Month: September 2018

Which “Twin Stacks” Flash Fiction Story Gets Your Vote?

Vote5It’s that time again…time to choose your favorite flash fiction story of the week! It’s all up to you now – only one can win Flash Fiction Readers’ Choice Champion honors. It’s super easy – choose your favorite and cast your vote below.

Check out this week’s entries here. Make your decision, then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word. Attention Authors: It is okay if you ask people to vote for you!

Voting polls close Thursday at 5 PM Pacific time. If the poll doesn’t close on time, any votes received after 5 pm will be removed.

REMINDER – entries over the 250 limit are disqualified.

Which "Twin Stacks" flash fiction entry deserves your vote?

  • Annessa Burns (29%, 21 Votes)
  • Antonia Overstreet (19%, 14 Votes)
  • Michael Siciliano (18%, 13 Votes)
  • Amy Kaplan (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Dale E. Lehman (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Jeremy James Smith (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Rutger Galtiarii (4%, 3 Votes)
  • Yvonne Hertzberger (4%, 3 Votes)
  • Bill Engleson (3%, 2 Votes)
  • Mark Ready (1%, 1 Votes)
  • David Tarpenning (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Lou Silvestri (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Allen Alright (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Virginia Gayl Salazar (1%, 1 Votes)
  • John Leake (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Mary Kay Bonfante (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Josiah Stone (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Terri Picone (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 73

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NOTE: Entrants whose submissions exceed the 250 word limit will be disqualified even if they win. ONE VOTE PER PERSON, please. Duplicate votes will be deleted. The results displayed above are unofficial until verified by administration.

Is This the End of KBoard’s Writers’ Café?

kboards house is on fireUsers of KBoards may remember that KBoards, originally named KindleBoards, was founded by Harvey Chute in 2007 as a gathering place to discuss Amazon’s new Kindle eReader.

Amazon launched Kindle Direct Publishing in 2007, and in November of 2010 (according to Harvey’s “Hello from Harvey” post), a haven for writers was added at KBoards. Over the years, the Writers’ Café has attracted thousands of authors, some in search of information and answers, others donating time and expertise. As of this date, there are 2,580 pages of discussions at the Writers’ Café with posts made by many of the 100,000+ KBoards members. Continue reading “Is This the End of KBoard’s Writers’ Café?”

Theodore Jerome Cohen Wins Flash Fiction Challenge

Theodore Jerome Cohen is the Readers’ Choice in this week’s Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Challenge. The winning entry is decided by the popular vote and rewarded with a special feature here today. (In the case of a tie, the writer who submitted an entry first is the winner per our rules.) Without further ado, here’s the winning story:

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September 2018 Writing Exercise: Concupiscent

writing exercise stretching-498256_960_720Our overworked administrator is getting a well-deserved break today, so we figured you all might like to take this time to exercise your writing chops.

Therefore, here’s a writing prompt for you; do as you wish – short story, flash fiction, poem, what have you. There is no deadline or word count restriction. Just write. (Comments are closed – write on your own.)

This week’s word: CONCUPISCENT

Use it however you’d like: as the title, in a sentence, or as inspiration. Ready, set, write!