What it says on the tin

Except not literally, but for so perfectly encapsulating the implied necessity of skin-crawling in her 'A Thing Of Shreds And Patches' (delicious title in itself!) Patricia sits atop the podium this week, but thank you all for a similarly fitting and entertaining set of tales this week. (With one of my writing sites bidding farewell this week, and another spelling out the date for its demise should activity not pick up, I am more grateful than ever for the regularity with which you visit, bearing gifts.) 

Words for the coming week:  calculate  muscle  still 

Entries by midnight Thursday 1st July  new words posted Friday 2nd 

Usual rules: 100 words maximum (excluding title) of flash fiction or poetry using all three words above in the genres of horror, fantasy, science fiction or noir. Serialised fiction is, as always, welcome. All variants and uses of the words and stems are fine. Feel free to post links to your stories on Twitter or Facebook or whichever

Books galore!

Another week of rich entertainment, for which I thank you all. Last weekend I gained a pile of books, some  bought, some and borrowed; stacked-up their titles provide a pile of prompts. This week's top-spot goes to Perry for the wonderfully vivid,  "The brood swirled like an underwater eddy" 

Words for the coming week:  consolation  plain  traveller

 Entries by midnight Thursday 17th June  new words posted Friday 18th

 Usual rules: 100 words maximum (excluding title) of flash fiction or poetry using all three words above in the genres of horror, fantasy, science fiction or noir. Serialised fiction is, as always, welcome. All variants and uses of the words and stems are fine. Feel free to post links to your stories on Twitter or Facebook or whichever.