Flash Fiction: Love in the Making

Flash Fiction: Love in the Making

Dionne Galace aka Bam‘s rules: Story: I want something nuclear. And I want it hot… like summer-hot. I want to be able to feel the heat (as in the weather) and smell the sunblock lotion. But that’s just the background. On top of that, I want sexual tension and your hero and heroine […] just aching to tear off each other’s clothes off. [O]ne caveat: no explicit language and no overly purple prose. Can you convey sex without using sexually…

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Flash Fiction: Adoration

Flash Fiction: Adoration

Kayelle Allen‘s and Lila Dubois‘s rules: Goal: Use as many descriptive words as you can cram in the paragraph. Length: 100 words The alabaster complexioned anchorite, the erstwhile poetaster, concluded from decades of solitary ratiocination that his unique aptitude of penning poesy in describing his singular steadfast adoration could not suffice. Only a constant demonstration, thrice-daily rituals swollen with emotion, could properly express his need. Blinded by lust, he’d worship the object of his affection from afar, unable to caress…

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Secret Message #15: Do This Three Times, and All Will Be Better

Secret Message #15: Do This Three Times, and All Will Be Better

I saw Sicko today. I almost didn’t because I wasn’t feeling well. I had an upset stomach and was in some serious pain, but I wouldn’t have missed the movie for the world. Plus, it seemed kind of fitting to feel a little sick while watching Sicko. It helped to emphasize Michael Moore’s point in a strange, sick way. Anyway, it was Moore’s best documentary film by far. It had the right touch of humor throughout the whole thing so…

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Rats! I Still Have Bruises.

Rats! I Still Have Bruises.

I had to have my blood taken after my doctor’s appointment on Monday morning, and I still have the bruises on a Thursday evening. That’s just not right. I look like a junkie with tracks all over. I don’t remember ever being this delicate—so easy to bruise, so long to heal. …not to mention so inadequate as vampire bait. I did what is normally done prior to getting blood work done. I fasted for 12 hours, sat at the high…

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Proverbs Out the Yin Yang

Proverbs Out the Yin Yang

Here, there, everywhere: 1. Inquisitive interest in others’ concerns destroyed the vital or essential quality of the malicious woman. (4 words) 2. Bring to pass as the one who is speaking or writing expresses in words, not as I perform. (8 words) 3. Warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion causes the earthly state of human existence to move on a course well filled out. (6 words) 4. Closely attend your own bowel movement. (4 words) 5. In with respect to a…

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