NEW FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE: Scarry Night

So I've been doing a ton of writing in long form for the past....Christ, I guess since October or so and haven't delved into writing any new short fiction for the exception of a few anthology pieces. Now don't get me wrong, I dig writing the long stuff. Once you get into a rhythm of churning out pages and pages with the same characters populating the storyline, it's hard to put it away.

But at the heart of my creative core, I'm a short story writer. I love the form, plus I can knock out a two or three thousand word piece in a day or two.

A thousand words or less is usually an hour or two of work for me if I'm feeling particularly motivated.

Now why, you ask, am I blathering on about my love of short fiction?

Well, because I miss it a little bit and I'm raring to throw down a piece of dirty old bastardized flash fiction.

Luckily, Patti Abbott has got the cure for my flash fiction blues. Here's what Patti has to say:

On Saturday night, we passed a young woman on the street who was talking to
her male companion and said, "I really don't mind the scars." A good start up
line for a little challenge perhaps? I looked for a picture to go with it
but:


1) They scarred (make that scared) me too much to post
2) I felt the pictures steered the story

So how about a 800 or so word story that contains that line in it? How
about an end date of February 28th? What do you think?


If you don't have a blog to post on, I'll post it here with mine. Just give
me a few days notice.

I say I'm in.

And if you want to participate, too, click right HERE to do so.