(I am the prose between a poet and a performance poet.)
Now I have to admit that I spent some time yesterday morning reading my pieces of flash fiction aloud and seeing how long it took me- allowing for suitable pauses for audience reaction.
So when it came to my section last night it filled my allocated 6 minutes.
I'm reading 3 pieces of flash fiction, my favourite character, Lola de Cortez, of 'Positive Exposure' will be starting my selection-it's 250 words.
Then I'm following this up with a 200 word flash called 'Surprises', which is historical. This piece will be appearing under my Serena Lake pseudonym in the One Word Challenge Anthology e-book (publisher Alfie Dog Ltd) later in the autumn.
Here's a brief snippet...
The pristine white shift decorated with French lace and tiny intricately knotted bows lay demurely on his plump four-poster bed.
Jason didn’t know who it belonged to, but its absent owner had most certainly left their underclothes in the wrong bedroom...
©Carol Bevitt 2012
And my final piece is only a 191 words long. 'Expectations' is another historically set story, and the viewpoint character commits patricide at the end...
So I hope the audience will appreciate the variety. :-)
9 days and counting...
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