March 2012 Flash Fiction Contest

[Cirias]

Hi everyone! So, we find ourselves in March.

This month, your theme is...

Reflection

Whether that's a reflection in a mirror, an internal reflection, reflecting back on the past or whatever you interpret it as.

If you're reading this and you've never entered before, why not give it a go this month? You never know, you might win!

Your entry must contain some element of SF/Fantasy. Word limit, as always, is strictly set at 1000. All entries are due in by 28th March 2012. Post all of your entries in the Stories sub-forum and make sure to link back to this thread so everyone can have a read.

Good luck to you and I look forward to reading your entries! Any questions, just PM me. (Sticky, please )

Entries

Trumped by AZimmer23
In Akasumi's Garden by Slynt
Om's Day by Merik7
The Answer by MLSawyer
Sign of the Star by Juliet
The Mechanism by Schjoenning
Amuse a Savage Kit by D. R. Stevenson
A Favour Returned by imaster
The (Other) Hound of Culann by Zero_Blue
The Mirror Test by Zachariah
Gridlock by Wulfen
The Ex Factor by wdavidson
Decisions by locofife

In the interest of fairness I have removed the links to entries on this first post. I'm currently on holiday and have terrible wifi on a terrible phone. Check through the thread or the Stories forum for the entries

[tmso]

Congrats, Cirias! Great theme.

Folks usually give each other a few days before the end of the month to conduct the reading and voting, so the submissions deadline is usually a few days before the last day. Just a thought.

But you are King of Flash Fiction for this month - do as you please.

[Cirias]

Righto, thanks for pointing that out Date has been amended to the 28th March.

[AZimmer23]

I guess I'm the first entry. I wanted to sit on it and edit, but I think it's exactly as it should be. I put this in the wrong place initially. This is the right one.

Trumped

[Slynt]

Here is mine. I struggled fitting it all into the confines of a flash fiction, that's the problem when the one idea you get goes all grand (and a little bit Star Warsy I guess) so apologies beforehand for the abrupt ending
Feel free to suggest alternatives!

In Akasumi's Garden

[tennesseemcvay]

good stories guys. slynt i want to know what happens to taro. the whole idea seemed so big and i really want to see the rest of that story

[Slynt]

Yeah That's precisely what I meant, the story was too big for a FF ^^ Ah well, if I had you curious..

[tennesseemcvay]

i might be willing to vote for it, if some kind of arrangement for a continuation of the story could be made lol

[Slynt]

Lol! What if I promise a sequel for April

[Cirias]

Great entries so far guys. Keep 'em coming!

[Merik7]

Cheers!

Om's Day

[MLSawyer]

The Answer

I'm in. A little less action than I'm used to but we'll see how it goes.

[Aether Monkey]

A tempting theme...must...maintain...focus....

[Juliet]

I've just submitted my first ever entry - hopefully I have used the link system properly!

Sign of the Star

[Cirias]

I've just submitted my first ever entry - hopefully I have used the link system properly!

Sign of the Star

Welcome to the competition, Juliet! I'll add your story to the list