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Jumping Jesus – 100 Posts – A to Z Challenge

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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

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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

Excrement – A to Z Challenge

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E is for excrement on the path of life (okay, just on the path) I was out enjoying the spring weather my area of the planet is experiencing, with a nice walk around the lake. My pallid skin practically leapt off my bones to soak up some much-needed sun; my bed head rooster tail swayed … Continue reading Excrement – A to Z Challenge

Cubicles – A to Z Challenge

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The Cubicles Donna In cubicle C56.6, a tall, thick, fifty year-old woman with fuzzy hair the colour of morning urine sits clipping her fingernails. Click-snap, click-snap, preceded by the undeniable sound of nail fragments ricocheting off the desktop. Donna observes her fingernails: brittle with a yellowish hue and deep, vertically running ridges, especially her thumbnails. Her … Continue reading Cubicles – A to Z Challenge

Flash Fiction Challenge – Week Thirteen Submissions

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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

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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)

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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)