{"id":3937,"date":"2012-07-08T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/?page_id=3937"},"modified":"2012-07-08T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T02:15:00","slug":"worth-1000-words","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/?page_id=3937","title":{"rendered":"Worth 1,000 Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This week, the writers at the Cafe are putting that to the test.<\/p>\n<p>We went to Flickr\/Commons and directed our writers to choose a picture based on an algorithm including letters from their names. The picture chosen would be the inspiration for a piece of flash fiction of 1,000 words or less.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re storytellers and we are trying to prove that a picture is, indeed, worth a thousand words. In every case, we\u2019ve been successful, though the degree of that success is up to you, our dear readers, to decide.<\/p>\n<p>The pictures, of course, are the property of the people at the other end of the link, not ours and we make no claim. The stories, though, are copyrighted by the individual authors. It\u2019s up to each author what might be further done with them.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"C Is For Cat (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/c-is-for-cat-flash-fiction\/\">&#8220;C Is For Cat&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by Jack Campbell, Jr.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Chief Complaint (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/chief-complaint-flash-fiction\/\">&#8220;Chief Complaint&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by Larry Jenkins<br \/>\n<a title=\"Head of a Pin (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/head-of-a-pin-flash-fiction\/\">&#8220;Head of a Pin&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by Kevin Wohler<br \/>\n<a title=\"Breathtaking (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/breathtaking\/\">&#8220;Breathtaking&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by Sara Lundberg<br \/>\n<a title=\"Voices on the Wind (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/voices-on-the-wind-flash-fiction\/\">&#8220;Voices on the Wind&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by R.L. Naquin<br \/>\n<a title=\"The Artist (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/the-artist\/\">&#8220;The Artist&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by Nancy Cayton Myers<br \/>\n<a title=\"Gibson  (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/gibson-flash-fiction\/\">&#8220;Gibson&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by Ted Boone<br \/>\n<a title=\"Cardboard People (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/cardboard-people-flash-fiction\/\">&#8220;Cardboard People&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by Angela Kordahl<br \/>\n<a title=\"Lyla (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/lyla-flash-fiction\/\">&#8220;Lyla&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by Jason Arnett<br \/>\n<a title=\"The Blood on His Sleeves (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/the-blood-on-his-sleeves\/\">&#8220;The Blood on His Sleeves&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by Amanda Jaquays<br \/>\n<a title=\"Not Suitable (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/not-suitable-flash-fiction\/\">&#8220;Not Suitable&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by Muriel Green<br \/>\n<a title=\"Salt (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/salt-flash-fiction\/\">&#8220;Salt&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by Paul Swearingen<br \/>\n<a title=\"Girls Should Be Fearless  (Flash Fiction)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/2012\/03\/girls-should-be-fearless-flash-fiction\/\">&#8220;Girls Should Be Fearless&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by Aspen Junge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say a picture is worth a thousand words. 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