For the 24 Hour Fast Fiction Challenge, I gave Lee ‘Budgie’ Barnett a title and a word. He wrote this 200-word story.
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Great story, a fine challenge from Kim, and sadly (and funnily?) a story that sounds like it may be mostly true! Did you like the story you were written back Kim?
Posted by Mark Palmer | March 16, 2013, 7:32 pmMany thanks for the kind words, Mark. A joy to write for Kim, and it was a cracking title and word to use…
Posted by Lee "Budgie" Barnett | March 22, 2013, 11:48 amVery pleased with the result, and happy to contribute in some small part to the charitable thing.
Posted by kimnewman | March 22, 2013, 11:50 am