A round dozen

A round dozen

And, unsurprisingly, every one nigh on a winner. I never thought of seven dwarves rebelling, nor of the Magnificent. Was entertained by Rudy's rash behaviour about to get him into trouble again and the Grande Dame coming out in spots, and I clapped my hands at a haul of grandfather clocks. But, remembering we're about horror, and how, even after the forewarning of the title I still found myself gagging at the end, I have to award this week's top spot to David for  'Your tongue shall be split'.   

words for the coming week:  exquisite  glove  snap   

Entries by midnight Thursday 23rd September,  new words posted Friday 24th 

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.

Squirreling elsewhere?

I've been head-down editing this past few weeks, little head space for much else. 'Snap is not a children's game' version 4 almost done, then it'll need 'resting' before I re-read. Re-reading this week's entries it's hard to decide which of Perry's or Jim's is the nastiest, so I declare a well-deserved draw and thank you, Antonia and Patricia for your posting and comment participation. 

words for the coming week:  allege  rash  seven 

Entries by midnight Thursday 23rd September,  new words posted Friday 24th 

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.

Harvest reaped and stooked

A sparse field, compared to last week's rich harvest,  for which the choosing of a winner (two votes for John, and one each for Patricia, Antonia and Terrie) provided the perfect demonstration of my  weekly dilemma. I do wonder how much of a difference the choice of prompt words make, as I aim for something inspirational and no obvious pairings (then struggle to inspire myself!) The one person who never seems to have this problem, who always delivers a smoothly entertaining  example of their use, is Antonia:  this week's 'Stop the week' a perfect, shining example. 

Apologies too for my lack of comment - every time I tried, I deleted the post. Possibly Blogger or maybe some response to a clearing of cookies. Fingers crossed all will be well next week. 

words for the coming week:  lotion  trite  understand 

Entries by midnight Thursday 16th September,  new words posted Friday 17th 

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.

Holiday distractions

As well as the internet being intermittent, free time  has been at a premium. I've not yet read any of the past week's entries (72 as I type this!) so trust each of you will nominate your personal favourite. I'll make sure to do so when I get back. 

As promised, words for the coming week:  curlew   knock   warp 

Entries by midnight Thursday 9th September,  new words posted Friday 10th 

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.