christmas Truce by Amy Taylor @adastrapoetry ~ Humor
A Christmas Gift by Lauren Cude via Facebook ~ Slice of Life
The wrap
Thanks to all our readers. We love you. And please, if you enjoy a story leave comments when you visit. Writers love feedback almost as much as chocolate. Maybe more! Then go tell your friends to read it too. Help these writers grow.
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~jon
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Hi Jon, I am a bit tardy this week and have just added my Christmas-themed #fridayflash to the tracker. Cheers and hope you had a good one! Lily
Thanks for adding it to the Collector, Lily. I’ve added it to the report. Hope you had a great holiday.
~jon
Thanks Jon! We are still on hols down at the very bottom of Tasmania, which is the island at the bottom of Australia – my mum has a remote wireless connection on her laptop
Am madly trying to come up with something suitable for this week’s Fridayflash!
As always, Jon, you’ve put together a fabulous list of authors and stories. Thanks.
Helen
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Thanks for stopping by, Helen. I see your comments on several of these authors’ #fridayflashes as I make the rounds and it always does my heart good to know you are a reader.
Sending naught but good karma your way. Happy New Year!
~jon
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