Week 42! This week I decided to do another practice flash since the next round of the Flash Fiction Challenge is coming up at the beginning of next month. So I reached into the magic hat (AKA the Flash Fiction Challenge website) and picked the following:
Suspense / cemetery / sewing machine
The combination screams out for a Halloween/sewing-a-ghost-costume kind of story, so I resisted that. Instead, I set it on the winter solstice and still managed to work in the sewing machine. It was good to stretch with a pure suspense tale as well.
Two rejections this week, but also two stories being held for further consideration, so it evens out. Also! I placed my 100-word story in a forthcoming anthology filled with other 100-word speculative fiction stories.
Writing:
- The Longest Night of the Year ~ 1,500 words
Submissions:
- Playing Soldier
- Keeping Time
- Rhymes with Orange
- Five to Freedom
Rejections:
- The Madness in King’s End
- Rhymes with Orange (boomerang rejection)
Acceptances:
- Leap of Faith
Writing Wrongs 
Sounds like a great week! I submitted a 100 word story to an anthology, too. Maybe the same one? Your titles are awesomely creative, like always. I like the idea of trying a suspense story. I can see how it would stretch my writing chops. 🙂
Hi, Von! Yes, that’s the same anthology. I just read your story and enjoyed it very much. I thought it sounded like a fun project and I already had a 100 word story, so why not toss it into the mix.
Are you doing the poem a day in November? I was thinking about trying that. I’m also a little nervous about trying that. 😉
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