Flash & Sting Fiction
- Jazz Club Stories
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Feudal Japan, arranged marriages, and flower arranging. What more could you ask for?
Read Ikebana.
Author’s Note: I love feudal Japan. From the Sengoku Jidai to the Meiji Restoration, it’s an interesting culture, a study in contrasts. For those few of you familiar with it, this story should reflect the period. For the rest of you, I hope you’re caught up in the world and its dichotomies.
Robert the accountant has something more to offer a girl.
Read Perfect Ten.
Author’s Note: I wrote this for Ruthie when she asked me to submit a flasher for Ruthie’s Club’s “Dangerous Women” week. She also sent me an avatar of an Amazon princess. I didn’t realize that she was simply sending me the avatar for my comments. Instead, I wrote a story based on the avatar picture itself. I think it worked out well, but Ruthie had a good laugh at my expense. (What are avatars? Ruthie’s Club uses them as part of their site design. Check out the Ruthie’s Club free preview to see an example, in the left-hand menu area.)
Jillian’s first encounter with fanboys is… scary. But she quickly sees the possibilities.
Read Fanboys.
Author’s Note: Japanese has a great word to describe overzealous fans, otaku. It’s a negative term used to describe someone who has no social life and tends to worship something, usually anime or manga. It’s more complex than that, but it basically means “loser fanboy.” If you’ve ever been to a SciFi, gaming, or comic book convention, you know exactly what I mean. I almost named this story “Otaku”, but I had a different show in mind. Bonus points if you recognize the title font.
A story, forward and backward.
Read Palindrome.
Author’s Note: About a year ago, I got this crazy idea to write a story that was a palindrome, meaning it read the same forward and backward. This is the result.
A story, forward and backward.
Read Palindrome II.
Author’s Note: “Palindrome” was first published at Ruthie’s Club, which meant they had it exclusively for six months. I mentioned my palindrome flash in ASSD, and decided to write another one as an example. It’s not bad, but I still like the original better.
A tony jazz club, a bar contest, and the promise of more.
Read Straight Up.
Author’s Note: This is the first story with the “Jazz Club” characters, although it’s set in a different club than the one in the “Jazz Club” stories.
Sting Fiction? What the heck am I talking about? Sting fiction isn’t really my own invention, per se, but I do think I’m the first person to call it that. Number 6 is the reason I started writing Sting Fiction. Many of Number 6’s stories are very, very short, but they give you a great snapshot of a scene.
- Read Between Boyfriends – Sophia is between boyfriends. (Sting - Dec. 19, 2002)
- Read Insecurities – A true story, inspired by K.W. (the girl) and Number 6’s “Waitress”. (Sting - Dec. 13, 2002)
- Read Satisfaction – She got hers. (Sting - Dec. 19, 2002)
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