Setting a Scene...

Focus on surroundings...

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Bring on the textures...

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Give us the inside of your mind...

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Based on these images...

Run with it Friday Flashy Fiction writers!

Push It

Today's story is set in a gym.  Why is your protagonist having blurred vision? Is she pushing it too hard? Why?  Trying to tone up for a fast-coming date/deadline/competition? Maybe he doesn't know how to take it any slower than push-til-you-pass out or he's crying over a break-up. Gas leak in the gym or something more nefarious, like poisoning?  Write a little Flashy Fiction that explains the blurry vision at the gym.

COMIC (BOOK) RELIEF

Pick two characters from two different comic strips or

comic books and have them stranded in an elevator. Write their interaction in a flash!

SNOW WHITE REVISITED

We all know the story of Snow White. Wicked witch... magic mirror... poison apple... true love's first kiss... the seven little guys...

Becocme one of the Seven Dwarves and re-tell the story from your new perspective. 

(Of course, the seven were Sleepy, Sneezy, Doc, Bashful, Grumpy, Happy and Dopey)

idyll

image courtesy of Digital Blasphemy

A stream flows peacefully among beautiful flowering trees.  Write a little Flashy Fiction set in this idyllic locale.  How'd you come to be here?  What's your purpose...romance, tranquility, or something a bit more nefarious?

A BRUSH WITH FATE

A beautiful young woman hands a package to the less-than-handsome stranger. The back of her hand brushes against his arm. In that brief moment she learns everything there is to ever know about him.

Write a vignette about one of the impressions she has made 

through this contact with him.

SET THE STAGE: THE BLOOM OF FATHERHOOD

Here's the gist of it:

You're writing a story about fatherhood with a computer technician as the main character and a cheese pizza as a key object. Set the story in a Flower Shop.

Write the story!

What's the story, morning glory?

Or, more precisely, the name, Morning Glory?  Do you recognize the flower in the picture?  It's a Passion Flower.  Do you know the story behind the name?  For today's prompt, write a little Flashy Fiction that explains the naming of a flower.  The flower could be one newly found by your protagonist, or a fictional account of how a real flower got its name.

Still as a statue...

Photo by RJ Clarken

This is a photo of one of the graceful statues which ring the old hay barn site at Duke Farms.  The area is now a small oasis which is great for a quiet moment of contemplation, as well as something pretty to look at when bike riding or walking the grounds.  

While some statues are the stuff of a scary Dr. Who narrative, others have an interesting backstory.  

So...is her story about finding peace and being still...or was she bewitched (and turned into a statue, where she still remains to this day?)  How will her tale end...or will it ever end?  

Tell us about it, because everyone - yes, everyone - has a story to tell.

LAST MAN STANDING

You are being tortured.

The method is sleep deprivation.

If you fall asleep, you will die.

How do you stay awake?

What kind of hallucinations do you have?

Is it even worth the effort?

Tell us your solution.

Strike Up The Band

The band is playing your song.  What do we hear?  Is the soundtrack filled with classic rock or modern hip-hop, classical or something like Thunderscape by Erik Morales where the music paints a thunderous rainstorm?  Write a little Flashy Fiction that lets us hear the music.

Hello...hello...hello....

Is there anybody out there...there...there?

(Image Via Photobucket: Freedom Queen-Tunnel of Love Ukraine)

Happy writing Friday Flashy Fiction writers!!

A Loss For Words?

A quick note or the beginning of a new story?  Is the pad blank due to writer's block?  Are you an investigative reporter or just doing research?  Maybe this is about to be come a sketch book.  Write a little Flashy Fiction involving the quaint, old-fashioned pencil and pad as a key piece of the story.

Falling Angels

image courtesy of Digital Blasphemy

Has Heaven cast out the angels for failure to follow orders?  Is this the coming of the apocalypse?  Maybe it's an astronomical light show or the beginning of the end of your world.  Write a little Flashy Fiction on how a witness might interpret and react to this scene.

Flashy Fiction widget

In trying to increase the traffic to the Flashy Fiction website, we've developed the graphic above for friends and fans of the site to post on their websites, blogs, etc.  Below we have provided instructions for how to put this image on your site as a link back to the Flashy Fiction site.  The image is 150 pixels by 150 pixels and has a white background with no border.

A preview of the linked image on a WordPress blog can be seen here: http://pubwrite.wordpress.com/.

On WordPress:
Method One:  Text widget
  1.  Add the "Text" widget to a sidebar
  2.  Copy the HTML code below and paste it into the widget's text box.
       <span style='display:block!important;width:150px;height:150px;text-align:center;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px;border:1px solid #000000;'>

       <a href="http://flashyfiction.blogspot.com/">

       <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l1t-2O35ayE_YqJzD3wqbKp7i-fyUcCJ0REAH26h8anhkP6N-638Duwc3s2yBXwMsW8XhNpb9jDsky7HG4iBjeYpbXZVtl-FcwMwR8RFMGqVJBP03LsQ613OqEWdIsNTKvSRR7V4jtQ/s1600/FlashyFiction.png" title="Flashy Fiction ...daily writing prompts">

       </a>
       </span>

Method Two:  Image widget
  1.  Add an "Image" widget to a sidebar
  2.  Copy and paste this URL into the Image URL field:
       https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l1t-2O35ayE_YqJzD3wqbKp7i-fyUcCJ0REAH26h8anhkP6N-638Duwc3s2yBXwMsW8XhNpb9jDsky7HG4iBjeYpbXZVtl-FcwMwR8RFMGqVJBP03LsQ613OqEWdIsNTKvSRR7V4jtQ/s1600/FlashyFiction.png
  3.  Copy and paste this URL into the Link URL field:
       http://flashyfiction.blogspot.com/

On Blogger:
Method One:  HTML/Javascript gadget
  1.  Add the "Text" widget to a sidebar
  2.  Copy the HTML code below and paste it into the widget's text box
       <div style='display:block!important;width:200px;height:150px;text-align:center;font-size:10px;margin-bottom:30px;'>
       <a href="http://flashyfiction.blogspot.com/">
       <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l1t-2O35ayE_YqJzD3wqbKp7i-fyUcCJ0REAH26h8anhkP6N-638Duwc3s2yBXwMsW8XhNpb9jDsky7HG4iBjeYpbXZVtl-FcwMwR8RFMGqVJBP03LsQ613OqEWdIsNTKvSRR7V4jtQ/s1600/FlashyFiction.png" title="Flashy Fiction ...daily writing prompts" style="border:1px solid #000000;" />
       </a><br />
Add this widget to your site to share your love for Flashy Fiction.
       </div>

Method Two:  Image gadget
  1.  Add the "Image" gadget where you want it
  2.  Copy and paste this URL into the Image URL field:
       https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l1t-2O35ayE_YqJzD3wqbKp7i-fyUcCJ0REAH26h8anhkP6N-638Duwc3s2yBXwMsW8XhNpb9jDsky7HG4iBjeYpbXZVtl-FcwMwR8RFMGqVJBP03LsQ613OqEWdIsNTKvSRR7V4jtQ/s1600/FlashyFiction.png
  3.  Copy and paste this URL into the Link URL field:
       http://flashyfiction.blogspot.com/
  4.  Save the gadget

On a Website:
Method One:  Code/HTML view
  --In the code, add the following code snippet where you want the linked image to appear:
       <a href="http://flashyfiction.blogspot.com/">
       <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l1t-2O35ayE_YqJzD3wqbKp7i-fyUcCJ0REAH26h8anhkP6N-638Duwc3s2yBXwMsW8XhNpb9jDsky7HG4iBjeYpbXZVtl-FcwMwR8RFMGqVJBP03LsQ613OqEWdIsNTKvSRR7V4jtQ/s1600/FlashyFiction.png" title="Flashy Fiction ...daily writing prompts">
       </a>

Method Two:  Design/GUI view
  1.  'Insert an image/picture' where you want the linked image to be
  2.  Use the URL below as the source/location of the image:
       https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-l1t-2O35ayE_YqJzD3wqbKp7i-fyUcCJ0REAH26h8anhkP6N-638Duwc3s2yBXwMsW8XhNpb9jDsky7HG4iBjeYpbXZVtl-FcwMwR8RFMGqVJBP03LsQ613OqEWdIsNTKvSRR7V4jtQ/s1600/FlashyFiction.png"
  3.  Enter 'alt/alternate text' and 'title/hover' text as you see fit.  We recommend: Flashy Fiction ...daily writing prompts"
  4.  Select the new image and add/edit a hyperlink to the following URL:
       http://flashyfiction.blogspot.com/
   **These are general guidelines for design/GUI implementation.  Your specific web development software may use different words/fields/methods for accomplishing this task.