Hot Flashes are tiny little stories–fireflies for your mind–usually of no more than 50 words, including the titles. Every month, I post a new one. Scroll down to see the previous ones.
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August HOT FLASH
Waves
She was always happiest at the seaside. Met Denis there, married there, hoped to take kids there.
Now, a childless widow, she went alone. She swam until she could swim no farther, turned, and waved a cheery goodbye to it all.
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MA’s Monthly Hot Flashes: 2002-2009 are…is…now available in electronic formats–for Kindle (text-to-speech enabled) at Amazon and in many other formats, including text and .rtf at Smashwords, as a Nook book and at iTunes. Price = $0.99
Review by: donna crow on May. 21, 2010
Marian Allen’s Hot Flashes are a delight. A complete short story in just a few lines: a conversation, a sketch of a scene or a character and then, the stinger in the tail. (tale?)
Flash fiction is to a short story what Haiku is to epic poetry.
Donna Fletcher Crow
author of The Monastery Murder Series
.Want to give the folks behind you in line something to do? Visit the store to put a year’s worth of MA’s Hot Flashes on the back of your shirt! Also available on a tote bag, a messenger bag, an apron and a mousepad. Years 2003 through 2007 are done and the others will follow, if interest is expressed.
January
Liar
I stamp and shout, “You are such a liar!”
“Am not!”
“Are too!”
“Am not!”
He is. So I set his pants on fire. And I got in trouble!
February
Misty
I can hardly see. The sun shone an hour ago, and now my hike is a shuffle.
The drop-off was to my left.
Oh – from this direction, it would be to my –
March
Grass
Always greener, right? Somebody else’s?
My partner stole my wife and framed me for embezzlement.
Jail’s no picnic, but I wouldn’t trade places with him for the world. That grass, he can have.
April
Robbery
Dogs nearly had me that time. Made it into the briars, though.
Belly full of parsley, panting with fear and exertion.
It’s a great life, if you don’t weaken, eh?
May
May Day
They tell me it comes from the French for “help me” – “m’aidez.”
I don’t want a damned linguistics lesson, I want a damned lifeboat!
June
The Find
“You sure it’s here?”
“The fool said only I would appreciate a first edition. Our secret. Now our secret.”
“I mean the key.”
“The key’s up here, in the porch rafters. Waiting for me.”
So was the brown recluse.
July
Dear Diary
When I saw the dress in his browsing history, 3 sizes too small and 15 years too young for me, I knew he was cheating. I’m overweight and aging, so I patched my broken heart and carried on.
But it was for me! Not me as I am, but me as he sees me.
Best birthday ever.
Go to the Flashbacks link for all years’ Hot Flashes.
Damyanti
April 4, 2011 at 10:10amTwitter: damyantig
Wow, love this! Do you mind if I borrow this idea for a post for the ongoing A-Z challenge?
Damyanti would love to share..A to Z Challenge- the letter C- Cookie
Marian Allen
April 4, 2011 at 10:23amTwitter: MarianAllen
What idea? Hot Flashes? Micro-fiction? Sure, have at it! I got into it from The Phone Book, a two-year project funded by the Arts Council of England.
Holly Jahangiri
January 1, 2013 at 10:41amTwitter: HollyJahangiri
Hahahaha!!! Love it, Marian!!
Holly Jahangiri would love to share..Prima Mater
skylanders codes
May 14, 2013 at 7:51amThis short story is cool for children.They like fiction stories.
Are you the one who write this ? i think you will become a good story book writer just continue what your doing it can developed on your writing skills .
skylanders codes would love to share..Dragon City Hack – Dragon City Cheats
Marian Allen
May 14, 2013 at 8:48amTwitter: MarianAllen
Thanks, Benz, but these aren’t children’s stories. Dragon City sounds like something my grandson and I would have played, back when he spent the summers with me. We used cheats and hacks to get us through the boring bits. lol!
Marian Allen would love to share..Free Reads
skylanders codes
May 15, 2013 at 12:25amoh nice to know that your child too played also. i was interesting on hack as what you’ve said. i didn’t know that.