"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells." ~Dr. Seuss

Harvest by Jeff

Five Sentence Fiction – Harvest

By: Jeff Tsuruoka

 

Barren

The bands were no longer playing and the crowd that attended the commemoration ceremony had long since gone home.

Two generals, former adversaries, stood together in the rain.

Each was lost in his own thoughts as they surveyed the field they’d fought over, now covered with row upon row of gleaming white headstones.

“We reap what we sow, General,” said one to the other.

“Then you and I are both damned.”

Five Sentence Fiction – Pirates

What it’s all about: Five Sentence Fiction is about packing a powerful punch in a tiny fist. Each week I will post a one word inspiration, then anyone wishing to participate will write a five sentence story based on the prompt word. The word does not have to appear in your five sentences, just use it for direction.

This week: PIRATES

I look forward to reading everyone’s five sentences. Post your sentences on your blog, and link up your post below. If you don’t have a blog feel free to email me your sentences and I will post them here!!

Check out past Five Sentence Fiction posts here.

Also, be sure to visit everyone’s FSF post!!

Lillie

FSF Harvest by Amanda

FSF – Harvest

By: Amanda S. Moores

 As she sat in the soft grass staring at the heart-shaped grave stone, she remembered: the sudden realization, her choked scream, the screeching metal, the blood…so much blood, the high-pitched sirens, the frantic doctors. She remembered her tearful, frenzied attempts to reach the small hand hanging over the edge of the stretcher as the nurses pulled her out of the room. She remembered the flat-line…and the slumped, shaking shoulders of doctors fighting back their own tears. She remembered pieces of the conversation that followed: “…so sorry…loss…difficult decision…time…essence…need to harvest…forms…organ donation…” As she sat in the soft grass staring at the heart-shaped grave stone, she remembered: his first steps, his first words, his first tooth, and she desperately hoped that somewhere someone else’s child would survive to experience those same firsts because of him.

Five Sentence Fiction – Harvest

What it’s all about: Five Sentence Fiction is about packing a powerful punch in a tiny fist. Each week I will post a one word inspiration, then anyone wishing to participate will write a five sentence story based on the prompt word. The word does not have to appear in your five sentences, just use it for direction.

This week: HARVEST

 

Source

 

I look forward to reading everyone’s five sentences. Post your sentences on your blog, and link up your post below.

Check out past Five Sentence Fiction posts here.

Also, be sure to visit everyone’s FSF post!!

Lillie

Forbidden Love Winners!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who made deciding on winners a truly difficult task!

But, narrow it down we did! Cue the confetti, balloons, and happy dancing 😉

Winners:

1st: Rakel Sampson (50 page critique from Me)

2nd: Elizabeth Koch (20 page critique from Lady Bullish)

3rd: Rebecca Fyfe (Love Letters of Great Men from Janelle)

Each of these were creative and lovely in their own way, and each won our hearts. Congrats! Thank you for sharing these stories with us!!!

Please, if you missed any of the Forbidden Love entries check them out here.

Five Sentence Fiction – Faeries

What it’s all about: Five Sentence Fiction is about packing a powerful punch in a tiny fist. Each week I will post a one word inspiration, then anyone wishing to participate will write a five sentence story based on the prompt word. The word does not have to appear in your five sentences, just use it for direction.

This week: FAERIES

The prompt word this week is in honor of the lovely Anna Meade. Check out Anna’s recent guest post on Angie’s blog for more insight into her beautiful world of whimsy.

And, if you’re looking for even more inspiration check out her Faerytaleish pinterest board.

I look forward to reading everyone’s five sentences. Post your sentences on your blog, and link up your post below.

Check out past Five Sentence Fiction posts here.

Also, be sure to visit everyone’s FSF post!!

Lillie

We have a Badge!!

It’s finally time to reveal our new Five Sentence Fiction badge. Thank you to everyone who voted!

Special thanks to Bekahcat, who is the creator of the winning badge. Hop over to her awesome blog and tell her thanks 🙂

FSF BADGE:

Grab the code below the button on my side bar to add it to your blog 🙂

Big thank you again to everyone who participated in creating the wonderful badges we were given to vote on!

Lillie

Five Sentence Fiction – Medicine

What it’s all about: Five Sentence Fiction is about packing a powerful punch in a tiny fist. Each week I will post a one word inspiration, then anyone wishing to participate will write a five sentence story based on the prompt word. The word does not have to appear in your five sentences, just use it for direction.

This week: MEDICINE

I have been dying to use this word just to share this song. One of my favorites by Grace Potter!

Don’t forget the blog hop for more flash fiction!!! Prizes too 🙂

I look forward to reading everyone’s five sentences. Post your sentences on your blog, and link up your post below.

Check out past Five Sentence Fiction posts here.

Also, be sure to visit everyone’s FSF post

Lillie

Vote for our FSF Badge

Okay, guys it’s time to vote! Check out these amazing options we have, deliberate, and decide which one you want to represent Five Sentence Fiction!!

To vote simply comment below with the number you prefer. I’ll announce the winner on June 20!

1.

 

2.

 

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Thank you so much to Sif, Donna, Michelle, Andy, and BekahCat for creating these stellar badges!!!

Forbidden Love Blog Hop!!

Here’s my take on the theme:

Each echoing footfall of his unwavering departure hammered the rusty nail of despair deeper into her heart. She knew it was over, that was the way it had to be, but her soul still wept for the love she’d lost. A real, aching, shattering, beautiful, perfect love.

The day they had met, the sun glimmered bright and fierce overhead as she crouched down, fingers splayed in the sand, sifting for seashells. When a shadow fell over her searching hands, she squinted up at the source.

“Find something?” the sun blocker had asked.

Intrigued by his husky voice she stood, dusting sand from her hands. Their eyes met and her heart clenched at the silent promise in his liquid amber eyes.

“No, searching for something.”

He nodded. “I was too, but I think I’ve found it.”

A conspiratorial grin lifted the corner of her mouth. “You know, I think perhaps I have, too.”

It had been an otherworldly experience she would’ve once scoffed at, never having been a romantic. He’d taken her hand and led her down the beach while they talked about everything and nothing at all.

It wasn’t until this morning, four months later, that she found out it was all a lie. No fairytale endings. No happily ever after. His single omission ripped the earth from below her feet.

He was married. His wife was in a coma…had been for the past three years. He’d thought he could start a new life with Emma when the doctor said his wife would forever be in a vegetative state and the plug would soon be pulled. But, this morning his wife opened her eyes.

With a single flutter of lashes, a woman Emma had never met got her life back the same moment Emma’s was lost.

I am so excited to team up with lovely Lady Bullish and fantastic Janelleto host a blog hop of forbidden love. Think Romeo and Juliet, but with your own twist and ending. End the story however you like! If happily ever after is where your heart takes you, go for it!!

Find and post inspiration at our Forbidden Love Blog Hop pinterst board! If you need an invite, just let one of us know and we’ll be glad to set you up!!

Details

The link will be open from June 1 – June 15
Word Count = 300 max
Winners will be announced June 22

Prizes:

1st place: 50 page critique from Me.
2nd place: 20 page critique from Lady Bullish.
3rd place: Book: Love Letters of Great Men from Janelle.

Just because you’re awesome: I am offering a 5 page critique or query letter critique to everyone who links up and participates in the Forbidden Love blog hop. Just grab my email from the contact tab up top and email me your pages along with a link to your entry!!