FFF - Blood and Water

18 April 2025

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It’s Flash Fiction Friday! The game is simple: check out the prompts below, write literally anything based on any, all, or none of the prompts, post a story to your stack before next week, and share your story in the chat thread!

Once you’ve posted your story, make sure to check out the other stories and share your favorites on notes!

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Enjoy!

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Prompts for 18 April 2025

• Write about a celebration

• rivers like veins

• “I forgot”

• A character with connections

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Flash Fiction Highlights

Every week I will choose some (or all!) of the stories shared in the Chat to highlight in the subsequent weeks issue of Flash Fiction Friday. Here are the highlights:

Stephanie Loomis

- The Cost of Coffee Part 7

• Stephanie’s Micro-serial continues, I’m very impressed by how long she’s kept this story going on the prompts! Check it out!

Scott MacLeod

- Vine and Punishment

• I’ve never seen a dramatic story about tomatoes, and YET here Scott is breaking barriers!

Jeannine

- The Rainbow Ticks of Ticketyboo Take Terra

• Jeannine is giving us an extended story with her alliteratively titled tale, which is a sequel from a previous week!

Thank you all for sharing your wonderful fiction!

Want to be featured? Make sure you share your stories in the Flash Fiction Friday chat!

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Thank you for checking out these prompts! Come back next week for another round of prompts!

Interested in seeing my own writing? Check out The Volume for longer-form fiction, or The Writing Gym for writing exercises designed to help me sharpen my craft!

Thank you and God bless!