Normally I stay off Twitter except for the release week. I happened to be on and I saw that a lovely person named Elle wrote this tweet and another person named Beth replied to it and tagged me.
I clicked on the thread and saw that a couple of other people tagged me.
Challenge accepted. Here are stories of people’s lives as written by “Ilona Andrews.”
Then I had to quit, because Gordon and I decided to watch Venom: Carnage movie which was hilarious.
Lessons learned: it’s difficult to write flash fiction on Twitter. I tried to use information listed in the tweet or in the profile, but the character limit was a bit stifling.
You are the best!
I loved each of these stories – yes, these were short stories, each of them! I bet each of these ladies were absolutely thrilled to be inserted into an Ilona Andrews universe! Thank you for brightening my day.
Ilona, you’re the best! Love this!
I would read every one of those stories, lol.
Vote: who wants hell pigs in the next novel?
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(They got stuck in my head. I need more hell pigs! And recipes for hell bacon!)
You say hell pig bacon, I say habanero hot honey on bacon! What a delicious thought! And yes, I would read about IA hell pigs anytime. ????
We may not have hell pigs, but we did get Swine and Roses, which has been on my reread frequently list, as it always makes me laugh. Honey Haberno Hell Hog bacon would be amazing. Changed pig to hog for alliteration purposes.
Those are delightful, even in the face of character limits! Go you.
You are amazing!
The book I’m currently reading is by A F Kay, so I assume I’d be doing some gardening or something for Blappy, in between floor runs and step practice.
I loved these, especially the one with the kid on the ceiling lol.
Very Well Done!! And I’m so VERY jealous of those lucky ladies that got your personal touc..
Stifling? Limited?? These were awesome!! SO jealous of folks that got their own story!
This proves, once again, that you are Masters of your craft and all round great people. What an amazing job you have done!
???????????? These are fantastic! I would read each and every one of these stories. Thank you for the funnies!
Damn, wish I was on Twitter now! These are great. Thank you.
I would read every single one of those books….love it
I love all of these so much!
How awesomely wonderful! Thank you!
Just…
WOW!
I smiled a goofy happy smile the whole time reading this, and am now sitting back enjoying the residual warmth. Thanks for posting this here for those of us not on Twitter! It was just great.
Those were great!! I would have loved any of them, frankly. I especially liked the kid growling on the ceiling and hanging by his claws. Just a phase. rofl
awesome. so characteristic of writing style. now I want a Bjorn cave bear.
Woot! So much fun! Gotta love (and be inspired) by drabbles by Ilona Andrews. This is a game my children and I play sometimes. How much story can you imply in [one sentence]?
Awesome!
Hubby and I watched Carnage for our Thanksgiving movie. Then we re watched Mrs. Doubtfire, and Hubby told me I should write a short story about Mrs. Doubtfire dealing with Venom as a house guest. “Or better–Venom jumps into Mrs. Doubtfire during the kids show.”
I choked on my vino.
OMG!!! Sorry I missed this, but what great fun to read.
I was having a cranky afternoon and then found these. Delicious! Just what I needed. Ilona, you’re the best!
You are just awesome!!
I love these. Thank you for sharing hahaha
Oh my god, I love this. Or, how you put their one-sentence-information into each of their texts, and in quite a funny way as well.
Never heard of flash fiction but it was brilliant & entertaining. One of your sentences can launch the imagination for hours.
I would like to thank House Andrews and the BDH for the recommendation of the Murderbot series by Martha Wells. I just finished book 5 – Network Effect.
It was great! 5 *****
Had to read something else after reading Fated Blades twice.
Yes! HA and the BDH also steered me to the Murderbot books, and I love them! I’ve gone through the series three times now, can’t wait for the next book.
These are amazing ????
Incredible. What an amazing surprise for the woman who got their mini stories and for the rest of us who got to read them. Thank you so much!
So awesome that you were able to do that!!!
Wow. That really brightened my day. I am sitting here at the end of day two of our audit with a big smile on my face. My co-workers look worried 🙂
These were such a laugh! Lucky IA readers, to get personalized snippets for their lives. This is just one of the reasons why I love this blog.
Amazing! Love every single one!
Oh my days! You guys rock. This is genius. Sometimes I do imagine myself in your worlds when my life gets a little too much, this week I had to say goodbye to an old friend, we escorted her gently to the Rainbow Bridge, she gave us 15 years love and devotion, we gave her as gentle a sleep as we could and I like to think she has gone romping in one of your worlds to play with the characters there. ????
This was so amazing. I want to read each and every one of those novels. Especially the one with the snarling babies in the ceiling
Oh! these “flash fictions” are sooooo GOOD!
Each has your trademark style in a uber compact package and make you wanna know the whole story behind each of them.
So much fun to read! And a great idea!
This put a huge smile on my face and made my day as I am suffering from side effects from the Covid vaccine which aren’t very nice. I needed a boost and these tweets definitly did that!
Thank you soo much!
Love it! You are very generous with your time and imagination.
That was fun! Your Instagram fans that you wrote stories about must be beyond excited ????.
You guys rock. I have a big smile from both reading the stories and the reaction from the Horde. Happy that you kept the rest of us in the loop since so many of us seem to not be social media consumers. Appreciate you
Very cool that you played along! Your creativity is amazing.
Ten amazing short stories!! Thank you for the bounty!! Hope you and Gordon get more movies – I can heartily recommend “Encanto”! (Saw it on Thanksgiving, planning on going again!)
Thanks. These were so fun to read that I am only a tiny bit envious. It’s wonderful that you did this for the fans. You are so generous and entertaining.
Brilliant riffs. As with all such jewels each one left me salivating for more.
Looks like Ilona had some fun and made some of their fans day. Sure did make me smile. Thanks!
Looks like Kat and Arabella’s getting the “Buffet” treatment????
You are a delight! Thank you for sharing your great talent with us mere mortals.
THIS makes me wish I was on Twitter!!!
Reminds me the Jingle Factory scenario. Come up with a jingle for a commercial in like 30 mins.
I saw the tweets and thought. Work in Progress?!!