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“I am a dog” Sam barked “I am the Old Man’s Dog” The crossed Chew Sticks just hung on the wall in the cramped little house. He felt uncomfortable indoors, even taking his meals outside when it w...

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It wasn’t the first time the syndicate had me break into the Vatican. Nice costumes, but the Swiss Guard is really just for show. They wanted this. I read it. Sounds like bullshit to me, but I un...

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We got drunk as a couple of Tsars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVNkA8Dfi60

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“Shhh son it’s ok. I checked the closets and I checked under your bed. Monster free zone, Ok? Now please child, go to sleep.” “Thank you Daddy.” “Tomorrow I’ll make something just for you, ok?”...

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Ok. One more silly not horror horror-flash. I’m on my own dime here. And, to be completely unfair and project the blame, it’s G’s fault. She said something to the effect that you can’t use standa...

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“You can tell a lot from a handshake,” I told my son “A carpenter’s hands for instance, there’s callouses on the dominant hand and the hand has a bit lesser callouses and one or more of the finge...

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Write a flash about a cow with a talent.* I haven’t read this. Even so, I’d make no apologies. There are likely problems with it. I raced the clock as I didn’t know how long it would nee...

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Ok, weird. I’ve been to Ihop exactly twice in the last year (or five years, but not going to one in Portland is different than not going to one in East Lansing). Of those two times one of them wa...

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“Sit down son.” “aw shit, what’d I do now.” “Nothing, well, not nothing, your father and I are worried.” “My father and you are always worried, and whenever you start talking like his attorney...

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bogwater, rectory, Ireland “Om Namo Narayanaya. Rade shyam, Om, radhe radhe …” “Seamus?” I inhaled deep through my nose, counted to seven and released the wave breath; my kundalini master said...

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Write a flash about playing hooky from school or work. I’ve been doing so much dialogue lately I thought I’d try straight exposition. I’d make some kind of apology for this flash, but, and here’...

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23 minutes. Prompts to follow when I write another flash. Friday looks busy for me, but I will write another flash “Don’t be such a pussy.” Harold wasn’t insulted, he couldn’t afford to be. He ...

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“What’s going on?” “The Gauchos are dancing. I guess the auction went well today.” “I can see that, I mean with you?’ “Oh,” he turned his sad eyes to me, his eyes were always sad; you didn’t w...

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The Prompts waterlogged, enameled, dial strapless, slippery, ebb The excuse I didn’t time this. I was having trouble so I kept writing. I think I failed at every piece I tried to force into t...

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Promts; pinky sugar, fields of oats, a tweed suit and a straw hat Frank Wesley was old school, or maybe just old. The old school hadn’t been good to him. Professors wore tweed, his herr...

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Prompt; Morning Star Ok, so I started this, was distracted, had to go do something else, and came back. Oh and the dog ate my homework. And, and, and … I got the high score on bejeweled. Oh. I w...

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“She had to disappear before they disappeared her.” “Did she have to give me up?” “I don’t know that she did.” “Someone did. I’ve been rotting for five years upstate like a pink salmon belly u...

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I’m not proud of this. In general the longer my flash the less time I spent thinking about it. It’s typing against the clock. I always attribute to Mark Twain a quote that goes something like ---...

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Write a flash that is an answer to a question on a job application Name Arnold Jehoshaphat Fassbinder but you can call me Sparky or Sparky J. I know it sounds like one of those nicknames; call ...

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Again, a day early. Friday might not work well for me “You’re mad.” “I’m not.” I waited for the ‘it’s just …’ she crosses her arms when she takes off a t-shirt, grabs the hem with her wr...

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I used bits and pieces of all the prompts for Friday. I might be busy tomorrow, I got people and dogs coming in Write an ironic thank you note. Write a flash about a dinner party anecdot...

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I woke up from a nap and started writing this, didn't time it. I checked the prompts, one fit in. Let's call it an accidental flash “Who the fuck is that?” “He said he wanted to talk with Mr. F...

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The most subversive way to tell a story? The truth, naked, wriggling, peeing in an arc, bald faced, bold faced, rearing it’s ugly head truth with a capital T and no apology. You thought, perhaps,...

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“I’ve never been so sober in my life.” She grinned, he grunted. I tried to be offended, couldn’t pull it off. I hooked my thumbs in the straps of my pack and pulled it forward. The bar for back ...

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“You all right?” Her grip was gentle on my shoulder, the hand hard and calloused. “Yeah, yeah, fine. I was just thinking.” I waited a beat for ‘I thought I smelled something burning’ or ‘I’ll al...

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