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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!
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Prompts for 8 August 2025
Write about a space object
stamped imprint
“here it comes”
A character who is crazy
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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. I’m loving all the stories coming out of this so here’s this week’s Flash Fictioneers! First timers are marked with a ✨
Gerard DiLeo - The Float
Bill Ferguson 🇨🇦 - Everyone’s A Critic
DIANA ADMIRE - The Gallery
Stephanie Loomis - Red Is The Color
Jeannine Lawall - The Critic
Claire Chambers - Steaming Cold
Iris Shaw - Conversation Piece At An Exhibition
Thank you all for sharing your wonderful fiction!
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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!
Thx for running the show as always!
Thank you for the shout out and the continuing amazing prompts!