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Many cool things are happening today, among them the July Summer Haikuthon for poets and the Flash Fiction month for prosers. With all this happening, it was a pleasant surprise to get a DD on my fantasy/crime noir/fiction piece "The meat came home". In fact it comes as a total surprise, since I haven't written any fiction since "Me, She and Bee", way back last year. This pony has one trick more than just 6 word stories.

A big thank you to `poprocksandcharlotte and ^fllnthblnk.

Also, thank you to all of you folk who've faved and/or watched me, or just plain enjoyed the story.



Since you're here, do go over this obligatory pimpage:

my pet project for spreading DA literature news through twitter.

As I've mentioned earlier, this July there's:

The July Summer Haikuthon for those interested in Japanese form poems. It even has several stamps:

and

Flash Fiction month for those more interested in short prose.

I want to bring attention to the fact there's more to haiku than its 5-7-5 form, as demonstrated in this stamp:



That said, I don't want to be misconstrued as saying 5-7-5 is not correct, just that not having 5-7-5 form is also perfectly fine. Surprisingly, both sides aren't wrong. Shocker!

Another issue I feel is important, an anti-search option for literature so writers can post stuff on DA, improve it (cynics, stop laughing) and still be able to get it published later without running into first-rights issues.



More information on both the stamps, so be sure to check/fav/feature the stamps.

Thanks for your attention.