How to Lose Your Winter Weight in Four Easy Steps

Winter weight gain is common problem among those us who have to live through a soul sucking winter. It's inevitable that a crap load of few pounds crept onto our frames over the winter. Not to worry. Thain in Vain is here to help you shed those few pounds! Step 1 - Research There are … Continue reading How to Lose Your Winter Weight in Four Easy Steps

Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt Thirteen

Flash Fiction Challenge! Week twelve submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week thirteen flash fiction by April 1, 2014! Each Wednesday, post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. This week's prompt is brought to you by Swirls of Truth! Be sure to check our her … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt Thirteen

Flash Fiction Challenge – Week Twelve Submissions

The FFC week twelve submissions are in! Three months have gone by and I can say writing a story every week has pushed aside that critical inner editor who would barely let a sentence get down on paper before trying to revise. He's gone nighty night for awhile. There is still wacky talk about publishing … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week Twelve Submissions

The Summer of the Wasp (FFC52)

Flash Fiction Challenge Writing prompt: "Suffering a mid-life crisis, a man on the eve of his fiftieth birthday quits his job and goes on a quest to “get the band back together.” "Summer of the Wasp" By Thain in Vain Blake Cleary had a sobering thought while pissing in the urinal in the employee washroom. You simply … Continue reading The Summer of the Wasp (FFC52)