Tag: fiction
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Flash Your Fiction Workshop Writeup
Day One Last night’s Flash Your Fiction class at Howard Community College went great! We talked creativity, freedom to create, and sparking the flame. We put a little science in our fiction and did the Cloud in a Bottle activity and it applied perfectly. (I am just starting to incorporate different aspects of the […]
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Flash Your Fiction at HoCo College
I’ve been putting the finishing touches on the Flash Your Fiction workshop that I’m teaching at Howard Community College on Monday (February 26 and March 6), and it is going to be great! We’re going to have great writing exercises, creativity-sparking activities, and we’re putting some science in our fiction and doing the cool Cloud […]
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10-24 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: institute)
“Look at this place,” Miano breathed. She turned a full circle in the main hallway and marveled at the prisms reflected from the millions of crystals embedded in the walls. “How are they doing that?” Banner twisted this way and that. Each reflected a different set of colors. Some blazed deep reds and golds. Others […]
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10-23 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: excluded)
“When I was in college, we ended up doing a guerrilla production of a show” Amanda took a sip of her latte. “How do you do that? A clandestine production under the cover of night that no one knew to go see?” Charlie laughed. “No, to protest that the theater department decided to a show […]
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10-10-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: bathed)
The last light of the setting sun bathed Amanda in fire and ice. Her satin dressing gown shimmered and the diamond on her hand sent twinkling lights racing around the room. “I just don’t understand, Tyler,” she reclined on the bed and gazed at him with lustrous brown eyes. “How could anyone expect you to […]
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10-9-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt words: trek, land, photocopy)
“If we head over land for six more miles, we ought to be within sight of the Eagle Head rock formation directly to the west,” Tyrell studied the map. “Are you sure?” Devane squinted his eyes at the left edge. “Looks to me like six miles would put us directly off the land and into […]
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10-8-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt words: race and electron)
“Woo HOO!” Gennara whooped as she careened around P57 and rounded the bend towards the next P. “Captain Gennara,” the Comm’s voice sounded in her helmet. “This is neither a race nor a rodeo. Please refrain ‘Woo-Hooing’ during your research excursion. And besides, you’re hurting our ears.” “Okay, Comm,” she lowered her voice. “But you […]
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10-7-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: prediction)
The candlelight flickered along the anxious faces of the small group seated around the velvet-covered table.”Join hands, everyone,” Aloiysha, Grand Medium of the High Court intoned her instructions. Her head lolled in a circle and small moans escaped her lips. The rest of the room’s occupants glued their eyes to her face. “Madam Aloiysha,” Dalia […]
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10-2-16 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: incognito)
Laura stepped back from the mirror and appraised her right eye. An artful cat’s eye made her appear polished yet with a hint of mystery. With a curt nod, she applied the the same to her left eye. James entered their shared hotel suite and stopped short. “Do we have a mission tonight I didn’t […]
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10-1-2016 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word coat)
“I still can’t believe I’ve never seen this show,” Susan sighed and spread her arms to take in the St. James’ Theater. “Especially with what a ‘Wizard of Oz’ dork you are,’ Leslie laughed and continued flipping through her ‘Wicked: the Musical’ Playbill. “You know, when I was a kid, I thought the musical, ‘Joseph […]
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