Posted on May 19, 2010 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Don’t miss a single issue. Don’t miss the flash fiction. Don’t miss the articles on writing. Don’t miss the articles on blogging. Don’t miss the news commentaries. Don’t miss the excitement. Hello, my brother and sister bloggers and writers. This is the Old Soldier reporting from the heart of the nitty, gritty city. If you are a [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2010 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
The BP oil disaster continues. BP cannot stop the oil spill. The story of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the story of one failure after another. There was the explosion that killed several crew members working on the rig. The bodies of several of the crew members will never be found. Then BP [...]
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Posted on May 5, 2010 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
BP CEO Tony Hayward has told members of the House and the Senate that he does not expect BP to be able to stop the spilling of tens of thousands of gallons of oil every day into the Gulf of Mexico for at least three more months. Many on Capitol Hill were stunned at this [...]
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Posted on May 2, 2010 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
It’s an overcast, warm day this Sunday in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Marathon is today. No, I won’t be running in the marathon but I may go out and cheer the other runners on. Well, it’s been quite a week with the oil spill and the new immigration law in Arizona. Oh, I forgot Goldman Sachs. [...]
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Posted on April 25, 2010 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Good morning, my brother and sister bloggers and writers. The Gazette has been around for about a year and a half and it has all kinds of links in the sidebar on the right. But The Gazette is constantly adding new material to this flash fiction blog. The blog deals with flash fiction, writing flash [...]
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Posted on April 7, 2010 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Hello, bloggers and writers. What an invention the new Apple iPad is. The Old Soldier can’t afford one but it sure looks like a winner with a large screen and a purely touch interface. It’s not a device for creation. It’s a device for consumption, the consumption of content. This may be a shot in [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2010 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Good morning my brother and sister bloggers and writers. The Old Soldier is getting an early start at blogging today. Here’s an article that the Old Soldier wrote before he started referring to himself in the third person. ******************** Flash Fiction Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing Think about it. Every story [...]
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Posted on March 15, 2010 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Hello, hello, hello my brother and sister bloggers and writers. This is the Monday edition of the best flash fiction blog on the web. That’s not according to the Old Soldier. That’s according to Google. If you Google “flash fiction” The Gazette will be #4 on the first page. The publications in the one to [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2010 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Hello, hello, hello my brother and sister bloggers and flash fiction writers and the rest of you cats out there. The word “cats” really dates me, doesn’t it? But the Old Soldier doesn’t mind being dated. The Old Soldier is a survivor. Today is a day of celebration. It’s a day of celebration because according to Google, [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2010 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Hello, hello, hello my brother and sister bloggers and flash fiction writers. The Old Soldier has the Tuesday edition of The Gazette for you. I hope everyone is doing well. The snow is slowly melting here in Pittsburgh and tomorrow my social security check arrives which means the Old Soldier can get a six-pack of beer to celebrate making [...]
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