Plot #3

Sketch is the new flash fiction. This time our serious students of English Language & Literature at UFRN produced  some -awesome- plots and characters. Take a look at [the sketch without a title] and say what you think about it.

CHARACTERS DESCRIPTIONS:

Kyle - A patient at Dam Yzarc Psychiatric Hospital. He tends to believe in and even to make conspiratory theories. He is friend with Chris.

Chris  - Another patient at the hospital who is schizophrenic.

Andrew - A new patient at the hospital and a former successful businessman. He had a nervous collapse after losing a large amount of money at the stock market for having listened to some ‘voices’ in his head.

Sarah - A nurse at the hospital who hates her job. Her dream is to be a physician, but she didn’t pass the exams to enter Medical School.

Jack - Andrew’s cousin who is trying to get a loan from him.

PLOT

At Dam Yzarc Psychiatric Hospital Chris and Kyle meet and chat. Kyle says the nurse gave him some M&M’s, then Chris shows a display of tablets and tells they’re not M&M’s but buttons. Suddenly, Andrew is coming straight to them. Kyle warns Chris about Andrew being mad and dangerous, then Kyle and Chris start “acting naturally” (doing things that there’s nothing to do with natural acting). When Andrew comes closer, Chris and Kyle tell lame excuses and flee. In this moment, Sarah approaches him alongside Jack, Max’s relative.

Jack are chatting  (the visitor came to ask some money to Max) until the nurse comes back to end the visiting time. Chris and Kyle see the three of them leaving and start conniving about Andrew’s intentions to Jack and Sarah. Kyle tells Chris that Andrew has an evil plan to kill Jack. Chris and Kyle decide to save Jack by putting some “M&M’s” in Andrew’s glass for him to sleep. Jack drinks from Andrew’s glass by accident and drops unconscious. Sarah suddenly gets mad and starts screaming that Jack is her secret boyfriend. She leaves quickly telling the patients she’s gonna take care of them. When she comes back, she really “takes care” of them, then she goes away complaining about her job. Afterwards, Jack wakes up all alone and starts pitying himself.

Plot #2 - Dangeous and Dragons

Sketch is the new flash fiction. This time our serious students of English Language & Literature at UFRN produced  some -awesome- plots and characters. Take a look at Dangeous and Dragons and say what you think about it. Yup, this is a parody of the old cartoon “Dungeons and Dragons”. 

PLOT: The chosen kids finally went back to their world. Ten years had passed and they started to miss that world of fantasy. That feeling makes them get together after all these years and start to think of a way to come back to that different and yet amazing world.

Characters description

Daniella Marinho : Sheila
    She got married,had 3 kids and work as a pediatrician. The only one with a normal life  of the group,she tries to make the others see that come back to that world is impossible.

Claudinere Silva : Erick
    He used to live with his rich father and won everything that he wanted. But,his father company broke and Erick became poor and broke as well.(my father's name will be Marcos Matsunaga?)

Afonso Santos : Hank
    After he left the other world,he got really sad and started to eat lots of junk food. So,he became really fat.

Sander Felipe: Presto
    Missing the magic from the other realm, Presto now searches comfort in voodoo. He wants now to become the Master of Mages of this world.

Luíza Donata: Bob

In their way back to home something went wrong and Bob turned into a girl! Now he/she is discovering the new things of your life.

Nathália Silva: Diana
    After coming back, Diana couldn't find your place in this world, so she ran away from her house and now she’s involved with... you know... some other things.(Drugs)

Plot #1 - PTA meeting

Sketch is the new flash fiction. This time our serious students of English Language & Literature at UFRN produced  some -awesome- plots and characters. Take a look at PTA meeting and say what you think about it.

PTA meeting

In a PTA meeting at an Elementary School, a teacher and a few parents discuss some problems the kids are going through. A single mother arrives late and tries to fit in the conversation by accusing other parents, which generates an uncomfortable discussion among them all. However, the arriving-late-mom finds herself losing an argument against an annoying couple and another single parent. She ends up being called a negligent mother. After the huge conflict is created, the school principal is invited in by the teacher to solve the problem and put an end to the tension. The principal finds out that the alleged negligent mother is actually a little bit irresponsible, since she didn’t realize at first that she was in the wrong room: the PTA meeting was meant for parents of 1st graders, as opposed to her own child, who is in the 6th grade. The late mom leaves the room, and the principal brings up a sensitive subject that had been already discussed (not in a polite way) before.

Characters:

[Jorge] Mr. Clifford Prince (School principal) - A sensible, practical and very hard-working professional, who takes his job very seriously. He is very reasonable and he's always able and willing to solve predicaments.

[Monaliza] Alison Trumble (Teacher) - A sweet and kind elementary school teacher. She loves her job and loves to be around children. But she despises any kind of conflict, which makes her sort of a pushover.

[Raiza] Michaela Jackson (Single mother) - A single mother who is a little bitter towards men in general and also towards happy couples. Because of that, she can sometimes be a little rude to people and she doesn't really think twice before saying anything to them. She is not really skilled at the whole single-parenting thing.

[Leandro] Mr. Sentrygo Shepherd - A business man with a busy schedule. He loves his family very much, though and to compensate for the fact he can't always be with them he will do absolutely everything his wife and son ask him to do. He is usually a very calm person, except when someone says anything bad about his family.

[Vaneska] Mrs. Sandra Shepherd - A sort of obsessive compulsive housewife. She only cares for her husband and son and does not often show any kind of empathy or sympathy towards other people. She can also be a little oppressive sometimes.

[Ud] Robert "Bobby" Smith - A stay-at-home single father. He likes talking about his kids and has a great sense of humor, which not everybody understands. He is likely to be the one trying to make all bad situations funny. He can sometimes be a little bit annoying.

And the award for best story goes to...

..."Deep Wet Fire"! by Afonso Fatty, Jorge Cousin e Sander Jovi.

Congratulations, boys!

Afonso Fatty, Dr. Janaina Weissheimer, Jorge Cousin, and Sander Jovi

“HOLY SHIT!” someone screamed. That was the third victim of the day. Suddenly, there were nearly a dozen cases like that in only one week during the summer: people went to the sea, and when they returned to land, they had several burns in their skin. But the most recent victim saw something. Ian Gillan was swimming when he felt something nearby in the water, and saw what he thought it might be a fin. Ian said that the only thing he saw after that was smoke on the water. Nobody never found out anything about that fire spitting shark.

Final round: vote!

 Geek Love

“ I-I lo-love you, Amy”, I whispered. I couldn’t belive in my own words, I was declaring my love. I’ve always avoided people. But it was something about her. Love. It never meant anything to me but a stupid feeling. Genius don’t fall in love. But there I was telling her these words. Praying for her to say it back, “I love you, too, Sheldon”. I knew nothing about love, and she showed me the most important thing that I could’ve learned: it’s a feeling, not a subject, the most beautiful and magical of them, and I learned it from her.

 The Power of the Apple

“She deserves to die. After all, I am prettier than her." The Queen thought. "Magic mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?". Poor mirror, broken into pieces at the moment it said "Snow White". But the Queen would get her revenge. She hired the only man in the whole world who could poison that apple. And so he did, and they both got what they wanted. Snow White was gone and unexpectedly, the Queen and the man fell in love. Steve Jobs and the Queen got married, named their kingdom “Apple” and lived happily ever after.

Thriller

A little girl was sat closer to a lake. She was dressing a gray dress and she had a mysterious look. It was around midnight and then she stood up and started walking in lake direction. The water was pretty quiet, but suddenly began bubbling and a hole appeared in the lake. The girl disappeared into the hole. Then a boy begins crying, the mother comes and turn the tv off - thriller movies are too strong to a 9 years boy - She takes the boy in her arms and bring to his room. - Good night son -

The Breathtaking Morning

From the time Angélica woke up, she knew something was wrong. The kids were too quiet and Luciano wasn’t there. As she went down the stairs, she got more frightened. The lights were off but she could hear strange noises coming from the living room. She glanced at the kitchen’s clock. It was 7 am, which could only mean one thing: there were burglars in the house! “Has my family been hurt?!” Just as she dialed 911, her dad rushed through the door and everybody yelled: “Surprise!”. Since it was her birthday, her loving ones had prepared a special breakfast.

Deep Wet Fire

“HOLY SHIT!” someone screamed. That was the third victim of the day. Suddenly, there were nearly a dozen cases like that in only one week during the summer: people went to the sea, and when they returned to land, they had several burns in their skin. But the most recent victim saw something. Ian Gillan was swimming when he felt something nearby in the water, and saw what he thought it might be a fin. Ian said that the only thing he saw after that was smoke on the water. Nobody never found out anything about that fire spitting shark.

Mistake

Paul Sheldon is inside his car. While passing through a boulevard he sees a woman fighting a man. He runs over to save her. He punches the other man’s face, who says “You will regret this”. “Thank you for saving me. I’m Annie, would you like to come over to my place?” They smile at each other and then go to her house. She brings him a drink. They are talking about life when Paul starts to feel dizzy and collapses. Annie laughs and says: “You should have listened to that man, because now you are really going to regret saving me”.

Meet the flash writers

They are good-looking, they are sexy, they are nice, interesting people, they are serious students of English Language & Literature, and they write flash fiction! 

Ladies and gentlemen, ou flash writers in 2012.1:

In alphabetical order:

Claudinere Araújo da Silva

Daniella Marinho Horácio

Diego de Souza Alves

Erasmo Barreto da Silva

Helene Simonetti Bullio

Jorge Henrique Teotonio de Lima Melo

Larissa Karen Ribeiro Gomes

Leandro Magalhães Carlan

Luiz Afonso Lima dos Santos

Luiza Donata Torres de Oliveira

Marcos Breno de Souza Bezerra

Monaliza Mara Dantas

Nathália Rayane e Silva

Priscilla Kelly Sena de Medeiros

Raíza França Alves de Queiróz

Renata de Andrade Castro

Sander Felipe Gomes Basílio

Vaneska Oliveira Caldas

Vanessa Souto Batista

Youssef Ud Alighiere de Paiva Macena da Silva

Alice in snowland

It was Christmas. The streets were covered in snow. Alice was singing when she saw something hopping towards her. "Follow me" said the rabbit and she did. Church bells were ringing, like there was a funeral somewhere near. She got home and saw her family gathered together. "The bells. It's time to go to Alice's funeral" someone said. Suddenly, everything became dark. There only was a colorful umbrella. Its colors soon turned into a rainbow followed by a bright light. “Alice, wake up” her sister opened the curtains, revealing the brightest sun in the sky, and Alice saw the umbrella by the Christmas tree.

by Raíza Queiróz, Monaliza Dantas  and  Renata Castro

At last, the best

YOU voted and YOU decided, and the best flash fiction we have this time is:

ALICE IN SNOWLAND

Congratulations, girls!!!

Raíza Queiróz, Renata Castro, Professor Weissheimer, Monaliza Dantas

The contest: vote for the best story

Our flash authors are writing like crazy; they never stop. So it is time for a little competition. Take some time, enjoy the reading, and vote for the one which, in your opinion, is the nicest piece of flash fiction this time.

Alone at least

“Coming to this farmhouse was a great move”, said Brad. “No one will never find us here. At least we’ll have the privacy we’ve always wanted”. After so many years being constantly watched, silence was a blessing. Just then, Angelina heard the helicopters. “We have to go, they’ve found us”. Brad was as pale as a ghost. “All of them?! We won’t have a chance!” “Come on, maybe if we leave now we can still escape”. As they approached the door, they heard the voices. “It’s too late. We’ll have to face them”. And then their wedding celebration finally began.

Natural Born Helper

The neighbor plays “All By Myself” all night long, the woman next door can’t take this anymore. Ms. Knox just wanted some sleep, but now, he’ll enter an eternal slumber. Dressed to kill, she brought down his door. She heard the noise of a chair falling. Entering the room, Mallory sees the man trying to hang himself. She uses her knife to cut the rope, maybe was it compassion in Mallory’s heart? “My wife died three days ago, I wanna meet her in heaven.” Mallory replies: “You will meet her there, but not by yourself”, and her dress turns red.

Alice in snowland

It was Christmas. The streets were covered in snow. Alice was singing when she saw something hopping towards her. "Follow me" said the rabbit and she did. Church bells were ringing, like there was a funeral somewhere near. She got home and saw her family gathered together. "The bells. It's time to go to Alice's funeral" someone said. Suddenly, everything became dark. There only was a colorful umbrella. Its colors soon turned into a rainbow followed by a bright light. “Alice, wake up” her sister opened the curtains, revealing the brightest sun in the sky, and Alice saw the umbrella by the Christmas tree.

Eating Bad Stuff

She didn’t tell anybody about it, but the will was uncontrollable. She had always loved the stories her father used to tell her, that man made of iron was incredible. He was the most fascinating hero she’d heard about. They were alike in some way. So, she kept it in her mind: “I have to meet him. I have to tell him how it’s strong. Then she realised: “Would I kill him?”. Face to face, now she knows the answer: she can’t control herself when she sees a metal. She wants to touch it. She wants to feel it. She wants to EAT it.       

The apocalipse brought by a child 

What is she doing? Said the little fat boy, the boy with the jacket show a hand signal, your friend says what’s this? The children seem to be in a trance, following the girl calling your name “Lucy fear”. The girl in red jumps from the hill, The children’s look, the cliff is getting closer and closer, when a hand appears and tries to pull children, it's Satan, he was chained in the abyss, the man in black arises and say: “Asta la Vista, Baby”, shot in the head, Satan dropped in like fire, and the man save the children.

Mr. & Mrs. Watson (reloaded post)

"Thanks, Mr. Holmes", said Beatrix Watson while she walked me out the door. Her husband had been lying as to his whereabouts. I followed Bill Watson to Buckingham Palace, where he asked some Mr. Beans where to find a Hanzo Sword. Mrs. Watson would have been disappointed. So many more creative ways to kill. "She knows", I said when he turned around. He smiled. We drove back to their mansion and I was disappointed to not have been there when I heard a gun fire. Beatrix came out and said "Drive". "Elementary, my dear Watson" was all I said.

Ok, this story got the award for Best Flash Fiction some time ago, and it already has a post.  But now it has got a nice image to help us with the allusions, so it deserves a reloaded post, doesn't it? Oh yes, it does!

Tag’s Life

After a wonderful day, she’s going back to the hotel. It’s night and she faces a strange feeling. Only few lights are on, it's difficult to see. She can listen awkward sounds. It's chilly, she’s shivering but she keeps going. She feels eyes on her back, her heart beats faster and faster, lights pass by like comets. She falls, her ankle’s wrenched, she can't run and she knows that the time goes by. He’s getting closer and closer. It's difficult but she stands up and when she turns around he jumps on her and licks her cheeks. That's it, her dog won the tag game.

Story written by:

Renata de Andrade Castro

Leandro Magalhães Carlan

Fabulous Mommy Cook

Once upon a time, in a distant kingdom, there was a cook, Elizabeth, who loved cooking for her children. For them, she was the best cook in the world. They were fatty like mini balls because of her delicious food. She could make everything taste good with her secret ingredient. Everyone would like to have it. One day, a terrible woman tried to steal the ingredient. But she couldn’t, because the children managed to arrive on time to prevent the theft. The woman was arrested and the kingdom lived happily forever.


Story written by:

Nathália Rayane e Silva

Luiza Donata Torres de Oliveira

Daniella Marinho Horácio

Erasmo Barreto da Silva

Vanessa Souto Batista

A big mistake

Yesterday my friend invited me to go to Grafith. He told me he would pick me up at home. I wore a red mini-skirt, a silver blouse and high heels. I was really excited to go to the Grafith concert. When he arrived he looked at me very impressed, but didn’t say anything. After five minutes the car stopped and we walked to a big place, when i opened the door i saw we weren’t at a party, but in one exhibition of paintings by a Polish painter called Krystian Grafith. That was the most embarrassing moment of my life.

Story written by:
Diego de Souza Alves
Helene Simonetti Bullio
Youssef Ud Alighiere de Paiva Macena da Silva

The final request

“Mom, I’m home”, Malcolm said. He went on: “Something’s happened, I need you to come with me”. “Where to?” I asked. “Just come, it’s important”. I drove for about an hour. Then I realized there had been a horrible accident. I stopped the car. “Gosh, Malcolm, why are we here?” “Let’s go out”, he replied. We got closer and I saw a familiar man’s figure. It was Malcolm, lying still and covered with blood. I screamed. “It’s just not possible! My little boy...” “Mommy, just cremate my body and throw my ashes in the sea. I love you”, he whispered.

Story written by:

Vaneska Oliveira Caldas

Priscilla Kelly Sena de Medeiros

Larissa Karen Ribeiro Gomes

Inner discovery

Emerged from the bushes, the stalker knew the other wasn’t home. He knew almost everything about his prey, but “almost” wasn’t enough knowledge and there he was. He silently broke the window and sneaked into the house, trying not to move anything, leave no traces behind. Once in the bedroom, he took a long look around, as he knew the next step would lead him to a great discovery on the other’s life, and opened the secret drawer. Now, with the secret files in his hands, mister Bates would finally learn everything about the other half of his split personality.

Story written by:

Jorge Henrique Teotonio de Lima Melo

Luiz Afonso Lima dos Santos

Sander Felipe Gomes Basílio

Marcos Breno de Souza Bezerra

FLASH FICTION STORIES 2012.1 – FIRST CONTEST

Monaliza Mara Dantas, Raíza França Alves de Queiróz, 

Professor Janaina Weissheimer and Claudinere Araújo da Silva

Mr. & Mrs. Watson

"Thanks, Mr. Holmes", said Beatrix Watson while she walked me out the door. Her husband had been lying as to his whereabouts. I followed Bill Watson to Buckingham Palace, where he asked some Mr. Beans where to find a Hanzo Sword. Mrs. Watson would have been disappointed. So many more creative ways to kill. "She knows", I said when he turned around. He smiled. We drove back to their mansion and I was disappointed to not have been there when I heard a gun fire. Beatrix came out and said "Drive". "Elementary, my dear Watson" was all I said.

A warm welcome to our 2012 flashwriters, and congratulations to the winners of the first in-class contest!

Flash Fiction 2012 - Embarrassing phrase

Sarah goes out of the bathroom hastily.“I have to arrive at the airport on time!”, she thinks. “David can’t take that airplane before I talk to him!” Wearing pajamas and a robe she runs through the streets. She takes a cab, a subway and another cab after. “‘I won’t let him go away that way!” In the airport, she looks for him everywhere. Suddenly, the girl finds David in the departure gate. “David, wait! Don’t go!” “Sarah?!? But...what are you doing here?” “I have a thing to tell you!”, she says. “What is so important?” She looks around. People are watching the unusual scene. “How can I say it with this crowd here?”. she thinks. “Tell me, Sarah! Now!” Sarah breathes deeply and says: “You forgot your toothbrush!”