{"id":5694,"date":"2012-10-11T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/?page_id=5694"},"modified":"2012-10-11T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T17:00:21","slug":"inspired-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/?page_id=5694","title":{"rendered":"Inspired Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month, the Cafe is challenging our writers to create a flash fiction short story inspired by an image. This is a bit different than the “Worth 1,000 Words”<\/a> challenge we had back in March. Instead of everyone having a different image to work with, this month each writer will get his or her inspiration from the same painting.<\/p>\n

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“Becky” by Dave DeHetre. Used with permission of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This painting, titled “Becky,” is the work of Lawrence-based artist Dave DeHetre.\u00a0It should be noted that\u00a0because of the powerful image presented here — and in light of recent events in Aurora, Colorado — we gave our writers the option to opt-out of using the painting for this month’s stories.<\/p>\n

In the past, Dave DeHetre has been an integral part of the local writers group. Lately he has poured his creative passion into painting and photography. You can see more examples of his work on his\u00a0Flickr photostream<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We are very happy to have Dave’s painting as a starting point for this month’s fiction.<\/p>\n

“A Burial”<\/a>\u00a0by Jack Campbell, Jr.
\n“Neighborhood Watch”<\/a>\u00a0by Larry Jenkins
\n“Munitions Run”<\/a>\u00a0by Sara Lundberg
\n“Trapped in a Doll’s Body”<\/a> by Amanda Jaquays
\n“Witness”<\/a>\u00a0by Kevin Wohler
\n“Culvert”<\/a>\u00a0by Jason Arnett
\n“Human Interest”<\/a>\u00a0by Ashley Poland
\n“Rules”<\/a>\u00a0by Ted Boone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This month, the Cafe is challenging our writers to create a flash fiction short story inspired by an image. This is a bit different than the “Worth 1,000 Words” challenge we had back in March. Instead of everyone having a different image to work with, this month each writer will get his or her inspiration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4513,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5694","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5694\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}