Saturday, April 21, 2012 2 comentários

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.



Friday, April 20, 2012 0 comentários

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!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 0 comentários

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

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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


Thursday, April 5, 2012 0 comentários

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
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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

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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

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 4 comentários

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!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 0 comentários

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!”
 
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