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	<title>planet of the penguins &#187; Flash Fiction</title>
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		<title>Paul was an only child</title>
		<link>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2010/09/01/paul-was-an-only-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haven&#8217;t written a flash fiction in a while, thought it might be good to get my hand back in!

Paul was an only child. He was also small for age, a little sickly, and blond. None of this, however, was important. What was important was that the was an only child, a lonely only child, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Flash: Chance 4321</title>
		<link>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2010/06/11/friday-flash-chance-4321/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lynch</dc:creator>
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Derek&#8217;s environment suit creaked and hissed as he clambered awkwardly down the moss covered slope. Vines coiled around his boots with each step, snagging his ankles, constantly threatening to trip him and send him toppling head first towards the valley floor. A fall was the thing that all of the explorers feared the most. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MWM Live #1: Keys to the Kingdom</title>
		<link>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2009/10/18/mwm-live-1-keys-to-the-kingdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first MWM Live was for someone who we honestly didn&#8217;t press-gang long in advance of the event. Probably the one person to play our &#8220;name a place, name a thing, name a person&#8221; game to get their story started too!
“OK”, said the landlord, “Here&#8217;s your uniform.” Carl looked sceptically at the bear skin hat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MWM Live #1: Gold</title>
		<link>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2009/10/09/mwm-live-1-gold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written Sy Wyatt at the now infamous MWM Live! in Bristol, May 2009.
Pressure. Emmett had dealt with pressure his whole life. Pressure to deliver. Pressure to perform. Today, however, he was concerned entirely with the pressure on the outside of his deep sea exploration suit. The soft pinging in his ear told him he was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MWM Live #1 : Deadly Spider Monkeys</title>
		<link>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2009/10/02/mwm-live-1-deadly-spider-monkeys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2009/10/02/mwm-live-1-deadly-spider-monkeys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one was for Richard Griffiths, of Crafty Butchers fame, who just wanted &#8220;spidermonkeys&#8221;.
We live to serve &#8230;
Cliff reloaded his rifle as quickly as he could, letting the spent cartridges join those already scattered about his feet. The barrel of the gun was hot enough to scorch the wooden parapet of the outpost as he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MWM Live #1: &#8220;Bite&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2009/10/02/mwm-live-1-bite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by Ryan Reed, who asked for a story featuring &#8220;“A man who has been bitten by a radioactive man, a VW Camper Van, and a pie”
Rain rattled against the side of the camper van. Reed tried to ignore it, and concentrated on cooking. Cooking was a lot more complicated for Reed these days than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Football Town</title>
		<link>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2009/09/25/football-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the #fridayflash crowd, and a little limbering up before doing some &#8220;stunt fiction&#8221; at the British International Comics Show.
As always, I started off with some random factors from http://shortstoryideas.herb.me.uk. Today&#8217;s kicker was &#8220;A School is the location, anticipation is the theme. A deckchair is an object that plays a part in the story.&#8221;
From this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hungry Mirror</title>
		<link>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2009/05/02/the-hungry-mirror/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2009/05/02/the-hungry-mirror/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 14:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More MWM Live practice. This one took a little longer, had trouble getting rid of the word &#8220;crawl&#8221; from the list of random words.

Travis woke up, still tied to the bed. He couldn&#8217;t see Laura, but could hear movement downstairs. Cups clicked together, water pouring. He guessed that she was making tea, and was surprised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At the End of the Line</title>
		<link>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2009/05/02/at-the-end-of-the-line/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2009/05/02/at-the-end-of-the-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 12:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More practice for Monkeys with Machineguns Live!
Found a fantastic site for generating random ideas, http://shortstoryideas.herb.me.uk/index.html, which I will blog about later. In the meantime, here&#8217;s the end of the line.

Vera had heard about the telephone box. It was the last one left in the county, apparently, sitting quietly on the corner of the village green. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitler&#8217;s Wonderland</title>
		<link>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2009/05/01/hitlers-wonderland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planetofthepenguins.com/2009/05/01/hitlers-wonderland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lynch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More MWM Live practice. This time I try to fit Hitler, a museum, and a monkey covered in jam onto one side of A5.
It is a little known fact that Hitler maintained a secret museum, three storeys below his bunker in the heart of Berlin. At first, it was home to the ransacked treasures of [...]]]></description>
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