"A Year's Luck" - from the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction 2016 contest - challenge 3

I made it through to the 3rd challenge in the NYCMFF2016.

Scores from challenges 1 and 2 were totaled (I took 2nd and 7th respectively, out of 35 writers in my group) and the top 5 from each moved on. The 300 of us were then divided into 12 new groups of 25 each. The top 4 from each group in this challenge will move on to the 4th and final round.

Again, flash fiction is a story created in 48 hours or less, with a word count of 1,000 words or less.

My prompts were the genre of mystery; primary location of a bonfire; and an item (which has to appear in the story but not necessarily be a major part) of a fake ID.

I received mystery for the second time in a row! I feel much better with it this time around...
Please feel free to leave a comment with feedback! Thanks in advance!

-Trond

Taking the story down - 6/8/17

"Reality Bites" - from the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction 2016 contest - round 2

Here's my entry in round 2.

Again, flash fiction is a story created in 48 hours or less, with a word count of 1,000 words or less.

My prompts were the genre of mystery; primary location of an airport duty-free shop; and an item (which has to appear in the story but not necessarily be a major part) of a milkshake.

I will admit at the outset that the mystery genre floored me. Please feel free to leave a comment with feedback! Thanks in advance...

-Trond

Taking this story down, sorry... (6/7/17)

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Reality Bites

In the final round of a game show, contestants must unravel what is real and what is not.

"Eyes On Red" - from the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction 2016 contest

Contest time! This Flash Fiction contest is a story created in 48 hours or less, and a word count of 1,000 words or less.
In round 1, I was assigned the genre of Ghost Story, the primary location of a casino, and an item (which has to appear somewhere, but not necessarily be a major part of the story) of a pair of colored contact lenses.

Editing - taking the story down as I will be working on this story further and submitting for publication.

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Writing contest

Like I recently said, I am back in the saddle, writing.

This is a cool little new site, that allows one to write and then (online) publish their works. They have had a few monthly contests and I was very excited to take second place in the March "Running Scared" short story horror contest.

http://www.inkitt.com/anotherworld

The current contest, which just started and runs through May 5th, is "Echo of Another World." It is a short story contest for sci-fi/fantasy and in honor of the late Sir Terry Pratchett.