tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post6279254826434665579..comments2024-02-13T13:54:25.645+01:00Comments on Finding Clarity: Mid-Week Flash Challenge - Week 1Miranda Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166000575283710451noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-88049059507483665142017-04-07T22:21:55.170+02:002017-04-07T22:21:55.170+02:00Great, I've just connected with you over there...Great, I've just connected with you over there. Miranda Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166000575283710451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-78231419437210018272017-04-07T19:30:43.166+02:002017-04-07T19:30:43.166+02:00Thanks! It was a lovely image to work with. I look...Thanks! It was a lovely image to work with. I look forward to doing more! I loved your piece; it was absolutely haunting.<br /><br />My Twitter is @zjohnson1020Zachary Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-33824009534948676882017-04-07T11:32:05.572+02:002017-04-07T11:32:05.572+02:00Great piece. Poignant. Thanks for entering Zachery...Great piece. Poignant. Thanks for entering Zachery, would love to read more of your writing. If you are on twitter let me know, and we can connect. Miranda Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166000575283710451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-15917580182768622112017-04-07T07:58:31.720+02:002017-04-07T07:58:31.720+02:00Sunset
He hadn't lingered. The lingerers neve...Sunset<br /><br />He hadn't lingered. The lingerers never followed through. Too much time to think their way out, to get talked down, to take in the view ten stories below and realize what hitting the ground meant. He had just run, given into the perfect cocktail of despair and impulse that made it happen.<br /><br />Somehow, he'd landed on his back, watching the sunset. Even more amazing was that he was still alive to realize it. He wondered if he'd die in time with the day, of the last colors of the evening would fade into blackness just as he closed his eyes, some kind of poetic send-off from the universe.<br /><br />He'd have laughed at himself if he'd had the energy. The blood pooling at the fissure in his skull had taken most of that with it. Blurs of light blended together into a seamless, yellow-white haze as neighbors woke up to investigate. He thought he heard screams, a child crying, maybe sirens. <br /><br />His life had flashed before him as he fell, little glimmers of frustrating potential interspersed among decades of tedious melancholy, each flash of hope for escape from the doldrums of routine, each spark of newfound confidence as the realization that, yes, this was finally it, this was his time to matter, his time to fall in love, or get that job, or just feel ok for a while, more crushing than the last when he'd managed to squander it all. It was too bad self-sabotage didn't pay; he'd have been rich by fifteen.<br /><br />The shouts grew louder, some seeming almost...professional? Blobs of color seemed to make way for a row of dark blue ones. <br /><br />Slowly they lifted him, set him on something soft. The smudges he knew to be his neighbors parted for him. These were paramedics. <br /><br />Immediately he tried to thrash, to fight, anything to break free, to push his damaged body to dying. But his brain's frantic commands terminated in impotent sparks. He was paralyzed. <br /><br />He felt a needle prick his arm, heard ambulance doors shut behind him as he drifted off to sleep.Zachary Johnsonhttps://www.facebook.com/zacharyjohnsonvo/?ref=br_rsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-22934546649121298322017-03-23T22:39:18.337+01:002017-03-23T22:39:18.337+01:00Clickable link to Mark's Story here: My Souls...Clickable link to Mark's Story here: <a href="http://mysoulstears.wordpress.com/2017/03/12/miranda-kates-mid-week-challenge-20170312" rel="nofollow">My Souls Tears</a> Miranda Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166000575283710451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-19260523266363806862017-03-23T22:37:34.288+01:002017-03-23T22:37:34.288+01:00Clickable link to Dave's story: Forced Perspe...Clickable link to Dave's story: <a href="http://davejamesashton.com/mid-week-flash-challenge-week-1-forced-perspective" rel="nofollow">Forced Perspective</a> Miranda Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166000575283710451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-17272464655616524072017-03-23T22:35:46.959+01:002017-03-23T22:35:46.959+01:00Clickable link to Wombat's story: BoxesClickable link to Wombat's story: <a href="https://cubicscats.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/boxes" rel="nofollow">Boxes</a> Miranda Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166000575283710451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-27476184136604969732017-03-15T17:05:15.368+01:002017-03-15T17:05:15.368+01:00Love to see your writing Kevin!
Love to see your writing Kevin!<br />Lisa Shambrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12767127776898278402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-88502871921403213152017-03-14T17:43:59.573+01:002017-03-14T17:43:59.573+01:00Wonderful entry. Thanks for taking part! Wonderful entry. Thanks for taking part! Miranda Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166000575283710451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-4085963913009155712017-03-14T17:32:14.249+01:002017-03-14T17:32:14.249+01:00Here you go, Sunshine: "Boxes"
https://c...Here you go, Sunshine: "Boxes"<br />https://cubicscats.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/boxes/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-74261802351021683512017-03-14T16:58:02.516+01:002017-03-14T16:58:02.516+01:00Thanks for the heads up on the other comps, and th...Thanks for the heads up on the other comps, and thanks for joining us here. Miranda Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166000575283710451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-18263918913218043262017-03-13T16:31:05.480+01:002017-03-13T16:31:05.480+01:00Thanks for starting this up, so many flash fiction...Thanks for starting this up, so many flash fiction comps have closed recently (I am not good with time, recently could be rather relative). The only ones I know still running are MIcrocosm http://microcosmsfic.com and flash frenzy https://theangryhourglass.wordpress.com<br /><br />This is my entry... http://davejamesashton.com/mid-week-flash-challenge-week-1-forced-perspective/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09526765549752940814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-18866720025161850212017-03-12T20:12:17.876+01:002017-03-12T20:12:17.876+01:00And wow, what a brilliant entry! Superb! Thanks fo...And wow, what a brilliant entry! Superb! Thanks for writing. Miranda Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166000575283710451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-72147977308325057392017-03-12T20:11:56.322+01:002017-03-12T20:11:56.322+01:00Don't worry, you'll know when you get insp...Don't worry, you'll know when you get inspired! And I will look forward to it. Miranda Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166000575283710451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-48671349401060947792017-03-12T18:22:02.943+01:002017-03-12T18:22:02.943+01:00I did say you would be hearing from me. :) Here. A...I did say you would be hearing from me. :) Here. And, Miranda. Thank you.<br /><br />https://mysoulstears.wordpress.com/2017/03/12/miranda-kates-mid-week-challenge-20170312/Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582099080904943774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-90407606966959743292017-03-10T17:44:40.448+01:002017-03-10T17:44:40.448+01:00Not sure I’ll have time to write this week/month (...Not sure I’ll have time to write this week/month (I’m commenting surreptitiously from work), but it is an interesting picture! And thanks for at least trying to get a new flash fiction competition going! There used to be so many of these. Now, not so much...K R Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759225924353249792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-6348666076722595042017-03-10T10:49:24.179+01:002017-03-10T10:49:24.179+01:00Hopefully there will be one that works, would love...Hopefully there will be one that works, would love you to join. Miranda Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166000575283710451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320131690292314651.post-25942273281786101492017-03-10T05:36:32.550+01:002017-03-10T05:36:32.550+01:00Brilliant! I couldn't find any inspiration in ...Brilliant! I couldn't find any inspiration in that photo at all. Would love to join in another time xxxAilsa Abrahamnoreply@blogger.com