Flash Fiction Challenge
Something a little diffferent on Do Some Damage today. Three of us are taking part in the Flash Fiction Challenge, "Wal-Mart: I Love You."Before we get to the stories, I'd like to thank Patti Abbott, Gerald So and the Mystery Dawg, Aldo Calcagno for running these challenges. This is the third one I've taken part in (Steve and Jay are Flash virgins) and they're a lot of fun.

Code Adam
By Steve WeddleYou just don't have the kind of day I was having and not kill someone.I’d blown a tire around Toledo, pulled off the turnpike to fix it. Then the other side of Cleveland the car started running hot, so I turned the heater on and cracked the windows. The early morning air was keeping me awake. I’d taken a car in Chicago and was working to New York for a meeting. I couldn’t show up in grease-wiped pants, so I had to stop somewhere. I didn’t know if I’d have time to rush a suit at William Fioravanti’s place once I got to New York, so I just found one of those 100,000 square-foot places that sells Made-in-C

The Tin Foil Heist
By Jay Stringer“Hey”“What’s up Cal?” “That Joe?” “Yes, course it is. What’s up? Why are you whispering?” “I’m not whispering, I’m talking quiet.” “Okay, but why, what’s up?” There was a pause on the line. I could picture Cal looking around to make sure nobody was listening, about as su

Thank You?
By Mike KnowlesI think Roger Ebert figured it out a while ago. A simple thumbs up or thumbs down. With Ebert, I never had any doubt about what his opinion was. He either liked it or hated it. And in those instances where his socks were really blown off, it was common to hear thumbs way up. I can even get behind the movie reviewers on Yahoo who use letter grades (that may be because I’m a teacher, but it’s also because everyone understands A+).A recent review of Grinder got me thinking about reviews. The review is from the Globe and Mail.This is the second outing for Knowles – the first was Darwin's Nightmare – and his antihero, Wilson, is

Two Thoughts from the Space-Time Continuum
It’s Thanksgiving weekend and, frankly, I ain’t got a lot going on except football (Longhorns already won; time for the Texans to bump off Indy), shopping, and writing. Oh, and a little movie watching.I convinced my wife to watch “Star Trek” on DVD. I saw it opening day back in May and have been anticipating seeing it again once it landed on DVD. In the Age of Complete Convenience For Everything You Might Remotely Want*, Blockbuster had loads of copies and I rented one. We saw it again tonight (Friday) and it led me to a statement and a question.Reboots Are Not All BadI don’t know how many die-hard Trekkies lamented the events of th