I'm delighted to have @feltbuzz back writing with us. If you haven't checked out his work, get over there. This dude can weave magic with both his hands and his words.
@feltbuzz has re-emerged in the freewriters community by writing 50 word stories to the daily freewrite prompts, a brilliant melding of @mariannewest's daily freewrite challenge, and @jayna's long-ago 50 word story contest. Here's one of his that blew my mind. Magical realism in a few short words. Amazing!!!
@feltbuzz hosted a contest on Hive for eons, the Zapfic Contest. It sounds simple to write a story in 140 characters, but it's not. I would spend days, sometimes the entire week, composing a tidy story of only 140 characters.
Today, inspired by @feltbuzz, I decided to see how long it would take me to write a zapfic to today's freewrite prompt, which is interactions. To come up with this perfect if I do say so myself zapfic, I freewrote mostly about my guilty feelings for 4 minutes and 30 seconds, then I got right to work condensing it all into a 140 character story. This took another 4 minutes and 30 seconds EXACTLY. I swear the reset timer went off just as I got to a 140 character count. More magic!
I couldn't have told this true story any better had I written for days and days.
I said the day Jimmy stopped eating would be the day the Grim Reaper would make a call. Yesterday was his last meal, but I made that call.
This is my entry to @mariannewest's daily freewrite challenge. Today's prompt is interactions.
Wow! It is powerful. So much said in so few words. Making that last call can be both empowering and haunting.
So good that @felt.buzz is back. He is certainly a master flash fiction writer.
Oh! Now you have me blushing!
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Hey, @felt.buzz
How have you been?
Up and down, but fit and healthy so that's the main thing. Hope all is good with you 😎
It sure is. Good to know.
I'm doing well. Also up and down, but not as fit as I wish I were 😁
He does have that special something. Thanks for stopping in.
Oh my, sweetheart. Sending hugs and
Love.
Thank you love. It's been a tough week. Now I have my eye on a giant ten year old Maine Coon cat who's been in a shelter for longer than any of the people now working there.
Aww well I pray that you can bring him home. Sending ❤ your way.
My deepest condolences... you said it ALL in that power-packed freewrite!
They are fun to write really. When the crux shows up in only a few words, it feels like an epiphany. Thanks for your condolences.
That is never an easy call to make. The peace and happiness in his eyes shows how much you loved and cared for him.
Sending hugs and love, so sorry for your loss my friend.
Thank you. We did love each other. Now that he's gone, I realize just how aware of him I always was, mostly so that I could be sure he didn't mess in my house! Looks like one of my cats has decided to take his place in that - I slipped hard in something wet on my bedroom floor this morning. I know it wasn't his!
Very good! It always amazes me how much of a story can be told in so few words (or in this case characters!). Great stuff! :)
Doesn't suck to hear that from a master story teller - thanks!
Jimmy!!!!
Oh Jimmy, Oh Jimmy
So loved, so well fed (gourmet cooking, better than what most humans get), so sweet, so endearing
My heart breaks for you @owasco and for all who knew and loved Jimmy in-the-flesh, vs the Jimmy of photos from afar.
#Grief #Loss #Dogs - those hashtags cannot even begin to convey it!
I'm so sorry he has moved on to the other side - and treasure the image of him being first in line to greet you some far-off day when we all cross that bridge.
Jimmy!!!!
Nobody understands better than you the loss of a loved one Carol. Thank you for your sweetness.
I suck at tags, I know. By the time I get to those (the story may have taken me 9 minutes, but putting the dang post together took two hours), I am fried.
I can't get this song out of my head today
Awwww Dang Me - love it!!!
Why does this seem so fitting for Jimmy...? Does his name evoke Jimmy Dean and country vibes?
Here's another one: One Less Bell to Answer. One less furry companion making demands on you. :( We would be at their beck and call in a heartbeat to have them back again!
And of course this:
With your mind you have ability to form
And transmit thought and energy far beyond the norm
You close your eyes, you concentrate
Together that's the way
To send the message
We declare world contact day
Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
She could really sing!!!
INTERCOMMUNITY - HIVE - AFFILIATE team.