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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April HOT FLASH
Waltz
“Dance?”
“Love to!”
“Marry me?”
“I will!”
“How many years, now?”
“Too many!”
“Want a divorce?”
“God, yes!”
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“Dance?”
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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
North Meets South
On the ’net, I convinced her I was a guy in her gated community who could double her money in a sure-thing day trade. Nearly worked.
I shouldn’t have sent that picture of “my son” building a snowman. Who knew it’s summer in Australia?
February
Aliens Among Us
Blx and I disguised ourselves, modeling schematics found in a store. Poor Blx chose “The Visible Man,” which is silly. I chose something scientific, yet it’s I to whom people point and laugh.
“Operation” is anatomically correct, isn’t it?
March
Useful
She’s twice my size, but I’m the man, so I’m on the roof, adjusting the antenna.
I shriek as I slip, dangling by one hand.
“Hang on! Don’t move!”
Five minutes. No siren.
“Hang on!”
No siren.
“Show’s over. Calling 911.”
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
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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
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