Happy New Year!
Welcome to a whole new year of #fridayflash. We get 2010 off to a great start with 47 stories for your reading pleasure. We also welcome three new authors: Peter Etherington, G.P. Ching, and Hannah Bisson. Please join me in welcoming them to the ranks of the #fridayflash crew. The number of stories is down a bit this week, mostly due to the holiday, I’m sure, thou a few of us may simply be too frozen to move our fingers. I hope you all are surviving the big chill without too much trouble.
This week also marks the close of the Best of 2009 #fridayflash Anthology submissions. We had a wonderful turn out for that project as well. Look for more details in tomorrow’s post. I want to thank all of you who participated, in one way or the other, to help get Best Of on the road to realization. Starting this week we can start working towards the next Best Of and other great #fridayflash projects.
But for now, we have 47 stories to get to. Start reading! ~jon
The Stories
2 AM by Carrie Cleaver @shadowsinstone ~ Cross Genre
A Dark Mossy Park by Michelle Dennis Evans @michelledevans ~ Cross Genre
A La Macchia by Anton Gully @antongully ~ Historical
A Nightmare to Remember by Karen Schindler @karenfrommentor ~ Humor
A Toast to Yesterday by Deanna Schrayer @deannaschrayer ~ Literary
Aftermath by Timothy P. Remp @Tim_Remp_writer ~ Unspecified
Almost Omniscient by Peter Etherington @petherin ~ Fantasy ~ Debut
An Average Life by Lauren Cude via Facebook ~ Magical Realism
Assassin’s Future by Maria Protopapadaki-Smith @mazzz_in_Leeds ~ Science Fiction
Blue Hyndrangea by Linda Simoni-Wastila @drwasy ~ Literary
Blue Moon by Marisa Birns @marisabirns ~ Humor
Cake with a Kick by Louise Dragon @WeezelWords ~ Horror/Suspense
Can I Get You a Drink? by Susan Cross @susanjcross ~ Slice of Life
Clean page (poem) by Estrella Azul @EstrellaAzul ~ Unspecified
Clean Slate by Peggy McFarland @peggywriter ~ Magical Realism
Dunston Monster: Shotgun Welcome by David G Shrock @dracotorre ~ Mystery/Thriller
Ellen’s Garden by P.J. Kaiser @doublelattemama ~ Slice of Life
First Foot by Sam @FutureNostalgic ~ Horror/Suspense
Free Again by John Wiswell @Wiswell ~ Humor
Friday morning, 5AM by KjM @kevinjmackey ~ Unspecified
I Weep Not Fro Thee by Tony Noland @tonyNoland ~ Literary
iSurgeon by G.P. Ching @GPChing ~ Science Fiction ~ Debut
Last Ball by Laura Eno @lauraeno ~ Unspecified
Life of the Party by Olivia Tejeda @SimplyOlivia ~ Slice of Life
Lost in Space by Tim VanSant @TimVanSant ~ Cross Genre
Lucas and Chloe by Richard Gardner @ric03 ~ Slice of Life
Mafia New Year: A Second Chance by Anne Tyler Lord @AnneTylerLord ~ Humor
Niche Market – A Horror Story by Dana @ywgdana ~ Humor
Old Acquaintance by Gary Harmon @Gary_Harmon ~ Slice of Life
Ringing In The New year by Kat Del Rio @katdelrio ~ Humor
Schmoll’s Folly by Jon the Storyteller @storytellerjon ~ Unspecified
Silver Bullet by J. M. Strother @jmstro ~ Horror/Suspense
Smoke of Knowledge by Leigh Barlow @LeighBarlow ~ Science Fiction
Spaghetti by Christian Bell @christianbell37 ~ Unspecified
Speranza by Chance @Chance4321 ~ Action/Adventure
The Binding by Angie @techtigger ~ Fantasy
The Eve After Christmas by ganymeder @ganymeder ~ Cross Genre
The Fable of the Rock Ptarmigan by Barry J. Northern @BarryNorthern ~ Fantasy
The Kiss by Lily Mulholland @CascadeLily ~ Romance
The Lady Bug by Mark Kerstetter @markerstetter ~ Slice of Life
The Mechanized Sorting Day of the Dead by Alex Carrick @Alex_Carrick ~ Humor
The new ghosts by Chad Redden @chadredden ~ Magical Realism
The Nick Of Time (and other abrasions): The Spy Who Bugged Me by Al Bruno III @albruno3 ~ Horror/Suspense
Touched by Hannah Bisson @MoxieMouth ~ Slice of Life ~ Debut
Two Things I Did Not Know by Michael J. Solender @mjsolender ~ Horror/Suspense
Wish the Moon by Laura Eno @lauraeno ~ Unspecified
Youth in Asia by Donald Conrad @NoddlaNocdar ~ Literary
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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Just a suggestion, would it be possible to change the visited and unvisit link colour to something more contrasting to make it a bit easier for the reader of the list to see what stories they have yet to read.
I’ll see what I can do. We changed the color once, but it still is not all that contrasting. We’ll have to try again. You’re right, they are pretty darned close.
~jon
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