I am not an animal!

                              Photo credit: Melbourne Waters (Flickr Creative Commons)

Oh, wait. Yes I am. But I’m a little confused. I’m an egg-laying mammal with the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, and otter feet. Hmmmm…I’m pretty much an identity crisis waiting to happen. So today, write about an identity crisis. Or mistaken identity. Or a talking platypus. Or just go wild and use the adjective “platypal” in your piece. Then be sure to share your platypal platitudes here. 

GOING NOWHERE!

Put yourself into this scene.

Write what you envision!

Sitting on the Edge

(chevygirl1064 on Photobucket)

Perhaps your character is waiting for someone to arrive in his or her particular situation or maybe they've arrived alone and expect no one. I wonder how your character is feeling at this given moment, (the one pictured or one of your own crafting). Explore your setting...give much detail of place and indulge in the space of an in depth internal conversation. 

Have fun, Friday Flashy Fiction writers! :)

FLASH FORWARD FICTION

There have been many movie romances depicted on the Silver Screen.

Boy meets girl, Boy loses Girl,...

Happy endings sound like the perfect conclusion,

but we want you to take the Danny/Sandy (Grease),
 Scarlett/Rhett (Gone With the Wind), Edward/Bella (Twilight),

Rick/Ilsa (Casablanca), or any other romantic movie pairings and project them into their future selves. 

How did they REALLY end up? Happy Ever After or Crappy Never More?

Let's Hear It !!!

Incorporate onomatopoeia, or words that make sounds into your fiction today.  Perhaps you will use several examples to make the reading very noisy.  Have fun with this one.

BOOKENDS

Photo byTom Jenz
Two elderly black gentlemen BW SE Georgia LR

 

"Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly
How terribly strange to be seventy
Old friends, memory brushes the same years, silently sharing the same fears"

~ Simon and Garfunkle - "Old Friends"

Render this scene!

 

It's a Classic!

Photo credit: RJ Clarken

How do you roll?  

Pick a tune - and write the story behind the story.  

It's the next classic!

Robotic Man on Display

Photo by L. Kolp

Use this photo to guide your imagination. It was taken in the New Orleans French Quarter several years ago. Look at the details, the expressions on the people waiting to go into The Court of Two Sisters restaurant. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW...

Photo by W.J. Wojtanik

What awaits at the end of your personal rainbow? 

A leprechaun with a pot of gold?

A fortunate event?

A magic land of short green things?

What would you like to find?

End your search in a bit of fiction about it!

Paradise Found

Paradise Found - Today write about a vacation to a dream destination that could be considered "Paradise".  Remember... this is fiction.

In the midst of a fairy tale...

Illustration from a fairy tale/image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

This scene takes place somewhere in the middle of a fairy tale.  How does it begin and how might it end?

Pretty Please?

                        Kiera Kai Love Jackson - photo credit by De Jackson 



A big juicy bone? Alms for the poor? Forgiveness?

What is your main character begging for? And does he/she get it? What are the consequences? Flash us your fiction today, with a fair amount of cajoling, mooching or pleading involved. Then post it here. Please. Don’t make me beg.

Another Empty Room

Image courtesy WikiMedia Commons

The title of this work is called 'Another Empty Room.'  I wonder why...?

BENEATH THE SURFACE

The harder you dig, the more you uncover.
And sometimes, you bury your head in sand and miss details.

Take the title of a story or article in a magazine/newspaper and 
write a fictional story with that as your inspiration. 
Don't retell the story, give it a fresh new life!
We want as many details as you see fit written into your story.
What will you uncover? Dig deep and let your muse run free!

The Olympic Spirit

With the Olympics winding down, the prompt today is another wide open one.  Write about a fictional athlete in competition or training -or- invent your own Olympic event -or- write about gold, silver or bronze.  Let the Olympic spirit carry you away today.