July's FREE Story

Click HERE to get to chapter one of this month's free story.  May you read Happily Ever After!

July Writing Contest

July's VERY SHORT FICTION CONTEST starts Monday. We dug deep into Anita B. Wright's couch cushions to come up with the unifying theme for the month. All stories must contain a small fake snake. 

E-mail entries to flipsideinformation@gmail.com. All ages welcome. Up to 500 words (yes, we will count.) You'll get honorable mention if your story is adorable but 502 words. Deadline is 7/31/13. Go!

June's FREE Story

Everyone tells lies.  Iris, the Princess of Everland, is the only person in the world who knows for sure when someone's lying, because she can see it in the air around them.  She has to assume that's why she always ends courtships with a broken heart and a headache.  Iris gets into the habit of wearing a mask to hide her eyes from people's lies -- but she also wears it because she's cross-eyed.  It doesn't help to have it.  As soon as she takes off the mask, each prince races away from her faster than you can say, "Happily never after."  Nobody wants to marry a cross-eyed princess.  At least, that's what she thinks . . until one day, a mysterious prince comes to Everland.  He never takes off his armor.  Baldric and Iris fall in love, but both of them are afraid to show their faces.  Will the helmeted prince and the masked princess ever live happily ever after?  Only with good timing and an encounter with a dragon.

Click HERE to get to chapter one of this month's free story.  May you read Happily Ever After!

READ each new story before it gets changed on the 7th of each month.  Once it's gone, it might not come back -- it all depends on who's inspired to write and how many stories we are juggling.  

PS:  New stories are welcome -- click on "join in" at left.

Contest Winner

Congratulations to C'Jay from Phoenix.  Your painting of a peacock is amazing.  Maybe you can give all of the rest of us lessons!  Thanks for the inspiration.

Click HERE to get to chapter one of this month's free story.  May you read Happily Ever After!

May's FREE Story

A horse from a land above the clouds makes Dumb Todd's life much too busy.  It's always getting into trouble, and making huge messes, but Todd can't give up on it.  He agreed to take care of it for the King of the Upperland.  He's also getting very wealthy from the work.  If one feisty copper-colored horse wearsTodd out, how about adding a silver horse and then a golden one?  Todd works so hard, he sleeps through just about anything -- even earthquakes.  Lucky for Todd, napping in the saddle lets his trouble-maker horse get him to the most embarrassing situation of his whole life -- right in the middle of Princess Evelyn's contest for the golden apples.  It's the beginning of a happy ending where nobody calls him dumb or smelly again.

Click HERE to get to chapter one.  Enjoy the story!

Quick Tip:  If you click on a page as you read, it will be enlarged, and appear in crystal clear focus.  Then you can use arrow buttons on your keyboard to turn the page.

READ each new story before it gets changed on the 7th of each month.  Once it's gone, it might not come back -- it all depends on who's inspired to write and how many stories we are juggling.  

PS:  New stories are welcome -- click on "join in" at left.

May Contest

Don't Forget the May 31st Deadline for Art Submissions.  No age limits.
Anyone who can hold a pencil, a crayon, or a paint brush can send something in.

Click here for details.

April's FREE Story

He's sad to be so smelly; discouraged to be so dumb; and miserable to be mocked by his brothers.  Even a good-looking, hard-working guy can hope for  a chance in life, can't he?  Not Todd.  It seems like his brothers have so many of their own plans, he'll always be doing their chores, and helping them achieve their dreams.  To make matters worse, the family keeps losing their crops in a single night each summer.  Who can figure it all out?  Todd finds a key.  He tames a huge horse.  He visits a mysterious kingdom.  Best of all, Todd makes friends with the most beautiful princess in the world.  Todd changes everyone's fortunes with nothing but hard work, a cheerful attitude -- and, oh yes, more regular baths.  

Click HERE to get to chapter one.  Enjoy the story!

Quick Tip:  If you click on a page as you read, it will be enlarged, and appear in crystal clear focus.  Then you can use arrow buttons on your keyboard to turn the page.

READ each new story before it gets changed on the 7th of each month.  Once it's gone, it might not come back -- it all depends on who's inspired to write and how many stories we are juggling.  

PS:  New stories are welcome -- click on "join in" at left.

March Flip Side Party

The read aloud story was Is That All?  (coming in June 2013.)  That's why there are feather masks in the picture.  Only 2 girls wanted to color the dragon with the masked princess and her knight in shining armor (which he never takes off.)  It made things easy for the judges of that coloring contest.

Many girls preferred to color the cover of Saved.  Awesome work.  Plus, these are really wonderful people.

Both of the coloring contest winners will be getting their prizes this week.  Congratulations!

January Art Contest Winner

What an awesome mermaid!

This artist is an adult.  Victoria Williams likes to spend time on artwork every Thursday.  She entered two mermaid pictures in the contest, and both were wonderful.  The judges chose this one because of the sinuous lines and the awesome colors.

Thanks to anyone who entered this contest.  Next big contest deadline is May 31.  Click here for rules.

Coloring Party 2 -- Arizona

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This was a small contest.  People who don't know these kids chose number 1 as the winner.  Congratulations, Grace!