Title: Sideburns From Another World!
Word: monkey
Challenger: zemo
Length: 200 words exactly He could cope with the personal attacks against himself; he was used to that from his home planetary system ( Read more... )

New challenges please in reply to this post, not here - but here are the list of the 45 stories done so far in this round of the 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 Minutes in Brussels - mondoagogo
Whither My Sister's ( Read more... )

Title: The Future is 1800
Word: automaton
Challenger: tempest_mrc
Length: 200 words exactly It was six o’clock and he pushed himself away from his desk ( Read more... )

Title: A Reason For Living
Word: askance
Challenger: sarahx
Length: 200 words exactly The hero sat on the rooftop and wept ( Read more... )

OK, I've now written forty-three of these this time around, and I've got four remaining to do:A Reason For Living; askance - sarahx - done
The Future is 1800; automaton - tempest_mrc - done
Sideburns From Another World!; Monkey - zemo - done
Sitting In The Seat; dragon - Philip Barnett - done
But you know me, I'm greedy - I need more...

A reminder of the challenge: ( Read more... )

Title: Living "La Vida Loca"
Word: regret
Challenger: regie
Length: 200 words exactly I’d wondered into the club precisely because it was quiet: no music, and I wanted to think. An hour later, with a large scotch inside me, and another on the table, I sat. And thought lonely thoughts. Life could be pretty lousy at times. The secret, I guessed, was not ( Read more... )

Title: The Chlorinated Caper Unfolds
Word: spiffy
Challenger: elfie_elfie
Length: 200 words exactly The problem, she now realised, was family ( Read more... )

Title: Mind - A Dangerous Country
Word: execrable
Challenger: tulip_maria
Length: 200 words exactly The abuse had commenced ten minutes through the act and a legend arose that the comedian paused at one point, as if unsure whether or not to react. A smile was on her face though, as if she’d been expecting it ( Read more... )

Title: Thursday Morning Coffee
Word: beans
Challenger: abbie
Length: 200 words exactly He stood outside, enjoying the morning breeze. He lifted the large mug to his mouth, sipping the hot black coffee, tasting the slight bitterness. He remembered how she’d loved to make him coffee from Columbian beans. Not this morning though; this was instant - too ( Read more... )

Title: Silver Blue and Kisses
Word: serendipity
Challenger: rockoctopus
Length: 200 words exactly The scores were still to come, but she could feel the thump of her heart, and the blush on her face ( Read more... )