K is for Kryptonite This post is playing double duty: the A to Z Challenge and the Flash Fiction Challenge. Check it out! It's fun, but on to the main event. K is for Kryptonite Bill Posten could hardly believe his eyes when the first envelope addressed to Mail Away Inc. showed up under the … Continue reading Kryptonite – A to Z Challenge
J is for Jumping Jesus, I've Reached 100 Posts! Six months and 100 posts on Thain in Vain! Not sure if these numbers are impressive in the grand scheme of blog posts, but they are to me! Starting this blog was a way for me to actually write instead of just thinking about writing. I … Continue reading Jumping Jesus – 100 Posts – A to Z Challenge
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week fourteen submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week fifteen flash fiction by April 16, 2014! Each Wednesday, post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. Week Fifteen Prompt: A desperate man comes up with a unique way to make some extra cash. … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt Fifteen
The FFC week twelve submissions are in! Some of us are busy with the craziness called A to Z Challenge and Camp NaNoWrimo, but we're still slogging away to bring you our weekly flash fiction! There is still wacky talk about publishing a flash fiction book (bathroom or otherwise) at the end of our 52 … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week Fourteen Submissions
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week thirteen submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week fourteen flash fiction by April 9, 2014! Each Wednesday, post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. Week Fourteen Prompt: Oh, I'll propose a toast to the happy couple, all right. Want to be … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt Fourteen
The FFC week twelve submissions are in! Some of us are busy with the craziness called A to Z Challenge, but we're still slogging away to bring you our weekly flash fiction! There is still wacky talk about publishing a flash fiction book (bathroom or otherwise) at the end of our 52 weeks! Imagine being … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week Thirteen Submissions
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
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
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)
Flash Fiction Challenge! Week eleven submissions are in! Check them out! Submit your week twelve flash fiction by March 26, 2014! Each Wednesday, post a link to your submission in the comments section of the corresponding weekly prompt. Week Twelve Prompt: Suffering a mid-life crisis, a man on the eve of his fiftieth birthday quits … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Prompt Twelve
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