And the results are in! Honestly, I'm impressed that anyone wrote anything for March. Hooboy, my selections were a doozy. And this is why I cannot play cards for money—if I didn't have bad luck, I'd have no luck at all! Last week, I drew these winners: ace of spades, 5 of hearts, and the …
Author’s note: This is my flash fiction for March's entry of the 2020 Flash Fiction Challenge. Each month of 2020, on the first Monday, I’ll draw cards to determine the genre, setting, and an object that has to appear in the short story. Participants will have until the following Monday to link their stories to the blog …
Okay, it's a billionty degrees, and I'm holed up on staycation, but I'm dedicated to completing all twelve of author 'Nathan Bourgoine's 2018 Flash Fiction monthly challenges. The location is in or on a dam, and the object is a typewriter. I almost died when I saw the genre: Mystery. Yipes. That's the hardest for …
Okay, it's February 2018's flash fiction challenge, as issued by fabulously talented Canadian author ’Nathan Burgoine. This month we had to write a crime caper that takes place in a soup kitchen, and includes a compass. This was really out of my genre comfort zone. I like being challenged, though. And I made it at …
Cait Gordon—Speculative Fiction Author 