FlashFiction5 is a group of five authors who have written a collection of flash fiction stories which is now available.  The title of the anthology is Flash Tales--an Adventure in Words. 

Flash fiction is very short fiction which tells a story in a limited number of words and usually includes all the elements of a good fiction story--characters, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution.  And it often has a twist at the end. 

For this collection, our authors have chosen a word limit of 100 words or less.  And these stories have an additional element not seen in other flash fiction collections.  These authors each chose a word at random, shared their words, and each wrote a story using all five words or a form of the words.  Using this method and twenty different lists of words, in this volume they present one hundred stories.

They expected their stories to all be alike.  But no!  Their creative minds went in varied directions, and the stories represent
many genres--romance, suspense, children's, historical, adventure, etc. 

So if you are rushing around in this busy world, love to read but have just a minute, grab their new book, jump in, and read a story!
And if you have a few more minutes, use the "Now You Try" page, use the word list provided, and write a story of your own!

      FLASH TALES--An Adventure in Words

This collection presents one hundred stories, each short enough to read in a flash, in just a minute! Each consists of one hundred words or less and includes characters, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution.  And many end with an unexpected twist. 

The five authors of the stories are Diane Neal, Joan Sikes, Janda Raker, Dianne Sagan, and Mary Barbara Gendusa-Yokum.  These stories were created from a writing exercise.  Each author selected a word at random--just any word.  Then they shared their words, and each author wrote a story using those words or a form of the words.  Thus, they crafted five stories, all based on or including the same words.  They had expected all the stories to be similar.  But no!  The stories ranged from romance to adventure, from children's to literary, and many other genres. 

The authors repeated that process twenty times and produced one hundred stories for this volume.  The stories are presented here for the reader's enjoyment.  And at the end of each set of five stories based on a common word list, there is a "Now You Try" page where the reader is invited to write a story of her or his own creation, using those same words!




(to see the trailer for Flash Tales--An Adventure in Words, click on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4BhaYzXhRk )

AND NOW YOU TRY--on this Web site!

If you're a writer or dream of writing, here's your opportunity!  The five authors of
Flash Tales--an Adventure in Words--invite you to write your own flash fiction story
 and submit it on this site.  All stories submitted during the month will be read and considered, and the BEST story for the month will be published on this Web site.
See the "Writings" page for current the current writing prompt (the list of five new words) as well as rules, writers guidelines, etc. 
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The word list for May, 2012,
is now posted on the "Writings" page.

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AND THE WINNER FOR MARCH, 2012, IS--

ADAM HUDDLESTON
 of Canyon, TX

Adam has won or placed several times in the past few months.
Congratulations, Adam!

The runner-up for March
 is the 2nd-place finisher two months in a row,
DANIEL VENZKE
of  Stanton, TX,
in the Midland/Odessa area.


Congratulations to both writers
for the excellent stories!

We are posting both stories on the "Writings" page
because they're both unique--
Adam's quite touching and literary
and Daniel's full of puns,
a most difficult accomplishment!

Be sure to check out those tales!

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NOTE:

Flash Tales 2:
A Collection of Flash Fiction
is OUT!
It's now available
 from Amazon.com.

It contains 176 stories
by 23 authors from 6 states!
It is an anthology
 of the first- and second-place stories
 from the website contest for
January, 2010 through December, 2011, and 100 stories from the five authors
of the original Flash Tales, 
as well as 20 stories from a sixth author
who was part of that original group.
The authors are
Glenn Baldwin,
Mart Baldwin,
Don W. Bonifay,
Kathleen Briske,
Elisha Cheeseman,
Cheryl Cornelius,
Mary Barbara Gendusa-Yokum,
Adam Huddleston,
Carolyn Jackson,
Pamela B. Kessler,
Bob McGinnis,
Frances Diane Neal,
Andrew Nevin,
Yvonne Byrd Nunn,
Keith Osbin,
Janda Raker,
Cynthia Rios,
Dianne G. Sagan,
Joan Sikes,
Connie Stires,
Paula Taylor,
Joe Douglas Trent,
and
Daniel L. Venzke.

Check the "Announcements" page
for details about book signings.

(I'll post a picture of the cover of the new book
soon.)
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Be sure to check the "Writings" page
for the new word list,
and write us a story for May, 2012.