A morning of genealogical distraction

 Too, too easy to follow names and dates and potential relationships down enticing-looking holes, only to find the morning has ended and I’ve not done the things I intended to. So, thanking you yet again for participation and entertainment, I now offer three more prompt words for the coming week: free, nettle, refine. Entries by midnight Thursday June 6th. 

Because I’ll be away from home and internet far from guaranteed, I’ll be scheduling  new words for Friday June 7th, 14th and 21st, and my ability to either post or comment might be compromised.  

 Usual rules: 100 words maximum (excluding title) of flash fiction or poetry using all three words 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. 

Aiming for inspirational variety

 Sincere apologises for the occasional repetition of prompt words (but not too sorry insofar as it prompted Terrie’s erotic herbalist!) Thank you for much appreciated participation.  

This selection of words for the coming week - flesh jagged thief - taken from the CD titles on the shelf above my monitor:

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

 Usual rules: 100 words maximum (excluding title) of flash fiction or poetry using all three words 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.

Every one a winner!

 

A week of exceptionally rich offerings – much thanks to each and every one of you. Hopefully words from the titles of my to-be-read pile will be as inspirational:

Words for the coming week: delirious tackle unfortunate  

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

 Usual rules: 100 words maximum (excluding title) of flash fiction or poetry using all three words 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.

Scheduled words

 

 to cover my absence, for week following Friday 10th May, taken (to avoid mis-influencing) from my pinned-up address list: 

blacksmith drew  ocean

 Entries by midnight  Thursday May 16th,  new words Friday 17th 

 Usual rules: 100 words maximum (excluding title) of flash fiction or poetry using all three words 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 Facebook or whichever

First, an apology

 I should have been more alert  to the fact that a ‘cousins’ ending to Thresholds new, along with a head full of following up family trees  my choice of  prompt words was unintentionally influenced in my favour. To avoid a repetition I’ve made sure to avoid making the same mistake again and have chosen

words for next week from the pile of to-be-read books two feet from my left elbow: consume delirious yesterday

 Entries by midnight Thursday 9th May, new words scheduled Friday 10th

 Usual rules: 100 words maximum (excluding title) of flash fiction or poetry using all of the 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.