For your comfort and ease of accessing my 'flashers', I'll list the latest ones first.
Here's another full year of 'prompt' challenges I've met and hopefully, my readers continue to gain pleasure from them. As always, I covered many genres and a multitude of subjects. Here they are, with their tiniest descriptions to whet your reading appetite.
Ahh... Rosemarie! - 'normal' 28/12/2019 - all good things must end and all others, too.
Going Home - 'journey' 21/12/2019 - the first of many Nullarbor crossings - each one memorable!
Baby Steps - 'grow' 14/12/2019 - born to be bad as well as sad?
'Til Death us do Part - 'stand' 7/12/2019 - the verdict's in... to the great satisfaction of the grieving widow.
After the Bulldust Settles - 'gather' 29/11/2019 - the saga of Rastus continues... on and on.
A Small load of Bull - 'history' 22/11/2019 - once upon a dairy time there were three bulls, and then there was Rastus...
And the Bell Tolled Once - 'last' 15/11/2019 - has time finally run out at last, after SO many centuries?
Merfairytopia - 'help' - 8/11/2019 - so much of life is an illusion for young and old and awesome antiquities.
An Hour of Late Night Guitar - 'late' - 1/11/2019 - could listen to this music until the cows come home... and much, much longer.
Feintly Frightening Part Two - 'closed' - 25/10/2019 - all is revealed as we face down our fear.
Feintly Frightening - 'trap' 18/10/2019 - things that go 'bump' in the night, or huff-huff?
Smoke and Mirrors and Alleys - 'order' 11/10/2019 - some days are diamonds - and others... ?
Shooting at the Rainbow Bridge - 'child' 27/9/2019 - some shootings are the most loving kind
Top o' the Morning to you - 'day' 20/9/2019 - best old mates have shared unbearably good times
Upover or Downunder? - 'odd' 13/9/2019 - welcome to a bizarre type of flight
Bottle Ahoy! - 'land' 6/9/2019 - Baz and Joe - old sailors as well??
A Blank Slate - 'allow' 30/8/2019 - between teacher and Mum, the writing was... well, not on the wall.
Meanwhile at the Bus Stop - 'change' 23/8/2019 - Baz and Joe get philosophical on the way to the pub
Ever Ready - 'ready' 16/8/2019 - truly, some things you can never be ready for
Testing Times Part Three - 'wall' 9/8/2019 - ahh but this was the worst icing on that first day cake!
Testing Times Part Two - 'river' 2/8/2019 - and just as we began to relax...
Testing Times - 'challenge' 26/7/2019 - and we thought this bit was bad! Welcome to the first day in a milking world
If I were a Rich Man - 'rich' 19/7/2019 - rich and famous would prove too hard. Wouldn't it?
Bluffy, the Feline Flimflammer - 'bluff' 12/7/2019 - a cat and mouse game if ever there was one
Girls just wanna have Fun - 'touch' 5/7/2019 - meanwhile, down on the farm, feathers flew
Flower Power - 'tension' 28/6/2019 - a puzzling plot in a pot...?
Rough Diamond Cut, Pt. 2 - 'fixed' 21/6/2019 - karma happens!
Rough Diamond Cut - 'trouble' 14/6/2019 - hearts plunged; hearts lifted; minds wondered... rescue??
Ohh! No-o-o... - 'impact' 7/6/2019 - the accident that didn't wait to happen
Seriously Signed... Dad - 'fast' 31/5/2019 - the beauty of yesterday's signature. Similar to a handshake... strong and totally trustworthy
Mica - 'hide' 17/5/2019 - who's that peeping around the door to my imagination?
Just a minute... 'easy' 10/5/2019 - it CAN be productive... the waiting game
Back to a Different Future Part Three - 'hurt' 3/5/2019 - with a glossary of the results of too much glassery
Back to a Different Future Part Two - 'bonus' 26/4/2019 - there's a 'best bit', as well?
Back to a Different Future - 'different' 19/4/2019 - the bar flies are at the misreading centre again
How Do I Love Thee? - 'favourite' 12/4/2019 - some can't bear being dolly-birds
Stop!! Or I'll shoot! - 'stop' 5/4/2019 - once upon a crime gone wrong
Past Midnight - 'tomorrow' 29/3/2019 - eyeing the future darkly
Change Ahead - 'vacation' 22/3/2019 - following some whims can lead us far, far away
When the Dust Settles - 'transparent' 15/3/2019 - it seems all is not hidden... grr!
The First Kangaroo Tale - 'first' 8/3/2019 - was there a ruder awakening?
Rules for Teachers - 1872 - 'list' 1/3/2019 - some rules were surely made to be broken?
Catch of the Day - 'catch' 22/2/2019 - was this the last of the great predators?
TIME... the Great Dictator - 'cheat' 15/2/2019 - some things are unavoidable
Last Bite - 'motive' 8/02/2019 - this was the perpetrator? Really?
Here Come the Shearers - 'arrive' 1/02/2019 - an unforgettable arrival
On the Buses - 'team' 25/01/2019 - sorting out the world and its problems
Gone Fishin' - 'tourist' 18/01/2019 - progress... or is it?
Grandpa says... - 'right' 11/01/2019 - uhrr... too much information?
A Winning Workhorse - 'travel' 4/01/2019 - a surprising story about one of Australia's favourites
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Think I Can Fly
Short StoryMy 2019 collection of flash fiction and non-fiction stories inspired by a weekly prompt word begins. And who better to feature first than an Aussie achiever extraordinaire?
