Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Tiddies & Guns & Bankok..Oh My!

If you don't know this already, there is a Hell of a lot of great short story writing over at the Flash Fiction Offensive. Big prop's to editor Dave Barber, who somehow juggles work, family, and his own writing, to find the time time for FFO. Today, I read 4 in a row. Each one is a good read, unique in style, and take place in different countries or geographic locations. Can't ask for much more than that.

Paul Brazil starts things started, delivering the goods as the FFO's monthly Guest Writer spot. He makes the most of the extended word count with SNAPSHOTS.

Paul Salvette did an excellent job taking me to the sleazy streets of Bankok with his tale RAID ON SOI 5

Nathaniel Tower gets my vote for most original theme with BREAST AND PICKUPS

Ryan Jackson cranks up the action in the inner city project's with 12 GAUGE RAGE
Posted by Sean Patrick Reardon at 11:24 AM
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 31, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Thanks for the story pointers. I've now read them all - and they were worth reading.

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  2. Paul D BrazillAugust 31, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    Thanks for the mention!

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  3. Sean Patrick ReardonAugust 31, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Paul W-Yeah, I had been behind in my blog reading and read all 4 in row and liked them all. That is always a good thing.

    Paul B- The pleasure is all mine! Going to stick with microwave bacon from now on ;0

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  4. UnknownAugust 31, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    I'll check out the stories. I do love the cartoon. You're a crime thriller writer, right?

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  5. Sean Patrick ReardonAugust 31, 2011 at 9:52 PM

    Clarissa-I also liked the cartoon and yes, I really love the crime / thriller genres and try to write those types of stories. Hope all is well with you!

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  6. seana grahamAugust 31, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    Thanks for the reminder to get caught up over there. It's a bit on the dark side for the likes of me, but the writing makes it worth it.

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  7. Sean Patrick ReardonAugust 31, 2011 at 11:08 PM

    Seana- Oh yeah, some of the stories can be a bit over the top, for sure. I love the diversity that FFO, TKnC and other such sites offer and it is a good wat to discover new writers too and make some new friends.

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  8. seana grahamAugust 31, 2011 at 11:10 PM

    Yes, it's amazing how strong the field is out there.

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  9. Sean Patrick ReardonAugust 31, 2011 at 11:36 PM

    Indeed. Hard to believe it has been about 1.5 years since I discovered Adrian & Declan's blogs. I think they, Peter R, and yourself were my very first blog friends. What a great ride it has been. So many awsome people and so much learned and accomplished since that time. Really looking forward to the rest of the year because all the blogs seem to pick up steam after the Summer.

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  10. seana grahamAugust 31, 2011 at 11:54 PM

    Yeah, I think it's hard to keep up with the blog world in summer. Only works for me because I'm pretty much locked in to my day job for most of that time.

    I'm in very good company if you count me among those blog friends.

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  11. David BarberSeptember 1, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    Thanks for the mag shoutout, buddy. I'm glad people are enjoying the stories. Quite a few are debutantes and I'm more than chuffed for them.

    Cheers, buddy!

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  12. Sean Patrick ReardonSeptember 1, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    Dave- I'm with you on the debut authors, and I try to make mention of any new author's I find on the web, who write a good story. Blogs are as much about meeting and finding new writers as they area about the self-promo aspect of them.

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