Another fantastic week for #fridayflash. We had 75 stories this week, plus I’m listing two from last which I missed. That brings us up to 77 in all. My apologies to long time contributor, Tony Noland, and debut participant, D. Paul Angel, for failing to update last week’s listing as promised. If you missed them last week, be sure to drop by and read these two. I feel particularly bad for missing a welcome for a debut story. So sorry.
Speaking of debuts, we had five new ones this week. Please welcome brookelyn, Aaron Polson, Yaara Naor-Elman, EllenO, and AJ Campos to the fold. We are very happy to have you join us and hope that you find participating in #fridayflash a fun weekly challenge.
As always, I’m sure a few people missed adding their stories into the Collector. If you know someone who posted a #fridayflash, and their story does not show up in the list, please visit them and suggest they add the details to the Collector. I promise I’ll add them to the listing. Honest! And if you notice any broken links or misdirections in the list please let me know via email, a comment, or a tweet, and I’ll patch things up.
Enough of this. Now, on to the stories. ~jon
The Stories
Last week’s orphans:
The Light Around the Doorframe by D. Paul Angel @D_PaulAngel ~ Horror/Suspense ~ Debut
Pot of Gold by Tony Noland @TonyNoland ~ Science Fiction
New this week:
Your dad’s a dick by Jim Dempsey @jimdempsey ~ Slice of Life
Winter and All by Linda Simoni-Wastila @drwasy ~ Unspecified
well done by brookelyn @NA ~ Slice of Life ~ Debut
Way Down by Shawn Main @shawnmain ~ Slice of Life
Waves by Katherine Sippel @AntiSocBtrfly ~ Slice of Life
Virus by Maria Protopapadaki-Smith @mazzz_in_Leeds ~ Unspecified
Verklempt by CJ Hodges MacFarlane @h0jp0j ~ Cross Genre
Unchecked Expansion by Aaron Polson @aaronpolson ~ Horror/Suspense ~ Debut
Turned Off by Michelle Dennis Evans @michelledevans ~ Slice of Life
Trade Marks by Peggy McFarland @peggywriter ~ Slice of Life
Too Quiet by J. M. Strother @jmstro ~ Action/Adventure
Time’s Faux Pas by Laura Eno @LauraEno ~ Humor
The Wizard and the Rose by Alex Carrick @Alex_Carrick ~ Literary
The Snow Queen by Virginia Moffatt @VirginiaMoffatt ~ Unspecified
The Off Season by Trevor Mcpherson @3S_stories ~ Literary
The Nth Page of Henry Lamberton’s Journal by Chance @Chance4321 ~ Steampunk
The Home Fires by Sarah Snell-Pym @Saffy ~ Science Fiction
The Ginger Legend by katirra @katirra ~ Unspecified
The Fire of the Gods by KjM @kevinjmackey ~ Fantasy
The Fable of the Elephant by Barry J. Northern @BarryNorthern ~ Fantasy
The Distance Between Things by Peter Etherington @petherin ~ Fantasy
The Boy with Two Brains by Dan Powell @danpowfiction ~ Cross Genre
The Black Cat by Mark Kerstetter @markerstetter ~ Unspecified
Tambourine Girl: a Farewell by Deanna Schrayer @deannaschrayer ~ Slice of Life
Tadpoles by Deirdre M. Murphy @wyld_dandelyon ~ Unspecified
Sympathy, in Three Parts by Elizabeth Ditty @ditty1013 ~ Literary
Status by Dana @ywgdana ~ Slice of Life
Splat! by Barb Relyea @BRelyea ~ Humor
Special Circumstances by Amanda Scotney @rasplemjelly ~ Science Fiction
Sparkle by Jessica Rosen @jessrosenbooks ~ Unspecified
Slaying Dragons by E. D. Johnson @geektreasure ~ Fantasy
Seeing Is Believing by Leigh Barlow @LeighBarlow ~ Science Fiction
Sale or Return by Emma Newman @EmApocalyptic ~ Magical Realism
Red Scarf by Yaara Naor-Elman @n/a ~ Magical Realism ~ Debut
Real Monsters Don’t Take Time Off by Eric J. Krause @ericjkrause ~ Unspecified
Plastic Flowers by EllenO @NA ~ Literary ~ Debut
Philly’s in the house by Tony Noland @TonyNoland ~ Literary
Nothing but a tree in January by Estrella Azul @EstrellaAzul ~ Unspecified
Night Work by David Masters @davidmasters ~ Slice of Life
My Name is Bill Franklin by Lou Freshwater @lfreshwater ~ Literary
Mother’s Little Luchador by AJ Campos @AJ_Campos ~ Unspecified ~ Debut
Monte Cristo by Christian Bell @christianbell37 ~ Unspecified
Kudzu Prayers by Melissa D. Johnston @melissa_djohnst ~ Cross Genre
Impression by Laurita Miller @LauritaMiller ~ Literary
Hush, baby, hush by Amy Taylor @adastrapoetry ~ Cross Genre
Horse Lover by Deborah Bundy @DeborahKBundy ~ Unspecified
Headlines by ganymeder @ganymeder ~ Experimental
Head by Carrie Clevenger @carrieclevenger ~ Cross Genre
Grise by Marc Nash @ExisleMoll ~ Literary
Germs on the Playground by Chrys @Chrys_anthymum ~ Literary
Friending the Dead by P.J. Kaiser @doublelattemama ~ Horror/Suspense
Falling Star by Olivia Tejeda @SimplyOlivia ~ Literary
Dunston Monster: Crossroads by David G Shrock @dracotorre ~ Fantasy
Doomsday by Sarah Snell-Pym @Saffy ~ Science Fiction
Dammit Janet by Michael J. Solender @mjsolender ~ Slice of Life
Combustion by Lily Mulholland @CascadeLily ~ Mystery/Thriller
Checkered Treasure by John Wiswell @Wiswell ~ Fantasy
Changling by Thom Gabrukiewicz @tgabrukiewicz ~ Humor
Cassandra’s Story by Lauren Cude @NA ~ Cross Genre
Breakout by Hannah Bisson @MoxieMouth ~ Mystery/Thriller
Box of What You Need by davidbdale @davidbdale ~ Literary
Blue-Eyed Wink by Lindsay Oberst @lindzsmile ~ Fantasy
Behavioral Therapy Session 6 by G.P. Ching @gpching ~ Unspecified
Aurora Borealis by Skycycler @skycycler ~ Magical Realism
Audra DiMico And The Curse Of The Cartwrights by Al Bruno III @albruno3 ~ Horror/Suspense
Ancient History by Angie C. @techtigger ~ Fantasy
An Uncle by Marisa Birns @marisabirns ~ Mystery/Thriller
Always a Bridesmaid by Cecilia Dominic @RandomOenophile ~ Mystery/Thriller
Addicted by Jim Wisneski @wisneski ~ Horror/Suspense
A Precious Stone by Louise Dragon @WeezelWords ~ Horror/Suspense
A Helping Hand by R Canepa @roncanepa ~ Unspecified
A Grand Day with Dad by M Patrick Mitchell @praetoriv ~ Humor
A Good Book for School by Tim VanSant @TimVanSant ~ Humor
A Change of Heart by Shannon Esposito @soesposito ~ Unspecified
A bat for Mr. Roxby by Karen Schindler @karenfrommentor ~ Horror/Suspense
The wrap
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~jon
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Thanks for the shout out, Jon. Week in and week out, you do a tremendous job in service to me and all of the other writers in the #FridayFlash community. This whole circus wouldn’t exist without your efforts and energy.
Thank you!
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You do such a terrific job gathering all of this together, Jon! Thanks!