Just submit your story. What is there to lose? Don’t have a story? Everyone has a story. Ask yourself: “What if?” What if I were lost in the desert? What if this flower were poisonous? What if I created a garden of poisonous plants? What if an intruder walked through the garden? What if he touched the lovely … Read More
What is Hint Fiction?
“A story of twenty-five words or fewer can have as much impact as a story of twenty-five hundred words or longer.” Editor Robert Swartwood in his anthology of hint fiction named… “hint fiction” Through just a few concise words, a hint fiction suggests a much larger picture or “chain of events.” Such writing is a challenge in brevity and the … Read More
Mobius Beach by Dale Syfert
Thank you to one of my blog followers, Dale Syfert, for his story. Dale wrote this little tale in response to my request for tales about the islands. As promised, I am posting his story. Nice microfiction, Dale. Thanks for sending. MOBIUS BEACH by Dale Syfert The crunch as the wing of the downed aircraft washed onto the beach … Read More
Looking at desert art and dots dots dots
Patterns of dots are used to represent traditional aboriginal stories such as food-gathering. Colored dots, side-by-side, or dots on dots, create multidimensional pictures of life, movement or landscape. e.g. dots of scrub, sand, hills and rocks. Fly over inner Australia and the landscape elements look like dots…. how did they know that? Imagine your story as a painting. The words … Read More
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Australian Aboriginals and American Indians Honored their Land
Chief Joseph quoted the following: ” My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white men…. He said “My son….when I am gone…you are the chief of these people…. Always remember that your father never sold his country…. This country holds your father’s body. Never sell the bones of your father and mother.” “I pressed my … Read More
The Stories the People Tell…
Australian aboriginals believe in a creation time when great spirits in the form of serpents, half humans and animals roamed the earth. They created the rocks, the trees and the people. These creatures were known as “the ancestors” and taught their descendants the rituals and symbols used today in body painting. In my short tale collection “Fifty Tales from … Read More
Define A Tall Tale
Write a “tall tale” about what happened to you on this island in two hundred and fifty words or less. Flash writing is about simplicity. Send it to me and I will post the best one. Define a ‘tall tale.” Did you know that Australian short fiction originated from the tall tales of bush-rangers and other early writers of the … Read More
Alice Munro said …
“Anecdotes don’t make good stories. Generally I dig down underneath them so far that the story that finally comes out is not what people thought their anecdotes were about.” Alice Munro What is the difference between an anecdote and a story?
Quotes and a question mark?
Is there anyone out there who knows the answer? Is it: “Are you leaving this evening, John?” she asked. (small “s”) OR: “Are you leaving this evening, John?” She asked. (capital “S”) The second version separates the two as separate entities and actions. (1. The question. 2. She asked.) Does anyone know which is correct?