Title: Absence of Mind
Word: wallet
Challenger: regie
Length: 200 words exactly The .44 magnum revolver was heavier than she thought it would be ( Read more... )

The list so far... including some written after this post was posted - just to have one set of all the 2006 stories.

So here are the list of the 76 stories done in the 2006 Fast Fiction Challenge.

(A list of last year's 119 stories can be found here.) Turtles Have Short legs - mondoagogo
For Love Not Lisa - fastbak77
Shotgun To A Rooster - mondoagogo
The Bulbous Ghost - evilbilbo
23 ( Read more... )

Title: Snatch a Falling Star
Word: fastidious
Challenger: pulsejenc
Length: 200 words exactly The body had been discovered a little after four in the morning. It hadn’t taken long to identify and the cause of death was obvious: a bullet through the corpse’s chest left a neat hole, despite the blood ( Read more... )

Title: The Golden Wellies
Word: bumpkin
Challenger: Brian Douglas Ahern
Length: 200 words exactly The letter in one hand, a bottle of beer in the other, the bumpkin sat on his porch and contemplated life’s changes and fortunes ( Read more... )

Title: Dirk Beckles' Tungsten Crab
Word: thylocene
Challenger: Liam Sharp
Length: 200 words exactly At two o’clock in the morning, the four of them moved silently, hunting ( Read more... )

Title: Love Is Spatial
Word: fleeting
Challenger: polly_sings
Length: 200 words exactly The hands of the clock ticked over to the pre-selected time and before the alarm had been ringing for a full second, her hand accurately stabbed out from beneath the blanket and hit the button ( Read more... )

Title: Whatever She Wanted
Word: refuse
Challenger: Anonymous (yeah, really!)
Length: 200 words exactly There were, he knew, few things in life as wonderful as glorious sunshine, your girl at your side, and the pleasure of doing something you were good at ( Read more... )

Title: Second Hand Smoke
Word: cigarette
Challenger: ratmmjess
Length: 200 words exactly He wore dirty brown, and a common remark was that it was hard to tell where the dirt ceased and the brown commenced ( Read more... )

Title: Every One A Winter
Word: garnish
Challenger: Alan Woollcombe
Length: 200 words exactly The evening had been a success, although she’d paid him no more attention than anyone else. No more than he’d expected, but disappointing all the same ( Read more... )

Personal note: This was written for Phil, who challenged me under the standard rules of the challenge. Don't care how soppy it sounds, this one's rather special to me. And I trust everyone reading it enjoys it as much as he hopefully will.

Enjoy, son.

Dad
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Title: Sitting In The Seat
Word: dragon
Challenger: Philip BarnettLength: 200 words ( Read more... )