January is National Blood Donor Month!
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With that in mind, I thought we’d choose blood as the theme this week. While that may sound initially sound morbid, remember that blood doesn’t necessarily mean “gore” (although there’s nothing wrong with that); blood sustains life.
As such, I’ve chosen some people and creatures and locations that, for better or for worse, we often associate with blood.
Side note: Although I’m not judging this week, I’ll have you know that I do frown upon the depiction of bats as evil creatures. No, really. Please be creative!
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As usual, our contest will begin with three things: character, setting, and genre.
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We spun, and our three elements are character: doctor, setting: battlefield, and genre: romance.
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Feel free to write a story using those or spin a new set of your own. Be sure to include which three elements you’re using.
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- vampire
- doctor
- patient
- soldier
- serial killer
- vampire bat
- hospital
- cave
- castle
- battlefield
- dungeon
- insane asylum
- horror
- fantasy
- romance
- drama
- comedy
- poem
Judging this week are last week’s winners, AV Laidlaw and Steph Ellis. 🙂
All submissions should be 100 words in length, give or take 10 words (90 – 110 words). You have until midnight, New York time to submit.
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Winners will receive a copy of the Kindle version of Flashdogs : Solstice : Light: Volume II
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If you like, you may incorporate the following photo prompt (not required).
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Did you know that donating blood can save up to three people’s lives? It’s an amazing gift you can gift someone! Interested in donating?
US – http://www.redcrossblood.org/ or http://www.unitedbloodservices.org/
Canada – https://www.blood.ca/
UK – http://www.blood.co.uk/
Organizations in other areas – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_blood_donation_agencies
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