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- 14:10, 19 June 2014 So What Are You Up To These Days? (hist) [800 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''So What Are You Up To These Days?''' was written specifically for ''Six Sentences'' as an exercise in seeing what I could do within the limitation imp...")
- 13:44, 19 June 2014 Tribute Act (hist) [672 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Tribute Act''' was originally written for an ''On the Premises'' mini-contest. I have no record of the particular challenge. All I know is that there ...")
- 13:29, 19 June 2014 Opposites (hist) [634 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== I originally wrote this story to submit to ''VSS Anthology 01''. ===Publications=== However, the anthology weren't interested, so I tightened it up, red...")
- 13:22, 19 June 2014 The Problem With Pork (hist) [1,891 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== This story was written back in the day when I thought that you basically had to wait until inspiration struck before writing anything. I think this may well ...")
- 13:00, 19 June 2014 Think Tank (hist) [1,793 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Think Tank''' was originally written for ''Six Sentences'', although they clearly didn't get the joke of it consisting of five identical one-word sent...")
- 10:09, 19 June 2014 Inbox (hist) [279 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== The first version of '''Inbox''' was originally written for the first ''Hint Fiction'' contest in 2009, under the title of ''Portfolio''. It wasn't selec...")
- 10:04, 19 June 2014 Under the Statue (hist) [478 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Under the Statue''' was originally written for the final round of the 2010 ''NYC Midnight "Tweet Me a Story" Competition'', in response to the prompt ...")
- 10:00, 19 June 2014 Upwardly Mobile (hist) [338 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== I'm not entirely sure why I wrote '''Upwardly Mobile''', but I suspect it may well have been after I came up with Sidelong, as they are both chess-relate...")
- 09:56, 19 June 2014 “I Love You” (hist) [183 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== I have no idea why I wrote '''"I Love You"''', or indeed if I actually submitted it anywhere. Anyway, it wasn't published prior to its inclusion in ''Dot D...")
- 09:51, 19 June 2014 Big Teeth (hist) [216 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== I have no idea why I wrote '''Big Teeth'''. ===Publications=== '''Big Teeth''' was published in ''VSS Anthology Volume 01'', which came out in May 2010.")
- 09:46, 19 June 2014 Proper Job (hist) [457 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Proper Job''' was original written for ''txtlit'', in response to the theme ''Gold'', in September 2008. ===Placings=== '''Proper Job''' was shortlis...")
- 09:35, 19 June 2014 Making Conversation (hist) [308 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== ''Making Conversation''' was written for 2009 ''Tweet the Meat'' Halloween contest. It wasn't selected. ===Publication=== '''Making Conversation''' was,...")
- 09:31, 19 June 2014 Less Than Deadly (hist) [285 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== ''Less Than Deadly''' was written for ''Tweet the Meat'' in response to the theme of ''Sin''. ===Publication=== '''Less Than Deadly''' was published by ...")
- 09:27, 19 June 2014 After the Rapture (hist) [376 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''After the Rapture''' was written for ''Tweet the Meat'' in response to the theme of ''Religion''. ===Publication=== '''After the Rapture''' was publi...")
- 09:02, 19 June 2014 Fair Trade (hist) [226 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== Unfortunately I have no idea what caused me to write '''Fair Trade'''. Sorry. ===Publications=== '''Fair Trade''' was published by ''Seedpod Publishing'...")
- 08:53, 19 June 2014 Misunderstandings (hist) [1,047 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Misunderstandings''' started life as an untitled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanka tanka]'', written for a 2007 poetry competition in ''Writers News...")
- 08:30, 19 June 2014 Frogs (hist) [650 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Frogs''' was originally written for ''Café Doom Flash Challenge'' number 85, in November 2007, in response to the prompt word ''boil''. It fifth equa...")
- 08:25, 19 June 2014 Anniversary Feast (hist) [914 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Anniversary Feast''' was originally written for ''Café Doom Flash Challenge'' number 96, in February 2008, in response to the prompt word ''fifteen''...")
- 08:06, 19 June 2014 Internal Affairs (hist) [863 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Internal Affairs''' was originally written for ''Café Doom Flash Challenge'' number 126, in August 2008, in response to the prompt word ''mirror''. I...")
- 14:35, 18 June 2014 Fishermen’s Tales (hist) [1,647 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Fishermen's Tales''' had a somewhat tortuous upbringing. The first version, entitled ''Bait'' and 348 words long, was written for ''Café Doom Flash Cha...")
- 17:55, 17 June 2014 The Magnolia Bedroom (hist) [1,164 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''The Magnolia Bedroom''' was originally written for Round Nine of the 2009 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was a video of Annie Lennox performing ...")
- 17:37, 17 June 2014 Return to Cairo (hist) [2,677 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Return to Cairo''' was originally written for Round Four of the 2009 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used, believe it or not, was a video of Jon and V...")
- 17:19, 17 June 2014 Nature’s Banquet (hist) [1,337 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Nature’s Banquet''' was originally written for Round Three of the 2009 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was a picture of a dog holding the body ...")
- 17:05, 17 June 2014 Farewell Symphony (hist) [1,006 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Farewell Symphony''' was originally written for Round One of the 2009 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was a picture of a derelict shack. It was g...")
- 13:54, 17 June 2014 A Plague of Yellow Plastic Ducks (hist) [1,156 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''A Plague of Yellow Plastic Ducks''' was originally written for Round Eight of the 2008 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was the phrase ''on Friday...")
- 13:37, 17 June 2014 The Last Words of Emanuel Prettyjohn (hist) [1,525 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''The Last Words of Emanuel Prettyjohn''' was originally written for Round Eight of the 2008 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was the phrase ''he wa...")
- 13:20, 17 June 2014 Piss and Patchouli (hist) [1,400 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Piss and Patchouli''' was originally written for Round Three of the 2008 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was the phrase ''orange wellies''. It wa...")
- 12:46, 17 June 2014 Breathe In, Breathe Out (hist) [969 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Breathe In, Breathe Out''' was originally written for Day Four of the ''Bootcamp'' August Blast in 2008. The prompt used was "A sea-fog like gun smoke...")
- 11:39, 17 June 2014 Hidden Shallows (hist) [1,377 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Hidden Shallows''' was originally written for Task Nine of the 2008-9 ''SlingInk Eurofiction Competition''. The prompt used was "Write a story set on ...")
- 11:29, 17 June 2014 Mirror, Mirror (hist) [1,143 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Mirror, Mirror''' was originally written for ''Cafe Doom Flash Challenge'' number 128, in September 2008, in response to the prompt word ''mirror''. I...")
- 08:44, 17 June 2014 Perfect Moment (hist) [474 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Perfect Moment''' was originally written for the first round of the 2011 ''NYC Midnight "Tweet Me a Story" Competition'', in response to the prompt wo...")
- 08:42, 17 June 2014 Bad Grammar (hist) [380 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Bad Grammar''' was originally written for the first round of the 2011 ''NYC Midnight "Tweet Me a Story" Competition'', in response to the prompt word ...")
- 08:39, 17 June 2014 The Experiment (hist) [344 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''The Experiment''' was originally written for the final round of the 2011 ''NYC Midnight "Tweet Me a Story" Competition'', in response to the prompt wo...")
- 08:37, 17 June 2014 Sidelong (hist) [450 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Sidelong''' was originally written for the first round of the 2010 ''NYC Midnight "Tweet Me a Story" Competition'', in response to the prompt word ''a...")
- 08:34, 17 June 2014 Pulse (hist) [367 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Pulse''' was originally written for the first round of the 2010 ''NYC Midnight "Tweet Me a Story" Competition'', in response to the prompt word ''atta...")
- 08:24, 17 June 2014 Somewhat Less Than Thirty Pieces (hist) [1,509 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Somewhat Less Than Thirty Pieces''' was originally written for Task Nine of the 2007-8 ''SlingInk Eurofiction Competition''. The prompt used was "Writ...")
- 08:00, 17 June 2014 Possible Side Effects (hist) [1,397 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Possible Side Effects''' was originally written for Task Eight of the 2007-8 ''SlingInk Eurofiction Competition''. The prompt used was a picture of pi...")
- 22:15, 16 June 2014 How I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me (hist) [1,789 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''How I Became a New Man and What Good It Did Me''' was originally written for the ''Verulam Writers' Circle'''s ''President's Competition'', where ...")
- 21:57, 16 June 2014 The Guitarist’s Inheritance (hist) [915 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''The Guitarist’s Inheritance''' was originally written for Task Six of the 2007-8 ''SlingInk Eurofiction Competition''. The prompt used was "Write a ...")
- 21:06, 16 June 2014 The Birdman of Farringdon Road (hist) [933 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''The Birdman of Farringdon Road''' was originally written for Round Three of the 2007-8 ''SlingInk Eurofiction Competition''. The prompt used was "Writ...")
- 20:54, 16 June 2014 Natural Selection (hist) [1,269 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Natural Selection''' was originally written for Round One of the 2007 ''SlingInk Eurofiction Competition''. The prompt used was "Write a story called ...")
- 20:25, 16 June 2014 Love Story (hist) [773 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== The four-part '''Love Story''' was commissioned by PicFic for a slot as their featured contributor in October 2010. I was given an open brief to produce ...")
- 19:35, 16 June 2014 The Amazing Arnolfini and His Wife (hist) [4,444 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''The Amazing Arnolfini and His Wife''' was originally written for Round Two of the 2007 SlingInk Eurofiction Competition. The prompt used was "Write a ...")
- 18:55, 16 June 2014 Steaming (hist) [447 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== I'm not sure why I wrote '''Steaming''', but it's highly likely that I held onto it until Thaumatrope re-opened for submissions, as I was very keen to be...")
- 18:40, 16 June 2014 Surveillance (hist) [464 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== I've no idea where the idea for '''Surveillance''' came from, but I'm fairly certain it was specifically written for ''Outshine''. ===Publications=== ''...")
- 16:39, 16 June 2014 The Drought (hist) [272 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== I literally have no idea what caused me to write this story. ===Publications=== '''The Drought''' was published in escarp, following an unusually rapid ...")
- 16:32, 16 June 2014 Not So Much a Rough Guide (hist) [1,022 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Not So much a Rough Guide''' was originally written for the final round of the 2010 NYC Midnight "Tweet Me a Story" Competition, in response to the pr...")
- 13:39, 16 June 2014 Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions (hist) [3,318 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions''' was originally written for Round Four of the 2008 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was the phrase ''going d...")
- 11:25, 16 June 2014 RZr and Napoleon (hist) [2,632 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''rZr and Napoleon''' was originally written for Round Two of the 2009 Whittaker Prize. The prompt used was a music video featuring a graffiti artist (c...")
- 21:43, 15 June 2014 Convalescence (hist) [2,540 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Convalescence''' was written for the first University of Hertfordshire Creative Writing Award, in 2007. The theme for the competition was ''Vision''.")
