Reader Flash – Share Your Own Story

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May has been Unbelievable! Now it’s your turn. We’d love you to share your own flash fiction inspired by our unbelievable theme. In no more than about 200 words share a story that explores the good, the bad, or the ugly side of things beyond belief.  Fiction or non – your choice.

Show us your writing chops. Post anonymously if you want, but keep it PG-13 rated. A good test is to ask yourself if you would be comfortable reading it to your teenager.

Leave your story in the comments and feel free to leave encouraging comments for other flashers! Each story and comment gives you another entry into our May Giveaway.

Let's Talk About the Unbelievable

I lived in Southern California. Flew to Maui for vacation. Traveled by schooner to the island of Molokai. (Through the worst trade winds in years and I get seasick on a rolling chair. Ugh. Anyway…) Rode in a Jeep up to the top of the mountain to visit a macadamia nut farm. During the presentation on how they grow and harvest the nuts I heard a couple people talking with heavy Mid-western accents. I asked, “Are you from Wisconsin?” They replied, “Yes. Brown Deer.”

I grew up in Brown Deer. The population of Brown Deer when I moved away in 1980 was 12,582 – it pretty much still is. It completely floored me that I was standing on top of a mountain on the island of Molokai talking to people from Brown Deer. What are the odds of that?

My husband traveled from our home in Oregon to Baltimore for work. A friend of ours, who lives in Southern California was in Washington DC on a business trip, but had to attend an event in Baltimore that night. They both checked in on Facebook and saw they were in the same town and made arrangements to stop and visit over a quick cup of coffee.

Those kinds of coincidences are unbelievable to me. Everything that had to line up so they were even discovered is pretty unbelievable.

What sort of events, coincidences, or happenstance have you been involved in or witnessed that left you gaping in wonder? Don't forget that each comment on our posts this month enters you into the drawing for a gift card. Click on the May Giveaway link above for details, but really, it's simple...leave a comment! 

Reader Flash – Share Your Own Story

Now it’s your turn. We invite you to share your own flash fiction inspired by the New Growth of spring, of relationships, of...heck, hair - if that's what inspires you! In no more than about 200 words share a story that explores the good, the bad or the ugly side of growth.

Show us your writing chops. Post anonymously if you want, but keep it PG-13 rated. A good test is to ask yourself if you would want to read it to your teenager.

Leave your story in the comments and feel free to leave encouraging comments for other flashers! 

Reader Flash – Share Your Own Story

Now it’s your turn. We’d love you to share your own flash fiction inspired by luck, fate or karma. In no more than about 200 words share a story that explores the good, the bad, or the ugly side of things outside your control.  Are you feeling lucky?

Show us your writing chops. Post anonymously if you want, but keep it PG-13 rated. A good test is to ask yourself if you would want to read it to your teenager.

Leave your story in the comments and feel free to leave encouraging comments for other flashers! 

Reader Flash - Share Your Own Story

Now it’s your turn. We’d love for you to share your own LOVE inspired flash fiction. In no more than about 200 words share a story of first love, crush, unrequited love, or broken-hearts.  Make us fall in or out of love with you.

Show us your writing chops. Post anonymously if you want, but keep it PG-13 rated. A good test is to ask yourself if you would want to read it to your teenager.

Leave your story in the comments and feel free to leave encouraging comments for other flashers!

Time to Talk Love

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Because LIGHTNING QUICK READS is a themed, blog we like to encourage discussion about the monthly theme. To encourage some give and take, we raise a few questions of our own that we'd love to hear your input on, but we want you to feel comfortable to ask a question of your own. So, let's talk about love!

IS TEEN LOVE 'REAL'?

This is a discussion I had with my daughter a few times when she was younger. I never, ever wanted to dismiss her feelings or belittle them, but I felt it was important to explain that I believed the love a teenager experiences isn't the same love they will experience as an adult. I do think teenagers can fall in love. BUT I don't believe the love we fall into as a teenagers is the same kind of love needed to endure without some growth and maturity. There are so many life events that teach us to value our love, loss, struggle, helplessness - just to name a few.

What do you think about teen love? Go ahead and throw tomatoes if you feel I deserve it, but tell us how you feel about teenage love. Real or pretend?

Reader Flash - Share Your Own Story

Now it’s your turn. We’d love you to share your own GOALS inspired flash fiction. Usually flash is up to 100 words, but we understand all too well how difficult it can be sometimes to stay within those limits, so how about we allow up to 200 words.

Show us your writing chops. Post anonymously if you want, but keep it PG-13 rated. A good test is to ask yourself if you would want to read it to your teenager.

Leave your story in the comments and feel free to leave encouraging comments for other flashers! 

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Return on January 27th for Stuart R. West's GOALS inspired short.