http://flashfiction.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Writing Flash Fiction en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:29:57 GMT 2010-01-08T03:29:57Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960273&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace A quickie   "Do you reckon it's better to acknowledge when you're miserable than it is worse to acknowledge when you're happy?" she asked me one evening. "Excuse me? I am slightly failing to . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:26:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960273&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Sakuragirl S. 2009-12-23T13:26:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958681&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Anyone in the mood for a challenge? How about a short piece of fiction, 500 words at most, revolving about or around or on top or in between the phrase: "No wish is foolproof" ? It is not . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:54:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958681&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Sakuragirl S. 2009-12-22T14:54:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981734&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Another quickie   In the beginning there was The Smile. And The Smile was as happy and serene as any smile before him would have been, had there been any smile before The Smile. But there . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:13:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981734&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Sakuragirl S. 2010-01-07T15:13:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981561&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace there's all sorts of groups here for all sorts of writing, and corosponding and for just plain fellowship So why isn't there one for Juggalos? For horocore lyrical content and fellowship? Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:07:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981561&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Wendy Young 2010-01-07T13:07:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981369&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace The nuns filed out of the church into the cloister after mass and then dispersed and went their own ways. Sister Martha went to the refectory, which was almost empty except for old Sister Agatha who . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:31:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977981369&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-07T10:31:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980815&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace When a thunderstorm on a hot summer day moved across Iowa my daughters and I would go outside and watch the turbulence as it developed; that was more satisfying than being inside petrified with fear. . . . Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:28:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977980815&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Sylvester Steffen 2010-01-07T03:28:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979899&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace     To be a good buyer is not easy.   I know. I am one of them. One of 'Good Consumers Association'. You know, those people, whom the surveyors . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:52:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979899&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2010-01-06T16:52:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979613&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace I don’t suppose he’d remember that now although he ought always to remember as long as he remains alive and has breath in his body and a brain cell in his head and often when you see him . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:29:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979613&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-06T13:29:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979466&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace The priest crossed the cloister garth of the convent watched from a high window by Sister Martha. Wonder where he’s going to now? Church probably to prepare for mass. There’s a bald . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:15:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979466&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2010-01-06T11:15:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975957&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Last year we identified our road blocks to success .  This year we're going to find our path to accomplishment and take the first steps.  Remember when Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz was looking . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:32:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975957&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2010-01-06T07:32:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979197&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Dipper left for the East Coast, and took Snipper back to school in Connecticut. As they traveled, the green light in the night sky was getting brighter. Benny Is Coming! Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:04:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977979197&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Terry M. 2010-01-06T07:04:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975325&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Yes. You are right. It definitely needs to be rearranged. And maybe the total renovation is even better.   You make all the necessary calculations through Excel and conclude . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:38:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975325&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2010-01-04T09:38:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975283&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace   You decided to do business with somebody, but when in her office, you heard a secretary speak about her as about alien. Should you act from now on this suspicion or should you learn for sure . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:57:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975283&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2010-01-04T08:57:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975282&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Last month was the first off-line meeting of "Be Funny" club. Everybody told a joke. Some of them were even funny and I laughed.   My turn now. I stand up. . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:55:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975282&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2010-01-04T08:55:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975280&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace   To be a good buyer is not easy.   I know. I am one of them. One of 'Good Consumers Association'. You know, those people, whom the surveyors phone last . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:53:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975280&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2010-01-04T08:53:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975274&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace   Why did you say that?   You could be silent. Does it matter if you are right or not? All the time, that being wrong keeps peace in the family, why do you have . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:48:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975274&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2010-01-04T08:48:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977538469&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Second Monday in December, 2008 Last night brought four inches of straight-falling snow that draped lawns, pines, and off-streets in heavy fleece, and left a pudding of salt and slush on the . . . Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:06:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977538469&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Liz H. 2008-12-18T01:06:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973814&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace drinking befriended hate dead social meaning It's too late in the evening, you've been drinking. Now as you slam the car door, you wonder who you've befriended. He slides out from behind . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:04:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973814&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2010-01-03T10:04:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972766&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace   Freedom was promised by our Founding Fathers furthermore guaranteed by the Constitution. The right to freedom is why many of this Country’s best Citizens shed blood to defend it so we could . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:07:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972766&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Robert S. 2010-01-02T16:07:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972279&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Earth inherits us no less than we inherit Earth. As offspring of Earth we know that from her body She composes ours and that from her We take our soul. Our bliss and pain are also . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:12:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972279&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Sylvester Steffen 2010-01-02T07:12:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970687&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace The ending and beginning meet face to face in January. For a brief moment history and future collide producing hope for the path before us. Happy New Year ! Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:11:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970687&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Terry M. 2009-12-31T21:11:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969840&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace   At night, the shutters were put up. No sight of the stars or moon, just that darkness and the voices of the others snoring, moaning, weeping, or farting in their beds. The smell of bodies at . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:58:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969840&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Terry Collett 2009-12-31T07:58:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968410&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace The biological capture of sun energy is a process by which photons, light particles, engage water and carbon dioxide. [The water molecule has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom; carbon dioxide has . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:18:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968410&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Sylvester Steffen 2009-12-30T10:18:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965221&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace All month I have built up to this point.  I began by asking you to open your gift to yourself as a writer .  You responded with treasures of publication, time, energy, clear minds, and fame.  . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:05:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965221&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2009-12-30T08:05:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967393&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace   He decided to take this day easy.   He woke as usual at seven am but lay in bed and read the newspaper. Then he watched the news, yawning as they reminded . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:42:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967393&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-29T17:42:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966037&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace     I invited my father, behavioral science professor in UCLA, to our school career day.   He told about his profession and about some interesting . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:44:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966037&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-28T20:44:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965643&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace     You are awoken by a kiss on your neck . You stretch yourself out, shoving him away, then catch him and pull him close to you and put your lips to . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:34:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965643&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-28T15:34:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965626&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace First, I recommend you decide what you want to do. Let's say, you decided to open a coffee shop. Why this business? How should I know? It was your decision, not mine.   . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:11:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965626&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-28T15:11:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964321&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace "Chad, come on. Michael is waiting. Stop playing with wings." "I am not playing. I have to wax them, otherwise too much dust will stick to them." "Yeh, yeh. That's exactly . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:52:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964321&grpId=3659174697238584&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-27T11:52:17Z