Author: Jim Bartlett

Though it was a bit rushed, FFF was kind enough to post my latest story this morning. Hope you enjoy!

https://www.fridayflashfiction.com/longer-stories/carlos-little-corner-store-by-jim-bartlett

My entry just posted up. Hope you enjoy –

https://www.fridayflashfiction.com/100-word-stories/the-winds-stirring-by-jim-bartlett

I was fortunate to have a new story go up this morning on FFF. I hope you enjoy –

The Bottom Line

My little story, Who’ll Stop the Rain?, was honored with the “Editor’s Choice” award. “Ah shucks,” he says, shuffling his feet…

https://www.fridayflashfiction.com/longer-stories/wholl-stop-the-rain-by-jim-bartlett

Normally I try to avoid writing topically, at least to a degree, but I found myself wandering down this path yet again (the subject is too commonplace) and this came up on a sort of whim.

I threw in some music, and the published did a nice job with the presentation.

Hope you enjoy –

https://www.fridayflashfiction.com/longer-stories/wholl-stop-the-rain-by-jim-bartlett

A wish for a very wonderful Mother’s Day to all of the marvelous moms. Without you, we quite literally would not be here!

I had a longer story go up on Spillwords today, and while it is about a mom, I had not written it with Mother’s Day in mind. Spillwords, as it would seem, had other ideas…

I hope you enjoy –

Stand By Me

I was fortunate to have another short little story go up this morning. Hope you enjoy –

Intelligent Design

My story, Offsides, won the picture prompt contest. Thanks to Friday Flash Fiction for the nice little honor.

Not having written anything in a while, and never having written a story that was based on a picture prompt, I was intrigued by a contest set up by Friday Flash Fiction using the premise of writing a story based on a picture. In this case it is of the son of one of the FFF authors who passed away a couple of years back with a rare form of cancer. Despite his fight, he had achieved his lifelong dream of becoming an Ump in the NFL. Here is my story –

https://www.fridayflashfiction.com/longer-stories/offsides-by-jim-bartlett

And here’s the picture for the story’s prompting –

Thank goodness 2021 is behind us.

Wait…didn’t we all say the same thing about 2020?

UGH…

Well, enough said about that! I was fortunate to have another short story go up on Friday Flash Fiction today. Hope you enjoy –

https://www.fridayflashfiction.com/longer-stories/the-stalker-by-jim-bartlett