Hats off to Holly

 Who has set up a new home for Prediction at https://predictionfiction.wordpress.com in the hope that those apparently locked out by Blogger can continue to participate.

 Like all new places it looks unfamiliar - stark and in need of decoration - and we aren't sure where everything is, nor, exactly how it works, but for the sake of such regular contributors as Jim and Patricia, I hope it can be made to work.  For the time being, I am posting in both places, so no-one is left not knowing where we've moved to, and I hereby declare the week's top spot goes to John for his perfectly-titled 'Odd, but possibly true'

 Words for the coming week (fingers crossed all will have a go, in  the new place as well as the old): cotton triangle yesterday

 Entries by midnight Thursday  2nd June, new words posted Friday  3rd

 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.

No solution

 Having deleted some 90+ posts - many with comments numbering in the hundreds - without solving the problem of some of you being able to upload posts. I've paused: it was an uncomfortable exercise, erasing history.  Only one idea since - does it work if instead of copy/paste you compose, type out word by word, your entry? SO frustrating, not least because your words are sorely missed.

 Some rich offerings did make it, I'm glad to say, and top spot (not that it was easy to choose) goes to David, for the intriguing promise of  his 'Wedding Day''

               Words for the coming week (fingers crossed all may play) merge saffron torque

Entries by midnight Thursday  26th May, new words posted Friday  27th 

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.

Problems ☹ ☹ ☹

Firstly, apologies for my lack of posts this week -- a week without time spent on 'Mercy', my current wip, left  me desperate to pick it up again and note down the random ideas I had while away (and I'm not done yet!) A good time had, though, weather kind and I re-established my liking for mussels, scallops and whisky.

Jim's struggles to post fill me with despair as I have no remedy to suggest. There seems to be some blame levelled at Google, who apparently recently took over Blogger, but the lack of logic – why do comments stick but not posts? – defeats me. If the problem persists all I can do is ask if someone else has the know-how to set up a site with similar functions.

What MIGHT be a solution - the site might be full. I propose going to the archives and attempting to delete some of the 472 posts, starting from December 2013, trusting you have all saved what you'd like to keep

What was easier this week was the picking of a winner - I was enchanted by Antonia's incorporation of Charon in her untitled piece, but much enjoyed all other entries.

 Words for the coming week (fingers crossed all may play) decide lace tide

Entries by midnight Thursday  19th May, new words posted Friday  20th

 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.

Mulling words while travelling on ferries in the mist

 Internet connection being dodgy, I'm suggesting mist, ferry and pass as prompt words for next week. 

And one chair/non desk in room also .a factor .Normal service resumed thereafter