#ThursThreads - The Challenge That Ties Tales Together - Weel 134

Welcome back to the Weird, the Wild, & the Wicked. It's Thursday today, so get your flash ready. Writing a #flashfiction thread! Welcome to Week 134 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 134:

NY Times and USA Today bestselling fantasy romance author, Erin Kellison.

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And now your #ThursThreads Challenge, tying tales together.

The Prompt:

“Bullets are now ineffective.”

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!

Happy Birthday Giveaway!

Woohoo! It's my birthday today and I'm celebrating by giving a few things away. But first you have to read through this post to get the clues to how to win.

At the beginning of August I spent several days in New Orleans for the Authors After Dark romance convention and had a wonderful time. I also came home with a ton of swag and goodies I want to offer to you all. So New Orleans is often used as the setting for vampire stories and movies or shows, and some of those dark narrow streets near Bourbon Street would be great places to find a vampire or ten. LOL While I was there I did see a shop that catered to all your vampire needs, including custom fang fittings. You can ask Erin Kellison and Jessa Slade, they were with me. :)

In honor of this heritage, I'm giving away a Jae Lynne Davies swag bag with two books and all the vampire goodies you could ever need to a lucky commenter. All you have to do is tell me what you love about vampires and leave me a valid email address or twitter handle so I can contact you if you win.

But wait, there's more. Not a huge fan of vampires? What about BDSM? While at Authors After Dark, I got to meet and room with Kallypso Masters, one of the premier BDSM authors out there. Some of her magic must have rubbed off on me (she says it's because I was sharing a bed with her) because I woke up one morning realizing I had to tie up one of my characters to work on trust issues. I know it seems counter-intuitive, but the person tied must have complete trust in the one tying to surrender so much.

So in honor of that magic, I'm giving away a BDSM author swag bag with goodies from Shayla Black, Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak, Eliza Gayle, Debra Hyde, Kate Pearce, and Kallypso Masters to one lucky commenter. Just tell me what your favorite fantasy toy is from a BDSM playroom and leave me a valid email address or twitter handle so I can contact you.

So there you have it. I love birthdays and I love giving gifts. And if you'd like to give me a gift (cuz it's a burning desire, I know, lol) you can follow my blog and run off to Amazon to pick up one of my books, Queen Bitch of the Callowwood Pack (available also at Bookstrand.com), or Her Devoted Vampire (available at EvernightPublishing.com)

THE FINE PRINT:
Be sure you are 18 years or older to win and void where prohibited. The giveaways are open Internationally and will run until 8 PM Pacific Time Wednesday September 5th 2012. The winners will be announced here on the blog on September 6th.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend! And I'll leave you with this last happy thought:

Hey, I think snowflakes make great Birthday decorations! ;) Happy reading. :)