Flash Fiction Friday 178: batch 35 of 6-word stories

Welcome to Flash Fiction Friday and the one hundred and seventy-eighth piece in this series. This week’s is the thirty-fifth bunch of 6-word stories by a variety of authors, together with their 6-word biographies!

6-word stories

by Chong Teck SIM – aspiring Singaporean writer

• Music student. Failed audition. Heavy eyes.
• He woke up with bloodied hands.
• Kampong lifestyle. Outdoor games. Pulau Ubin.
• Biopsy sample. Repeated testing. Inconclusive result.
• Science student. Thermodynamics project. Unimpressed judges.
• Into his embrace, she falls asleep.
• Angkor Wat. Family vacation. Years ago.
• Boy-Girl: hand-in-hand, under shining stars.
• Before incarceration, he righted his wrong.
• After the fight, she left home.

by Iris N. Schwartz, writer and poet

• Pizza. Saved him more than crust.
• Scratches her back even when tired.
• Dusted cheval mirror. Frightened. Sped away.
• Submitted stories, poems. Waited. Submitted again.
• Married. Divorced. Wedding gown? Garbage can.
• Sensitive. Itchy hives. Seasoning, not spice.
• Inside carrel: crying. New job — now!
• Calls. Hangs up. Repeats. Relationship: dead.
• Weight up, down, up. Exercise — more!
• Stairs. Stairs. Slowly. Using walker, still.

by Kushal Poddar, author of three books

• She kept looking at my lifeline.
• The man slept through his funeral.
• She sniffs the tiny red sock.
• Just another cigarette burn. Vacant eyes.

by Panjami Anand, enjoys writing 6-word stories

• Blindness found what I didn’t behold.

by Ron Pullins, playwright and erstwhile publisher

• Spring: white, white, white, brown mud.

by Stephen Lodge, writes comedy by pen

• Wanted: A meaningful one night stand.
• Nursing leg wounds that won’t heal.
• Before I was so attractively interrupted.
• I’m returning this unicorn called Sid.
• And I have not played since.
• I suggest you seek medical advice.
• No. I’ll give it a miss.
• So nobody heard the three gunshots?
• In one ear, and stayed there.
• I must walk this road alone.

by Tania-wife-mother-netball-addict-Wilson

• Joy now filled their grieving hearts.

and then some from yours truly… Morgen Bailey, Morgen With an E

• Handsome man, weak knees, MS sufferer.
• Wide grin, matches lit, fire set.
• Two months off. Revising my drafts.

If you’d like to submit your 6-worders (up to ten per blog post, although you can send as many as you like and I’ll either pick the best ones or if I like most / all of them, schedule ahead) and / or 500-word max. stories for consideration for Flash Fiction Friday take a look here.

Related articles:

• http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/14/how-to-write-flash-fiction
• http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/blog/flash-fiction-all-you-ever-wanted-know-were-afraid-ask
• http://www.fictionfactor.com/guests/flashfiction.html
• http://www.awkwordpapercut.com/writing-flash-fiction.html
• http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/short-and-sweet-reading-and-writing-flash-fiction
• http://www.wikihow.com/Write-Flash-Fiction
• http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/flash.shtml
• http://www.thereviewreview.net/publishing-tips/flash-fiction-whats-it-all-about
• http://www.everydayfiction.com/flashfictionblog
• and guest blogs about short stories on this blog: Alberta Ross, Jane Hertenstein, Helen M Hunt, Morgen Bailey, Sarah Grace Logan, Warren Bull.

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