‘We chanted like harmonic toads.’ Today’s recommendation, this micro masterpiece from @sharontelfer.bsky.social, reprinted in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social’s 2021 FlashFlood 🪑 flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2021/06/how-... - ThreadSky

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social • 35 days ago

‘We chanted like harmonic toads.’

Today’s recommendation, this micro masterpiece from @sharontelfer.bsky.social, reprinted in @natflashfictionday.bsky.social’s 2021 FlashFlood 🪑

https://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2021/06/how-i-live-now-demons-have-gone-by.html

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sharontelfer.bsky.social•23 days ago

Thanks so much for posting this piece, James. It's one of my favourites though doesn't get much of an airing. (Someone once described it as 'hilarious', and the reader sees what the reader see, but still...) Sorry for late acknowledgement - been offline for a bit. Will work through your list.

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•23 days ago

It’s one of my favourites of yours, too! As well as By Ear, but I couldn’t find that one online 🙃

sharontelfer.bsky.social•23 days ago

Oh that's going back a bit. Don't think that's ever been published anywhere other than my collection. A print exclusive!

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•35 days ago

‘My children found my old Universe in a Box.’

Next up, this cosmic wonder from Neil Clark in @splonk.bsky.social ✨

Less than 2 weeks until the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social Micro Fiction Competition deadline! This is not a drill 🚨🚨🚨 Get drafting!

https://splonk.ie/2020/06/01/universe-in-a-box-neil-clark/

ncmaha.bsky.social•32 days ago

Love the deceptively effortless style of this one! Thank you for recommending so many good stories :)

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•32 days ago

My pleasure NC, it brightens up my mornings every day thinking of which ones to share 🙂 Neil’s such a talented writer - here’s one of his longer pieces in @molotovlitzine.bsky.social that you may like to read… 🐉

https://themolotovcocktail.com/about/archive-vols-1-3/vol-12/flash-monster-2021/mountains-bones/

ncmaha.bsky.social•32 days ago

I loved this! Sad but hopeful is how the world feels right now, and this story on generational trauma resonates deeply. Thank you for recommending @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social !

ncmaha.bsky.social•32 days ago

so kind of you! looking forward to reading it!! 💜

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•34 days ago

‘Every time a plane passes…’

If any micro can show you how much heavy-lifting a good title can do, it’s this one from @jaredpovanda.bsky.social in @havehashad.com. The story is just 13 words - but I promise it’ll stay with you… ✈️

You’ve got until 15th Feb! ✍️

https://www.havehashad.com/hadposts/lost-in-the-woods-for-37-days-a-dying-man-looks-to-the-sky-and-tries-to-find-god

julzywrites.bsky.social•33 days ago

Holy crap. 👏

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•33 days ago

Isn’t it brilliant?!

julzywrites.bsky.social•33 days ago

Yes!!! I’m so glad I saw your post!

bronwengriffiths.bsky.social•33 days ago

That's fabulous - hadn't read it before. Thanks for posting

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•33 days ago

It’s so good, isn’t it? A whole story in a title and sentence. Wonderful stuff 👏

jaredpovanda.bsky.social•33 days ago

Oh, wow! Thank you for sharing and the kind words! I'm so pleased this story still has wings.

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•33 days ago

It’s always stayed with me, Jared. I feel like I remember you saying it was much longer to begin with, and you just kept cutting it and cutting it…? It definitely still has wings! 🪽

jaredpovanda.bsky.social•33 days ago

Yes! It was over 2000 words at one point, then it became a flash, and after a few iterations of the story at that length, I decided to chop most of it.

(I'm trilled to hear that, James. Thank you!)

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•33 days ago

‘But the imagined lives of these eight kobiety – their high-heeled feet, bare legs, short skirts and shorter coats – fill my world.’

Such a vivid portrayal of a scene in this @natflashfictionday.bsky.social micro from @uksherka.bsky.social ❄️

https://www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/competition/2022-microfiction-results/

uksherka.bsky.social•32 days ago

Thanks for the shout-out lovely 😘!

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•32 days ago

Of course! I love this one.

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•32 days ago

‘He was free-range organic, farm fresh. Howdy Ma’am!’

@francesgapper.bsky.social has some zingers, but this voice-driven gem in @janusliterary.bsky.social is one of my favourites 🐓

10 days left! Write it now so you can review, edit, get feedback… ✍️

https://www.blog.janusliterary.com/2021/02/25/frances-gapper-my-rooster-booster/

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•31 days ago

‘I don’t know why we hung out in the cemetery, tank tops dusting mausoleum walls in the sleepy heat…’

Next up, this fleeting moment of vulnerability from K. S. Dyal in The Citron Review 🪦 Another brilliant story to inspire you for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social.

https://citronreview.com/2022/09/23/forest-lawn/

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•30 days ago

‘We set off, not knowing it’s our last year of mental maths…’

We’re back in 100 Word Story today, with this excellent micro from @chriscottom.bsky.social. This word count is so well-suited to extended metaphors, as Chris so effortlessly demonstrates… ➗

https://100wordstory.org/summer-of-sums/

francesgapper.bsky.social•31 days ago

Thanks so much, James - I'd forgotten all about this one! 🐓

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•31 days ago

Well I hadn’t! 😁 So good to revisit.

esfletcher.bsky.social•33 days ago

One of my all-time faves.

jamesmontgomery.bsky.social•33 days ago

👏👏

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