Tag Archives: Flash fiction

Flash Fiction – Thursday’s Threads

Posted on November 4, 2017 by mtdecker

Every Thursday author Siobhan Muir runs “Thursday’s Threads” it’s a Flash Fiction Contest where you are given a line from last week’s winning story as a prompt.  You have to include the line in your story (you can break it … Continue reading →

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One thing leads to another

Posted on August 7, 2015 by mtdecker

As you may or may not know… I write… a lot. Some if it is long and well thought out, some is so well thought out it never sees the light of day, but to keep me going and producing … Continue reading →

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FlashFriday – Vol 2-6 – Anatomy of a story

Posted on January 18, 2014 by mtdecker

This time, rather than reverse engineer my story’s progress and comment after the fact, I decided to write down the entire process.   As you may or may not know, FlashFriday is a flash fiction (short story/micro fiction) contest that … Continue reading →

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Flash Friday Vol.2 -1 Adventures in Judging

Posted on December 16, 2013 by mtdecker

FlashFriday just celebrated its anniversary last week, and this week marks the start of a new year and a new judging cycle… only this quarter: I’m a judge. Friday arrived and I did what I do every Friday since I … Continue reading →

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FlashFriday Flash-Versary

Posted on December 7, 2013 by mtdecker

This week, FlashFriday (FlashFriday@wordpress.com) is doing something different – a special celebration of their first annivesary, their flashversary… 350  words (exactly ) and the prompt was posted on Monday.   I thought this would be so much easier: one story, … Continue reading →

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Flash!Friday #49

Posted on November 11, 2013 by mtdecker

Little did I know how addictive these things could get.  A short work, less than 500 words…  no long term commitment… what’s not to love? This week’s prompt: The kicker:  150 words, exactly. Bottleneck The battle had raged for hours, … Continue reading →

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Friday Fictioneers – 2013-11-08

Posted on November 6, 2013 by mtdecker

Friday Fictioneers is a writing challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields – the challenge: write a story in 100 words, based on an image. Dust Made Stone. Some say the old gods died long ago.  Some, they say, were reborn with … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Challenge – Race the Date #1

Posted on November 6, 2013 by mtdecker

This story was written for the first “Race the Date” a flash fiction challenge,  (a weekly flash fiction contest hosted by Cara Michaels ) The Universal Truth of Time Travel They say that time travel is difficult, if not impossible, … Continue reading →

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Flash Friday #47

Posted on October 26, 2013 by mtdecker

My last few entries, while fair weren’t really ‘worth writing home about,’ but this week’s entry made me smile… Start with a still from from the black and white move:  “When the Clouds Roll By”, add 37 writers and allow … Continue reading →

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Flash Friday #42

Posted on September 22, 2013 by mtdecker

As you probably know by now, I participate in FlashFriday (FlashFriday.Wordpress.com’s weekly flash fiction contest) where they choose a prompt and a length and writers work to complete a story based on the prompt that meets the length requirements. This … Continue reading →

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