#ThursThreads - The Challenge That Ties Tale Together - Week 137

Welcome back to the Weird, the Wild, & the Wicked. It's Thursday today, and also my 10th Wedding Anniversary to Mr. SM! So get your flash ready to celebrate and write a #flashfiction thread! Welcome to Week 137 of #ThursThreads, the challenge that ties tales together. Want to keep up each week? You're welcome to join the FB #ThursThreads group where we'll do events and make announcements. Need the rules? Read on.

Here's how it works:

• The prompt is a line from the previous week's winning tale.
• The prompt can appear ANYWHERE in your story and is included in your word count.

Rules to the Game:

• This is a Flash Fiction challenge, which means your story must be a minimum of 100 words, maximum of 250.
• Incorporate the prompt anywhere into your story (included in your word count).
• Post your story in the comments section of this post
• Include your word count (or be excluded from judging)
• Include your Twitter handle or email (so we know how to find you)
• The challenge is open 7 AM to 8 PM Mountain Time
• The winner will be announced on Friday, depending on how early the judge gets up.

How it benefits you:

• You get a nifty cool badge to display on your blog or site (because we're all about promotion - you know you are!)
• You get instant recognition of your writing prowess on this blog!
• Your writing colleagues shall announce and proclaim your greatness on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus

Our Judge for Week 137:

Recreation specialist, Hump-and-Bump enthusiast, and new dad, Chris Linehan.

 

And now your #ThursThreads Challenge, tying tales together.

The Prompt:

“You know what I mean?”

All stories written herein are the property (both intellectual and physical) of the authors. Now, away with you, Flash Fiction Fanatics, and show us your #ThursThreads. Good luck!

Six Sentence Sunday - The Bone Flute "Like it or Not, He's Yours"

 
Hello Sixers! That's right, it's your weekly dose of Six Sentence Sunday; your opportunity to get a glimpse of my world! And you can get a glimpse of several other worlds if you visit the Six Sentence List of authors.

In this snippet of The Bone Flute, Jozsef has just realized Rain is a relative of the woman he loved in Hungary in 628 AD; the woman who laid the curse on him. He needs Rain's help to break the curse, but he's afraid she knows the story of his betrayal and will refuse to release him from the spell.

His heart plummeted to his feet at her dismissal. She didn’t seem to realize his spirit was locked in a twilight existence connected to the Bone Flute, the artifact made from his own body and in her possession. Although they’d touched and seemed solid to each other, none of the other people in the room had seen him. Even now, the few people in the entryway took no notice of a tall man in knickers and boots standing among them.

            Dark humor rolled through Jozsef and he snorted again, this time ruefully. If Rain kept the Bone Flute, she’d be keeping him, however inadvertently. 

It's good to be kept! ;) Stay tuned and happy reading!