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Sunday 160: Liquorz-n-Artz

Her art wasn't selling too well, so she expanded and added new merchandise. The beer goggles worked like a charm, making hers the most popular art in the state.











Monkey Man hosts the Sunday 160. Write something in 160 characters!

55 - San Marcial

It's not there any more. I don't know why they bother with a sign. For almost a hundred years the town has been gone, buried under silt without so much as a wall or fence post to mark the spot. There is just this sign. Don't bother looking for a town. It died years ago.











About Friday Flash 55: The challenge is to write a complete story in fifty-five words. If you've written a 55-flash, go let The G-Man know!

New Steal Tomorrow Flash

I've posted a new Steal Tomorrow Flash for this Sunday's Magpie Tales: Impure.

New Vince Fiction: Thieves and Politicians

I have a new Vince story posted at Sunday Scribblings: Thieves and Politicians

Sunday 160: Room with a View

After a terrifying nighttime drive through storms and a fitful sleep in a new room, she found an urban paradise outside her hotel window. She was glad she came.













Monkey Man hosts the Sunday 160. Write something in 160 characters!

55 - The Quarry

First there were rocks and grasses, insects and small woodland creatures. Trees stretched toward the heavens, providing safe haven for passing birds. Then men came with machines and iron, ripping nature asunder for profit and glory. Soon business fancies changed, opportunities moved farther afield, and the men went away. Grass and trees came once again.











About Friday Flash 55: The challenge is to write a complete story in fifty-five words. If you've written a 55-flash, go let The G-Man know!

New Jazz Gang Fiction for Magpie Tales

This one is for Magpie Tales and features the new Jazz Gang: Someone To Watch Over Me.

New Jazz Gang Post

I hope Steal Tomorrow fans are enjoying the new Jazz Gang stories. I have a new one today for Sunday Scribblings: Jazz Gang: Going Pro

Sunday 160: The Memo

The memo arrived in the afternoon. I reviewed it carefully. It didn't fit my budget, but the offer was too tempting to pass up. So I made an executive decision.











Monkey Man hosts the Sunday 160. Write something in 160 characters!

55 - Cat Show

The indignity was almost too much for a feline to bear: feathers waved in her face and voices urging her to perform ridiculous stunts while strangers stood on the sidelines watching and laughing. All of this must be endured for what? Just a bit of dried kibble, salmon-flavored. Muffin was having no part of it.











About Friday Flash 55: The challenge is to write a complete story in fifty-five words. If you've written a 55-flash, go let The G-Man know!

New Jazz Gang Post

I hope Steal Tomorrow fans are enjoying the new Jazz Gang stories. Today's post for Three Word Wednesday is what will most likely be the chronological first story in the series: Survivor's Song. I've got several other Jazz Gang stories blocked out, so look for more to come!

New Flash Fiction for Magpie Tales

This one is for Magpie Tales and also features the new Jazz Gang: Graveside Groove.

New Steal Tomorrow (Jazz Gang)

For Steal Tomorrow fans, I have what I hope will be a treat: a new story series set in the same world but with all different characters. Please check out the first of my Jazz Gang stories, and look for more to come! Jazz Gang: Good Omens

Sunday 160: No Man Is an Island

"No man is an island," she said.

He acknowledged it was true and took her hand. Facing one's troubles alone was a fool's game. Better a peninsula than an island.










Monkey Man hosts the Sunday 160. Write something in 160 characters!

55 - Departure

She gazed out the window at the tarmac. Was this really necessary, and did it have to be today? Was it too late to go back, admit her guilt and start afresh?

As if reading her mind, the old man next to her said, "You don't have to do it, Miss."

"Oh yes I do."











About Friday Flash 55: The challenge is to write a complete story in fifty-five words. If you've written a 55-flash, go let The G-Man know!

New Steal Tomorrow Flash

Okay, so Halloween is over. Big deal. That doesn't mean I can't still write dark stuff, so here's a new Steal Tomorrow story: Broken Promises