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#fridayflash: Nellie's Web

(Image: Luc Viatour)by Lily MulhollandNellie was becoming a little tired of Wilbur. Take, take, take. He never gave her anything except a growing list of words he wanted her to weave. Well she’d fix...

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Published: Positive Words

I'm very happy to report that one of my early pieces of flash fiction, The Waiting Game, has been published in the February 2010 edition of Positive Words (ISSN 1447 3720), a little writing magazine...

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#fridayflash: She might just disappear

Image by SatuSuroBy Lily MulhollandShe thinks if she stares long enough at the sea she might just disappear. Beautiful once, the tides of loss have hollowed her skin with the painstaking care of a...

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#fridayflash: Not a single ripple

(Image: Common-pics)By Lily MulhollandThe surface tension of the dark pond pulled the small, upturned yellow leaf toward others similarly caught, hostages of Mother Nature. Hunched on a coal-black rock...

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#fridayflash: The Crystal Set

Image: BadseedBy Lily MulhollandJessie scraped at the verdigris on the bronze art deco sculpture with her thumbnail. Visiting granddad was like going to a museum, only this time she could touch. She...

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In good company

I'm thrilled to have one of my stories published in a real-live, used-to-be-a-tree, crisp-when-you-turn-em-pages book! Not only is that very exciting (it's my first), but some of my writing friends are...

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#fridayflash: Sacrilege

Warning: this Fridayflash is not for the easily offended.~~~~~~~~~By Lily MulhollandIt's kind of ironic that I ended up in the job I'm in. I have a very low pain threshhold. But, someone's got to do...

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#fridayflash: Fire dance

(Image: Espencat)By Lily MulhollandPlease contact me if you would like to read this story. I have pulled it to rework for submission.

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#fridayflash: No way out

(Image: Nevit)By Lily MulhollandIt winds down upon itself, doubling back, coiling and uncoiling, seeking out an alternative path, all the while descending relentlessly. Probing, searching for light in...

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#fridayflash: Shop of Horrors

And now for something completely different...or light and easy at any rate!Image: JimShop of HorrorsBy Lily MulhollandCarly looked down at the shopping list, wondering why John was always so goddamned...

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#fridayflash: The Insurance Policy

I wrote this short for Laurita's Seaside Flash Fiction Contest over at Brain Droppings. It didn't win, so here's a ready-made #fridayflash for this week.P.S. I loved her competition so much that I...

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#fridayflash: Across the Ocean

For this week's #fridayflash, I most happily direct you to Laurita Miller's blog for my Seaside Flash contest-winning entry, 'Across the Ocean'. She and I are separated by many oceans - actually I...

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One-year anniversary of #fridayflash

From little things, big things grow, said Paul Kelly and no, he wasn't actually describing #fridayflash - but he could have been! The Friday flash fiction movement, kicked off by Jon Strother has...

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#fridayflash: Butcher's Apprentice

I have a little story, 'Butcher's Apprentice', appearing this month at Negative Suck, which is doing double duty as my #fridayflash this week! While you're over at Negative Suck, don't forget to check...

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#fridayflash: 'Last Man Standing'

Head on over to AntipodeanSF for this week's #fridayflash story, 'Last Man Standing'. Cheers!

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#fridayflash: Just Drive

Well hello there. After a short break, I have finally written a piece of flash fiction. This one was inspired by this week's [Fiction] Friday prompt over at Write Anything: Pick two established...

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Best of Friday Flash Vol 1 - out now!

It's a big day for flash fiction! Today marks the release of volume one of Best of Friday Flash - a collection of the best flash fiction on the internet in the first year of #fridayflash. I am thrilled...

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Dog Days of Summer competition winners announced

Flasher extraordinaire Michael J Solender (of Not From Here, Are You? fame) has announced the winner of his Dog Days of Summer 2010 competition. Future Nostalgic‘s Sam Adamson took out the Grand Prize,...

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#fridayflash: Skin Therapy

Congrats to all the #fridayflash crowd whose stories made the 50 Stories for Pakistan longlist. Mine didn't, so here 'tis - it's been a while!Skin TherapyLily MulhollandDr Harold Kinsella, Harry to his...

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Chinese Whisperings: The Yin and Yang Books

The Yin and Yang Book eBook(s) have been published. Go and buy them now!22 fabulous stories from 22 writers from around the world, including yours truly - my story 'Double Talk' appears in The Yin...

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