Saturday, September 7, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Contest Winner -- 500 Brilliant Words -- CONGRATS!
Snakes and Smiles Forever
By Lisa F
Phoenix, AZ
The kingdom had never been in a happier time. It was well-known that the
Prince would leave the castle to go fishing every day. He’d always had an
interest with the ocean and people had imagined he’d probably continue to do
this hobby, but they never expected it to be how he found the girl he was to marry.
The Prince searched for the woman, but no girl that he’d come across had
her looks or voice. But, one day when he was playing with his dog, Max, he came
across a beautiful maiden. He was sure this was her, the girl who’d saved him.
That changed when he discovered she couldn’t speak, so she couldn’t be the girl
with the wondrous voice who saved him. But, he took her in and soon fell in love
with her, the bright and kind Ariel. Prince Eric believed it started the first
time he’d seen her, but he only realized it after a…peculiar incident.
It was the second day of Ariel’s staying at the castle and Prince Eric
had took her up to see an old friend of his. When they made it, there working
on a metal structure was Gregory, the kingdom’s inventor. Hearing them, Gregory
turned and smiled, he’d heard about the girl who the prince had brought home.
“Hello Prince Eric, what brings you here?” He questioned.
“I was wondering if you could show us your inventions.” He stated.
“Of course Prince!” He exclaimed, “Right this way.”
The next hour they learned about the many inventions. Ariel was ecstatic
to learn so many things and was surprised when a lot of the things Scuttle had
told her turned out to be wrong. As Gregory was showing them a new version of
the carriage, Ariel’s attention focused on a small cylinder metal container.
Seeing if Gregory was busy(he was) she walked over and picked it up. It was
closed and didn’t seem extraordinary. Taking one last look at Prince Eric and
Gregory, she pulled the lid off, getting the shock of her life. As the lid came
off about two dozen little scraggly things popped out, some hitting Ariel in
the face while others just served to scare her.
Scrambling back, she tripped and fell to the floor. Hearing the noise,
Gregory and Prince Eric turned to see what had happened. After a second of
staring, the two burst out laughing at the expression of horror on Ariel’s face
as she breathed heavily.
“I see you found Gregory’s joke can.” Eric said in amusement, walking
over to her.
Now calm, Ariel blushed lightly.
Smiling, Eric helped her up.
“It is a thing I invented for prankster like myself. I put some small
snake dolls in a spring-loaded cup so when it opens, it scares the person.” He
stated, grinning. Ariel stared before she started to silently laugh. As Eric
stared at Ariel, he realized that he loved her and this was the girl that he
would marry.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
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.
Monday, June 3, 2013
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.
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Contest Winner
Click HERE to get to chapter one of this month's free story. May you read Happily Ever After!
Saturday, May 11, 2013
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!
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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
Anyone who can hold a pencil, a crayon, or a paint brush can send something in.
Click here for details.
Friday, April 5, 2013
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.
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