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Natural Progression or Forced Evolution

I mentioned last week that I was reading Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey in preparation for its release as a TV series on the SyFy channel. With only a few chapters to go, I went ahead and watched the first two episodes of The Expanse. I can’t tell you how glad I am I read the book first. Being a great lover of science fiction does not make me an instant fan of all things spacey, futuristic,…

December Tales: Jot this down

A friend advised me a while back that the flash fiction contest is so limiting already, writing for a prompt that’s a phrase instead of a single word is too challenging. December Tales contest is meant to give you a writing break during the hustle and bustle so we will keep it simple AND encourage some holiday cheer. Write for us this third week of December, in 300 words or less, a little…

December Tales Week Two Results

Good morning, Flames! We are having an unseasonable holiday season down here in South Florida. We’ve had a day or two in the upper sixties (which was soooo nice), but this week they are predicting mid-eighties. I guess there won’t be any snow for Christmas. I hope your winter is going a bit more as expected. Ayumidah responded to our prompt of “You are our only hope.” this week. She also…

December Tales: Shake the dust off

Hello again, With December being a busy month for many, we are offering stand-alone contests each week of December. Your response to this week’s prompt should be turned in by Sunday, December 13th before 11:45pm (EST). In 300 words or less I challenge you to write a tale with the theme “You are our only hope.” You may submit up to three entries for the contest as long as they are newly written…

A Snicker of Book Review

Good morning, Flames. Let’s talk about books. Today I listened to the last of A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd. It is a spindiddly children’s book that left me feeling happy and enchanted. Even at my advanced middle age I still love kid’s books. It’s the magic they offer and I don’t just mean hocus pocus. Favorite poet of the Flame, Robert Okaji, told us in his interview that it is a poet’s…

December Tales: Fingers at the ready?

Good morning, Flames and all other interested parties! Today is the first day of December and the first day of a new series of prompts and writing challenges. Since this is a busy month for many we will offer stand-alone contests each week of December. Your response to this week’s prompt should be turned in on Sunday, December 6th by 11:45pm (EST). In 300 words or less I challenge you to write a…

November Reading List: Arrivals

Happy NaNoWriMo to those who are crunching the last few words into their 50k. I know our very own cedarwolfsinger surpassed her goal this month; I hope you did too. Arrivals only had one entry submitted so there will be no voting, but help us share some feedback and support for ayumidah who shared the following story for the prompt. If you have trouble commenting on dreamwidth, comment here and…

Recently I’ve been binging on a TV series called The 100. It has an interesting premise — humans made the Earth uninhabitable through use of nuclear weapons, but far enough in the future that there were a few hundred people living in orbit on various stations. Those humans banded together both metaphorically and mechanically to preserve the species. The plan was to live in space (in orbit) until…