Jack Campbell Jr.

Tag: Flash Fiction

  • “Murph’s Law” is now available at The Confabulator Cafe

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    I have a new short story up at The Confabulator Cafe. Murph didn’t mean any offense when he pissed on his best friend’s grave, but when he’s around, things go wrong. There may or may not be a vampire involved. You can read the story in its entirety at http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2013/12/murphs-law-flash-fiction/

  • My Mistakes (Free Flash Fiction)

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    My Mistakes (Free Flash Fiction) It’s a few hours late due to traveling, but I’ve got a brand new piece of flash fiction titled “My Mistakes” over at The Confabulator Cafe. One of our challenges was to write something outside of our normal genre. As such, this story is totally mainstream. Not a single violent…

  • Piper

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    Piper For this month’s flash fiction, The Confabulator Cafe is re-telling fairy tales. I chose The Pied Piper. You can read “Piper” for free at The Confabulator Cafe.  

  • Calliope and other News

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    Calliope and other News This week for the Confabulator Cafe, we decided to get into the Halloween spirit by writing stories about carnivals. Anyone who has read much on here will know that I am a big Ray Bradbury fan. His writing had a huge influence on me, and he stands as one of my…

  • A Burial

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    A BurialEvery month at The Confabulator Cafe, we write flash fiction based on some sort of prompt. This week, the prompt, a pretty intense painting, was provided by Lawrence-area writer and painter David Dehetre. I started with a shotgun in a little red wagon, and the result was “A Burial.”You can read it now at http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2012/08/a-burial/Enjoy, and…

  • Mercury Beach (Flash Fiction)

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    Mercury Beach (Flash Fiction)This week, The Confabulator Cafe asked us to write a piece of flash fiction, a thousand words or less, involving dreams and cooking. See my latest piece of flash fiction, “Mercury Beach,” at http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2012/05/mercury-beach-flash-fiction/Thanks for reading.

  • New Flash Fiction and the Latest from The Confabulator Cafe

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    “Collectors,” the flash fiction piece that appeared at The Confabulator Cafe last Monday, is now available here on This Average Life. Find it on the pages list to the right. In my latest Confabulator Cafe blog, I write about what I consider to be my strengths as a writer, and what I enjoy about my…

  • “Collectors” Free Flash Fiction from The Confabulator Cafe

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    “Collectors” Free Flash Fiction from The Confabulator CafeThe Confabulator Cafe asked its writers to come up with a flash fiction story. The catch was the first and last line were decided for us. The rest was up to our imaginations and a thousand words. Alatir and Rakiel are low-level imps collecting souls for a trading…

  • Site News – Script Frenzy and FREE FLASH FICTION!

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    Sometimes, when a piece of fiction gets published, the writer retains the rights after the initial publication. I have decided to make some of that work available on my site, free of charge to my readers. If you look beneath my photo on the right side of your screen, you will see a new page…

  • C Is for Cat

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    C Is for CatI have written a new original flash fiction piece for The Confabulator Cafe. The challenge was to write a piece of under 1000 words based on a picture I was assigned. The picture was selected from Flickr using my last name and my birth date.Please read it at http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2012/03/c-is-for-cat-flash-fiction/ and thank you…