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Amy's agent flash fiction contest

This week we're celebrating our own Amy-in-Paradise securing representation for her novel. Those of us who've seen her flash fiction contest entries aren't surprised in the least to hear this great news! Since her book hasn't sold yet [what a slacker agent! No book deal in 7 days! ;) ] the prize will be a book of the winner's choosing.

The usual rules apply:

1. Write a story using 100 words or fewer.

2. Use these words in the story:  agent  paradise  armada  amy  toast

3. You must use the whole word, but that whole word can be part of a larger word. The letters for the prompt must appear in consecutive order. They cannot be backwards. Thus: amy/infamy is ok but amy/army is not.

4. Post the entry in the comment column of THIS blog post.

5. One entry per person. If you need a mulligan (a do-over) erase your entry and post again. It helps to work out your entry first, then post.

Contest opens: Saturday 8/1, 6am 

(blame the Writers Digest conference schedule for that early hour! I have to be there at 9am!)

Contest closes: Sunday, 8/2,  8am

(you get back some of those hours from last week!)

My Entry (1st one!):

WARDEN:  Boon, I know you're wounded and agents have the cabin surrounded.

BOON: They won't hafta wait long, what with Luther's arm a'danglin' like it is and my gamy leg.

You're surrendering?

Surrender? Don'cha know, we're headed for paradise! Anyway, s'not why I called.

Then why did you?

We figure we oughta do one decent thing before we go tits-up. Thought you'd wanna know it was that hack Palmer who helped us escape. Adiós, Warden.

LUTHER: Why'd you toast Palmer? What'd he do?

BOON: He's screwin' my wife.  Let's get this over with.

Got enough lead?

Two slugs.

Make'em count.

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UPDATE:  I made the finalist list! YEAH ME! I didn't win, but Janet had this to say: This is a terrific little revenge story, tightly written and very visual. 

This is the third time I've made the finalist list. Here are the other two:

11/1/2014   CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL

9/16/2011   FROM A STACK OF BOOKS EMERGED A POEM

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