Flash 500
  • Home
  • Enter Now
  • Flash Fiction
    • Flash Fiction: Overview
    • Flash Fiction: Competition Rules
    • Flash Fiction: Winners
    • Current Flash Fiction Judge: Kevlin Henney
  • Short Stories
    • Short Stories: Overview
    • Short Stories: Competition Rules
    • Short Stories: Winners
    • Short Stories Judge: Wendy Clarke
  • Novels
    • Novels: Overview
    • Novels: Competition Rules
    • Novels: Winners
    • Novels Judge: Headline
  • FAQs
  • Announcements
  • Critique Service
  • Contact Us

Flash Fiction 2nd Place: An Excerpt from the Dictionary of Antiquity by Sarah Mosedale

Share
Tweet
Share
Pin

Daddy, n (obs prob relig)  

A mythical Pre-Networked Period (P-NP) figure, representing the gestational and disciplinary power required to create, and provide ongoing support to, a unit of wet consciousness.

Digital playlist archaeology suggests a complex mix of social functionality ranging from intimacy (My Heart Belongs to Daddy; Daddy Cool) through economic support (Daddy’s Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car; Hungry Freaks Daddy) to attribution (Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy; My Son Calls Another Man Daddy) and ultimately abandonment (My Daddy is Only a Picture; Daddy’s All Gone).

[Etymology unclear but possibly from babbling observed historically in not fully networked units.]

See also Mummy.

Home n, (antiq poss archit)

A location of major prepositional significance for P-NP wet units.

Well-evidenced unease about returning (Can’t Find My Way Home; Country Roads Take Me Home) leaving (Leaving Home Ain’t Easy; Don’t Leave Home) and distance from (2,000 Light Years From Home; Long Walk Home). Prepositional status of others also of concern (Please Go Home; Yanqui Go Home; Johnny Come Home; Please Come Home For Christmas).  Majority view supports involvement of architectural structure despite some evidence to the contrary (e.g. A House Is Not A Home; The Green Green Grass of Home; Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home).

Love n, (obs psychol)

A pathological condition found in P-NP wet units.

Love was evidently dangerous (Too Much Love Will Kill You; Addicted To Love; Victim of Love), painful (It Hurts to Be in Love; Love Bites) poorly defined (I Want to Know What Love Is; What is Love) and delusional (I Believe in a Thing called Love). The long desired cure (Love Removal Machine; I’ll Never Love Again; A World Without Love) remains one of the NP’s most significant achievements.

Mummy n, (obs prob relig)

Problematic archetypal P-NP figure, aka mother, mama, involved in powerful inter-relations.

A figure who is manipulated (Never Tell Your Mother She’s Out of Tune; Treat Your Mother Right; I’ll Always Love My Mama) in order to meet very high levels of demand (Nobody Loves Me But My Mother; Mother Can You Carry Me; I Need a Mother) in conditions of inadequate recompense and considerable opportunity costs (Mama Liked The Roses; What Mama Say [Life is Good]; I’m the Only Hell [My Mama Ever Raised]) yet remains feared (Mother You Smother You; Your Psychopathic Mother) and ultimately faces dismemberment and death (Mama’s Arms; Mama’s Hand; Mother Tongue; My Mummy’s Dead).

Related Posts

Flash Fiction Winners: 2019 Q4

Flash Fiction 3rd Place: Giant of a Man by Jamie D Stacey

Flash Fiction Winners: 2019 Q4, Flash Fiction: Winners

Flash Fiction 1st Place: What Went Through my Mind when I First Read About the Butterfly Effect in Chaos Theory – the Phenomenon Whereby a Minute Localized Change in a Complex System can have Large Effects Elsewhere by Jan Kaneen

Share
Tweet
Share
Pin
All content © Flash 500. All rights reserved. Website designed and hosted by Gandy-Draper Web Design

Privacy Policy | Critique Service | Lorraine Mace

Flash Fiction competition | Short Story competition | Novels competition
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.ACCEPTReject Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Non-necessary

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.