Words for 6th September: coast forbid maximum
Entries by midnight Thursday 12th September, new words Friday 13th
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.
and a usefully busy final week for us all - I'm glad not to have to be picking a weekly winner. Inspired by a random bookmark I offer knuckle hospitable lead as words for next week, but regret I'll be busy/away for a week or so and input from me likely to be minimal.
New words have been scheduled for Friday 6th
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.
We’ve spent the last few days helping our daughter to move into a house less than thirty minutes from us rather than the previous getting on for six hours. As much as anything, shifting, unpacking, umpteen boxes has opened our eyes as to the amount of stuff one accumulates over the years: she’d been in her previous house ten years whereas we’ve been here for fifty; the words accumulate, essential, sentimental come to mind as prompt words for next week
Entries by
midnight Thursday August 29th, new
words Friday 30th
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.
What with leprechauns,
axes, rainbow farts and a neatly-solved case of murder, along with always-good-to-receive
confidence-building comments I declare the week’s entries a triumph and recognise
I need to further strive for similarly inspirational trios of prompt words, so how about : bribe bucket vein
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.
And that despite being inspired to write a second episode – my apologies.
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.
Posts from four of Prediction’s most loyal regulars this week make it a full house in my book, and the customary inventiveness and high quality writing certainly merits a shout of ‘House!’ along with my thanks for your participation. Fingers crossed the words for next week – groin owl whistle – will similarly whet your writing appetites.
Entries by midnight Thursday August 8th, new words Friday 9th
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.
necessitated by a new SIM card which proved my phone was at fault, and trying to set it up and deal with the differences has made me exceedingly bad-tempered. So I am more grateful than ever for your continued patience and participation and suggest incompetence vanish cross as words for next week
Entries by midnight Thursday 25th July, new words scheduled Friday 26th
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.
Wednesday lunchtime, an aggressive American woman inserted herself between my desktop screen and me and harangued me about some virus, exhorting me not to turn off my computer but phone a toll-free number to have it all put right. I didn’t, of course and, long story short took my laptop to Currys where an efficient and friendly woman put it all right, while telling me that phoning that number would’ve resulted in my bank account being emptied. I did ask Terrie to be prepared to post prompt words, but that having been unnecessary, and then me having woken later than usual so not posting this as soon as intended, I think the above could stand instead as words for next week.
Entries
by midnight Thursday 25th July, new
words scheduled Friday 26th
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.
What with my mobile unable to either connect with the internet or receive phone calls, and suspecting it’s because I’ve done something stupid with regard to selecting some inappropriate setting, I’m feeling more than ever my lack of technical ability. Needless to say I’m grateful for the entertainment you provided last week.
Words for this week echo my current mood : blind finger frustrate.
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.
But good to see that initial slow, slow of the start come to life with highly entertaining (and what passes for a full house of posts these days), quick, quicking into double figures – thank you one and all.
Words for next week: hatch toss uncertain
Entries by midnight Thursday 11th July 4th July, new words scheduled Friday 12th
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.
Wonderful though Scottish hotels in Arran, Islay, Applecross and Ullapool are, their only occasional internet, plus the lack of desk space, meant my laptop mostly stayed in its bag. Against that, the scenery was fantastic, and (unusually!) no rain meant we could see it in full glory, while bookshops and distilleries gave plenty of opportunities to pause. So my thanks to those of you who made entertaining appearances.
Words for next week (when I trust my attention will be better focussed) : delirious open song
Entries
by midnight Thursday 4th July, new
words scheduled Friday 5th
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.
drive embrace, omen
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.
Bog, cryptic, emergency
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.
artist, iron, perfume
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.
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:
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.
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.
to cover my absence, for week following Friday 10th May, taken (to avoid mis-influencing) from my pinned-up address list:
blacksmith drew ocean
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
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
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.
Having remembered, at 5 a.m., I’d this post yet to write – distracted yesterday evening by following up family history queries (interest recently awoken after some fifteen or so years, it’s taking time to remember who’s who, and how I ascertained it) I find I’ve nothing to say, except my usual thanks to you for turning up and posting and commenting, so …
Words
for next week: ancestor evidence probate
Entries
by midnight Thursday 2nd May, new words posted Friday 3rd
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.
