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Short Stories: R&R
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A daily dose of short attention span fiction. My Daily Rant and Rave Blog. Cooking for the Single Man. Sunday, July 3, 2011. Written for the Daily Flash Fiction Challenge with a word limit of 300. The prompts: This story must contain the words tomato, flower, book. The flashing red light over his door caught his attention. With an audible sigh, he rolled out of bed and slipped into his body suit. The executive officer addressed him as he stepped onto the starship’s fighting bridge. Death of a Hero. View ...
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Short Stories: Quiet Wife
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A daily dose of short attention span fiction. My Daily Rant and Rave Blog. Cooking for the Single Man. Monday, July 4, 2011. Paul lifted his wife out of the car trunk and stood her stiff body on the dolly, which he then used to wheel her into the service department. 8220;What seems to be the problem sir? 8221; asked the service representative behind the counter. 8220;It’s my wife,” Paul began, “she seems to be acting up a bit.”. 8220;What seems to be the problem? 8221; the rep asked. The rep couldn’...
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Short Stories: 1/1/11 - 2/1/11
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A daily dose of short attention span fiction. My Daily Rant and Rave Blog. Cooking for the Single Man. Sunday, January 30, 2011. 15 Stories for 15 Days: Day Two. 15 for 15 Contest. Do you have 15 minutes? Come in and join this contest! The contest is limited to 50 competitors. Each day, there are 5 winners. First place will get 1004 points, second place will get 1003 points etc. The person with the most total points at the end of the 15 day contest is the winner. Her first thought … Where am I? She thoug...
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Short Stories: 6/1/11 - 7/1/11
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A daily dose of short attention span fiction. My Daily Rant and Rave Blog. Cooking for the Single Man. Thursday, June 30, 2011. Written for the Daily Flash Fiction Challenge with a word limit of 300. The prompts: This story must be based on a photo of an ice crystal. Nano factories folded out from the inner dimensions of strings and such. They began to build with a fury. After days, they had grown microscopic in size. Within weeks, they were visible to the naked eye. And still they grew; ...Bodiless, the...
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Short Stories: 10/1/10 - 11/1/10
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A daily dose of short attention span fiction. My Daily Rant and Rave Blog. Cooking for the Single Man. Sunday, October 31, 2010. Not For The Beast. Written for the Daily Flash Fiction Challenge with a word limit of 300. The prompts: This story must contain the phrase: "It came out of nowhere.". Not for the Beast. Officer Sandra Miller pushed herself deeper into the dark corner. 8220;It” was lumbering towards her; manlike in shape, nightmarish in all other ways. Then the call came in. The fact that “...
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Short Stories: 7/1/11 - 8/1/11
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A daily dose of short attention span fiction. My Daily Rant and Rave Blog. Cooking for the Single Man. Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Duncan had been lost in the woods for three days. This suited him just fine. Everything was going according to plan. He had food, a sleeping bag, and a tent. He also had a book on wilderness survival, giving him all the advice he needed. Sure enough, from his perch on the peak, he could see a large town not more than five miles away. That was when his long forgotten cell phon...
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Short Stories: 4/1/11 - 5/1/11
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A daily dose of short attention span fiction. My Daily Rant and Rave Blog. Cooking for the Single Man. Saturday, April 30, 2011. Written for the Daily Flash Fiction Challenge with a word limit of 300. The prompts: This story must include the words: Listen, tomato and match. 8220;Hey, crater face! You look like the dark side of the moon.”. I thought I saw you growing in my mom’s garden.”. Look at how ugly she is! No one likes you pimple head! Don’t play with her. She may be contagious! Tuesday afternoon, ...
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Short Stories: 3/1/11 - 4/1/11
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A daily dose of short attention span fiction. My Daily Rant and Rave Blog. Cooking for the Single Man. Thursday, March 31, 2011. Written for the Daily Flash Fiction Challenge with a word limit of 300. The prompts: This story must contain the line: "You have a lot to learn". 8220;You have a lot to learn.”. Yeah, right. It’s not like I haven’t heard that a million times before. Samuel took full advantage of his reprieve. He played golf and never made a bad shot. He ate like a pig and never gained w...He th...
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Short Stories: Change of Scenery
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A daily dose of short attention span fiction. My Daily Rant and Rave Blog. Cooking for the Single Man. Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Duncan had been lost in the woods for three days. This suited him just fine. Everything was going according to plan. He had food, a sleeping bag, and a tent. He also had a book on wilderness survival, giving him all the advice he needed. Sure enough, from his perch on the peak, he could see a large town not more than five miles away. That was when his long forgotten cell phon...