Five books read this week, ranging from a really
dire one star to a magnificent five star (Sarah Moss’s ‘Ghost’). The benefit of
the dire was it made me reappraise the way I’ve attempted to show the vulnerabilities
of my MC, and I am reminded to thank you for your indulgence in allowing me to
post my random Snap pieces, as well as for contributing and commenting
yourselves. It’s not so much that we need praise as to know we’ve been read.
And it is in the hope of
reading more (and I’m confident I’m not alone) that Patricia gets a
special mention for her ‘Pledge’ and, although not the only one, for reading pleasure
received, Terrie takes top spot for ’Secret Armadillo diaries entry 120’.
Words
for next week: echo grind Merlot
Entries
by midnight Thursday 3rd September, words and winners posted Friday 4th
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. Feel free to post links to your stories on Twitter or
Facebook or whichever.
