Flash in the Pan

This page is dedicated to the M3 flash fiction challenge, Flash in the Pan. Weekly prompts produce the flash fiction you will find on the FTP pages. If you like the short, quick to read and convey messages type of writing, you are home. Pull up a rocker and grab a cuppa. You will be finished before it is cold.

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Reading

Clicking the main flash words will bring you to the M3 offering (and the word limit). Other blogs participating are listed below the flash word.

How to Join

Each flash begins with a single word. It should fit into the quarterly theme of Disturbed. The word must be used exactly as listed. All flashes must stand alone to be accepted. If you would like to join:

  • Create your flash according to the guidelines in the post.
  • Link back to the Flash in the Pan with the matching word.*
  • Link back to this page if you are working ahead.*
  • Check back here to see your post beneath the corresponding word.

When you link back to M3, always use the URL of the post corresponding to your flash or the URL of this page. Do not use M3’s homepage, as your piece will not be found. Doing that does not provide a pingback to your blog. If your blog is on a non-WordPress platform, please email a link to your flash.

 Entries are not automatically eligible.

Pages containing all of the flashes together (or multiple entries) will be disqualified. There is no poetry in FTP. Stories should not be clips from a longer work. Flashes should not be serial. Please follow the instructions on this page to be considered.

*Blog Not Necessary

If you do not have a blog but still want to be published in this edition of Flash in the Pan, send your flash (sans HTML) with word count to the editor’s box. You will get a response for acceptance and a care package. A link will appear under the corresponding words for all authors who appear only in the book.

All of this quarter’s flash words and limits are available for those who would like to get ahead or want to be first! The flash fiction pieces featured here will be in the quarterly edition of Flash in the Pan.

Only 250 flashes will make it into the book. Do not miss the deadline!

Happy Flashing!

Now, let’s get flashing!

Delusional (100)

The Aware Writer by John

Fi’s Thoughts by Fi

Gail Thornton’s World by Gail

An Honest Day or Two by Didi

Liquid Poet by Ryan

Odds and Ends by Laurie

On the Edge by Gray

QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val

Rants & Raves by Grant

Rob’s Surf Report by Rob

Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Wizard’s Word by Susan

Loco (100)

Gail Thornton’s World by Gail

How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess

Liquid Poet by Ryan

Odds and Ends by Laurie

QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val

Rob’s Surf Report by Rob

Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Wizard’s Word by Susan

Mind (100)

Gail Thornton’s World by Gail

An Honest Day or Two by Didi

How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess

Liquid Poet by Ryan

Odds and Ends by Laurie

On the Edge by Gray

QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val

Rants & Raves by Grant

Rob’s Surf Report by Rob

Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Uncharted Territory by Samoht

Wizard’s Word by Susan

Deranged (100)

Gail Thornton’s World by Gail

How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess

Liquid Poet by Ryan

On the Edge by Gray

QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val

Rob’s Surf Report by Rob

Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Wizard’s Word by Susan

Erratic (75)

Gail Thornton’s World by Gail

An Honest Day or Two by Didi

Liquid Poet by Ryan

On the Edge by Gray

QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val

Rob’s Surf Report by Rob

Running Naked with Scissors by Lizzie

Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Uncharted Territory by Samoht

Wizard’s Word by Susan

Level (75)

How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess

Liquid Poet by Ryan

Odds and Ends by Laurie

On the Edge by Gray

QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val

Rob’s Surf Report by Rob

Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Mad (75)

An Honest Day or Two by Didi

How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess

Liquid Poet by Ryan

Odds and Ends by Laurie

Rob’s Surf Report by Rob

QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val

Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Wizard’s Word by Susan

Delirious (75)

How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess

Odds and Ends by Laurie

QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val

Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Irrational (150)

How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess

On the Edge by Gray

Odds and Ends by Laurie

Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Lunatic (150)

How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess

Odds and Ends by Laurie

On the Edge by Gray

QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val

Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Mental (150)

How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess

Odds and Ends by Laurie

On the Edge by Gray

QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Demented (150)

How Cookie Crumbles by Tess

On the Edge by Gray

QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Obsessed (150)

How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess

On the Edge by Gray

Odds and Ends by Laurie

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Wizard’s Word by Susan

Hot Flashes

Cracked (50)

The Aware Writer by John

How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess

Liquid Poet by Ryan

Odds and Ends by Laurie

Okay, What If? by Funny, Too

On the Edge by Gray

Rob’s Surf Report by Rob

A Short a Day by Erica

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Wizard’s Word by Susan

Crazed (50)

An Honest Day or Two by Didi

How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess

Liquid Poet by Ryan

On the Edge by Gray

Rob’s Surf Report by Rob

A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret

Wizard’s Word by Susan

Compulsive (50)

On the Edge by Gray

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