Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Surprise flash fiction contest

ok, ok, I got swamped on Monday and Tuesday so I didn't get a blog post ready for today.
On the other hand, why not have some fun??



Caption this photo!
10 words or fewer
You don't need to use any of the following information, but if you need it herewith:

Cat: Chester
Residence: Brooklyn

Relationship to Duchess of Yowl: None. Are you nuts? Her Grace is sui generis. And she'll be the first to tell you that. At length.

Bonus points: name the last client I sent this picture to, and why.

Contest opens: NOW
Contest closes: 7pm Eastern Shark Daylight time 4/10/18

Post your entry in the comment column.
Sorry, too late. Contest closed.
Results on Friday 4/13/18.


YES there is a prize!

44 comments:

  1. "BILL, YOUR KITTIES CUT HOW MANY WORDS FROM YOUR MS?"

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  2. That's enough cat butts Somers! Be Meow Mixish and deliver.

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  3. I need to bail you out for what? Send pictures.

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  4. "Chester chomps cheeky characters."

    (Which is your most impatient client, so you sent this to him/her as a heads up.)

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  5. Somers implicated again in shark-cat farrago

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  6. "Once more! Use a trackball. I took the mouse!"

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  7. "Janet, quick! Her Grace is playing with MY hair tie!"

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  8. They're closing Kitties 'R Us?

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  9. Jeff, she's out of booze. Send chocolate, stat!

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  10. Jeff Somers is wearing pants?!

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  11. Laird, you gotta make it more scary. Like this.

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  12. Damn Sean, I let you out for three hours and...

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  13. Thuck in the back. Thee? Wath ith nameth finger…Thomerth?

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  14. "See, Zuckerberg? THIS is what they mean by 'facial expression'."

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  15. Client Amy Johnson’s debut novel, #1 on bestseller list! (04/11/2020)

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  16. Omg,did you hear?! Schrodinger's cat found alive!

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  17. So many rats jumping ship! God, I love DC.

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  18. Sergeant Chester demands to know where your edits are!

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  19. Shark, Schmark! Make that deadline, Somers, or deal with ME!

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  20. I AM OUT OF THE BAG AND I SEEK VENGEANCE!

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  21. Sparky, The Whitehouse cat during Bill Clinton's tenure.

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  22. This margin is too small to contain‽ ARGH.

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  23. Know what we call non-Oxford Comma users here? Dinner!

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  24. Paw-lease use paw-sitive adjectives to describe this cat-titude, Jeff!

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  25. Me-owsa! Habanero laced catnip! Tell Jeff Sommers he's crispy hot!

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  26. "....much...much, more than this....

    ...and did it....

    ...MY WAY!!!"

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  27. Your protagonist did what to the cat?!!

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  28. They put my name on a playground with THAT smell!!

    Chester Playground

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  29. WAKANDAAAA!

    What? I'm half black, half panther from Mom's side!

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  30. "YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" (The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" kicks in...)

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  31. Is that John Frain's manuscript??

    You sent this to Jeff Somers. Because. Do you really need a reason? ☺

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  32. "You ordered how many mice from Amazon?"

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  33. How dare you! Get out of my litter box immediately!

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  34. Aack! Look at that calendar. Contest ends before it begins!

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  35. Catnip? Hand it over or pants will be shredded!



    Last client sent to: Laird Barron. Why? where he's at with the scared-the-bejeebus meter on his last manuscript.

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  37. Killer was the cat?! Again?! We, INTJs, get no love.

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  38. Swamped? I'll help. I can do shark; see my fangs.

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  39. Contest end date...10th April? Have I lost a day somewhere? It would explain a lot. But next time, can you take me back in time with you? I could really do with an extra day or three.

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  40. "This is worse than What You Did To Eager!"

    To Cameron, after reading the latest draft of his current masterpiece (can that be the prize?).

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  41. "Did I hear you say fiction novel?"

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  42. Jim Beam named a bourbon after me?!

    Last sent to Bill Cameron in 2016 when Kirkus named Property of the State a top ten teen novel.

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  43. No. Feedback. On. My. Requested. Full!!???

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  44. Word count and bio at the END of a query!

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